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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> She often described how
> he had a windmill pump water thru the kitchen, then the barn, then the
> fields for irrigation, so they didn't have to draw water. I hope I have
> some of those genes.

Well of course you do.

Your great-grandfather was not only a smart guy but he lived a complete life.

I wonder how many of us will live so long, having now been exposed to 
toxics our grandparents never knew, eating more out of cans and boxes 
and living less from our own labor.

Of course it matters little.