redkneck Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Had to put my mower in the shop last week, just couldn't get it to crank, and exhausted my limited abilities. Didn't care for the service last time I took it to my normal guy, so I went to another man that I had heard of for years that was supposed to be good (and also supposedly blind). I was thinking the whole time, "yeah right, legally blind, but capable of seeing some detail up close", but when I got there I found him lying on the ground putting the belt back onto a mower with his eyes closed, having been shot in the face with a shotgun years ago in his wilder days. Of course he had a couple younger guys around to help him, but his knowledge of mowers amazed me, being able to recite about any belt size for most any mower from memory because he has to. He told me he just learned to sharpen all his other senses to compensate for the lack of sight. Amazes me how some folks just have the will, the decency, or whatever you call it to work for a living, while others are content to draw every penny of disability they can for any ailment their attorney claims keeps them from making a living the old fashioned way. Honestly can't say either that I would be working like that if I were blind, would like to think I'd find something, but who knows. Just my gripe of the day. Astonishes me the folks I know that draw disability, some with 10K zero-turn mowers and a cash-only lawn business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy778 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Wish more people had more will to do this instead of I broke my foot I cant work BS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKstate Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Todays society is to quick to pull the "lawyer card" imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 I hear you. Someday, I want an I-Pod, like the lady in line with me with the food stamps has. LOL Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhunter97 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 i feel the same way idk how some people can do certain things with a disability Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 i hear ya! crazy how people with such real hardships still carry on and pay for others who sit on their butt and milk everything they can out of the system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Thats pretty incredible... at first I thought there was going to be a punchline. Good for him... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adjam5 Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 Wow John...Like you said they compensate for not having the use of other senses. Really amazing. This soceity is innundated with entitlements. If the current Gov't regime gets to keep their jobs, this sense of entitlement will continue on yours, mine and the backs of every working person in this country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted April 11, 2012 Report Share Posted April 11, 2012 the world is comprised of givers and takers. the goverment is cultivating takers, and has been since the 1930's. we now have 47% of americans on some type of goverment support. who's going to pull the wagon when everyone wants to ride??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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