Why my Grandpa would kick your azz... - Page 2

**Rausch** · 02-09-2007, 01:05 AM

Around 2 weeks ago Grandpa Rausch went to the hospital because he had trouble breathing. Come to find out his major fuel lines were all clogged.

Tripple bypass called for.

They rip his chest open and find out they can make out with a double.

He's recovering and all is good. Only we find out he's allergic to morphene (this is the first time he's EVER been in a hospital due to sickness/problem/poor health) and he has a bad reaction. Very bad.

He could have died but instead he got angry and became Grandpa-Hulk and pretty much told everyone else to take the big leap. God bless him. Must be genetic.

Afterwards he's recovering from both a bad reaction to the drugs and the surgery and comes out fine. We're out of the woods. The ticker is still ticking.

Only he's got fluid in his lungs and he needs a pace-maker.

Lovely.

He's 80+ and there's a limit to what the human body can take.

At least for mortals and ninnys like yourseves. These are the championchip rounds and the time when your inner-kraut comes out.

He's diabetic, even more reason to slow or prevent a full recovery. His blood is thin and he takes weeks to heal from any type of bruise.

After the surgery a nurse asked him to give her a finger for the sugar test. He gave her one.

That one. (I was ****ing beaming with pride. Call it a character flaw.)

So they puncture and drain his lungs and stick one of those chest-shockers down him right around 3 days after they rip him up for major heart surgery.

True to form it takes him around 5 hours to recover.

I'm convinced he has more willpower and inner-fah-que that just about anyone I've ever met.

He gives Moses penis envy...

KC Kings · 02-09-2007, 09:29 AM

It's crazy how tough those old guys are. I think growing up with 500 different fruit flavors of medicines to cure every ailment has sissified the last couple of generations.

My grandpa on my mom's side ran a cattle farm with around 100 head until he turned 80. We would spend the summer on his farm and the last couple of years he would have to stop several times a day because he was "having a spell". Turns the "spells" he was working through were angina heart attacks.

My other grandpa is 78, and found out that a winter hail storm destroyed his roof, and his insurance adjuster gave him $4500 to pay somebody to come in and tear off two layers and out on one. He decided to pocket some of the money and tear off the shingles himself. After he got them off he didn't feel too bad so he decided to put the new roof on himself also. He has 2 sons and 6 grandsons who would have happily helped if you would have asked, but he didn't and replaced the roof himself.

seclark · 02-09-2007, 09:52 AM

my great-uncle is 78 years old and lives in my guest house. no matter how hard i try, i can't get him to take it easy and rest a day. cuts the lawn, cuts brush in the woods, paints everything in sight. his ambition puts me to shame.
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JohninGpt · 02-09-2007, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by KC Kings

It's crazy how tough those old guys are. I think growing up with 500 different fruit flavors of medicines to cure every ailment has sissified the last couple of generations.

Growing up in the depression and WWII era's would tend to toughen one up a bit. My Grandpa was pretty much the same. Unfortunately his stubborness, saying he was fine and didn't need no damn hospital, is what got him in the end.

EDIT: Rausch, glad to hear your Grandpas doing well.

big nasty kcnut · 02-09-2007, 12:59 PM

He tough but not as tough as my grandpa. Ok he got a lung removed had cancer and they told him he would die in five years he lived 20 years after that. You can't kill an Essex that easy.

**BigRedChief** · 02-09-2007, 01:01 PM

Glad to hear he's going to be okay.

That generation produced some tough men. Even in advanced old age they will not go quietly into the good night.

DJay23 · 02-09-2007, 04:34 PM

Sounds like my grandpa.

He died last year due to complications from Alzheimers. He forgot how to do just about everything. He became a completely different person. All of my life he was sort of a grumpy old curmudgeon. He became a teddy bear who loved to tell stories and talk to people.

Anyway, he was in the hospital, hooked up to machines. His quality of life was not great any longer. The decision was made by grandma and aunts and uncles to let him go. The unhooked the nutrition source. They expected him to live only a few days. About a week later he was still going. He deteriorated to the point that they thought if they removed all support he would slip away. They did. He didn't. This is an 82 year old man we're talking about. My grandparents never (visually or through stories from ALL relatives, EVER really got along). So it was a shock to me that he was holding on for her. My grandmother had to go to him and tell him that she would be ok. That she'd be taken care of and he could let go. He was holding on to take care of his. Later that day he passed away. It'll be a year on St Patrick's Day.

**Skip Towne** · 02-09-2007, 05:23 PM

You do have a tough grandpa, Brad. Mine was too. I'll post a thread about him in a little while.

**Rain Man** · 02-09-2007, 05:39 PM

My grandpa was eaten by a bear, but he clawed his way out of its stomach, and then stitched it closed and nursed it back to health. They're inseparable now.

**RealSNR** · 02-09-2007, 05:59 PM

The last time my grandpa drank too much, he took a gigantic piss from his dick, which he had named "Colorado." What you learn in books as the Grand Canyon being formed by the Colorado River is true, although they should probably be a bit more clear and say "Grandpa SNR's stream"

StcChief · 02-09-2007, 09:56 PM

Rauch,
Hat's off to your Grand dad (he needs a shot of the same)

Sounds like Gramps is a tough old bird.... Give 'me hell Harry type....

**Rausch** · 02-11-2007, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SNR

The last time my grandpa drank too much, he took a gigantic piss from his dick, which he had named "Colorado." What you learn in books as the Grand Canyon being formed by the Colorado River is true, although they should probably be a bit more clear and say "Grandpa SNR's stream"

My grandpa on my Dad's side was quite the lush. Drunk. Whatever.

Go figure.

His advice to me in 7th grade was "They don't grow babies in their azz..."

I know, with tact like that it's hard to imagine we're realted.

Mom's side, the man has never taken anything stronger than a ****ing tylenol. Might be why the IV pain killers messed him up.

Anyway, he's getting better. The man is George Burns.

**luv** · 02-11-2007, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rausch

My grandpa on my Dad's side was quite the lush. Drunk. Whatever.

Go figure.

His advice to me in 7th grade was "They don't grow babies in their azz..."

I know, with tact like that it's hard to imagine we're realted.

Mom's side, the man has never taken anything stronger than a ****ing tylenol. Might be why the IV pain killers messed him up.

Anyway, he's getting better. The man is George Burns.

So, you're dad's side of the family made you an ass man? Yet, your mom's side can withstand cigar smoke. You could smoke a cigar out of your arse and still survive.

burt · 02-11-2007, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by luv

Yet, your mom's side can withstand cigar smoke. You could smoke a cigar out of your arse and still survive.

That's all that Clinton was trying to prove to Monica.......

**Rausch** · 02-14-2007, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luv

So, you're dad's side of the family made you an ass man?

Nein.

That's an infamy I've earned by my own merits...

**Rausch** · 02-14-2007, 01:09 AM

BTW, the 5 million dollar grandpa has had his lungs drained again yet still doing well. Being down so long has had its complications but he should be out and home in days.

He's the Muhammad Ali of old age...

02-09-2007, 01:05 AM
Rausch Mindful Taoist German Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $8081662	Why my Grandpa would kick your azz... Around 2 weeks ago Grandpa Rausch went to the hospital because he had trouble breathing. Come to find out his major fuel lines were all clogged. Tripple bypass called for. They rip his chest open and find out they can make out with a double. He's recovering and all is good. Only we find out he's allergic to morphene (this is the first time he's EVER been in a hospital due to sickness/problem/poor health) and he has a bad reaction. Very bad. He could have died but instead he got angry and became Grandpa-Hulk and pretty much told everyone else to take the big leap. God bless him. Must be genetic. Afterwards he's recovering from both a bad reaction to the drugs and the surgery and comes out fine. We're out of the woods. The ticker is still ticking. Only he's got fluid in his lungs and he needs a pace-maker. Lovely. He's 80+ and there's a limit to what the human body can take. At least for mortals and ninnys like yourseves. These are the championchip rounds and the time when your inner-kraut comes out. He's diabetic, even more reason to slow or prevent a full recovery. His blood is thin and he takes weeks to heal from any type of bruise. After the surgery a nurse asked him to give her a finger for the sugar test. He gave her one. That one. (I was ****ing beaming with pride. Call it a character flaw.) So they puncture and drain his lungs and stick one of those chest-shockers down him right around 3 days after they rip him up for major heart surgery. True to form it takes him around 5 hours to recover. I'm convinced he has more willpower and inner-fah-que that just about anyone I've ever met. He gives Moses penis envy...
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02-09-2007, 09:29 AM	#16
KC Kings Veteran Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: KC Casino cash: $10004900	It's crazy how tough those old guys are. I think growing up with 500 different fruit flavors of medicines to cure every ailment has sissified the last couple of generations. My grandpa on my mom's side ran a cattle farm with around 100 head until he turned 80. We would spend the summer on his farm and the last couple of years he would have to stop several times a day because he was "having a spell". Turns the "spells" he was working through were angina heart attacks. My other grandpa is 78, and found out that a winter hail storm destroyed his roof, and his insurance adjuster gave him $4500 to pay somebody to come in and tear off two layers and out on one. He decided to pocket some of the money and tear off the shingles himself. After he got them off he didn't feel too bad so he decided to put the new roof on himself also. He has 2 sons and 6 grandsons who would have happily helped if you would have asked, but he didn't and replaced the roof himself.
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big nasty kcnut The pizza king of kansas Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Somewhere in the u.s.a. Casino cash: $1640900	He tough but not as tough as my grandpa. Ok he got a lung removed had cancer and they told him he would die in five years he lived 20 years after that. You can't kill an Essex that easy. __________________ When it's grim, be the grim reaper and go get it. Adopt a chiefs Travis Kelce. You woke up the wrong mother***er! Last edited by big nasty kcnut; 02-09-2007 at 01:11 PM..*
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BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $3159627 VARSITY	Glad to hear he's going to be okay. That generation produced some tough men. Even in advanced old age they will not go quietly into the good night. __________________ Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. -YODA
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02-09-2007, 04:34 PM	#21
DJay23 Rock Chalk Jayhawk Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Williamsport, PA Casino cash: $2983317	Sounds like my grandpa. He died last year due to complications from Alzheimers. He forgot how to do just about everything. He became a completely different person. All of my life he was sort of a grumpy old curmudgeon. He became a teddy bear who loved to tell stories and talk to people. Anyway, he was in the hospital, hooked up to machines. His quality of life was not great any longer. The decision was made by grandma and aunts and uncles to let him go. The unhooked the nutrition source. They expected him to live only a few days. About a week later he was still going. He deteriorated to the point that they thought if they removed all support he would slip away. They did. He didn't. This is an 82 year old man we're talking about. My grandparents never (visually or through stories from ALL relatives, EVER really got along). So it was a shock to me that he was holding on for her. My grandmother had to go to him and tell him that she would be ok. That she'd be taken care of and he could let go. He was holding on to take care of his. Later that day he passed away. It'll be a year on St Patrick's Day. __________________ "True bliss is not something you search for, true bliss is already living inside us all, and sometimes it takes a roomfull of others to lead us to the mirror of your soul." - CosmicPal (10-3-03)
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02-09-2007, 05:23 PM	#22
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02-09-2007, 09:56 PM	#25
StcChief Playing for #1 Draft Pick Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Just West of Lambs land Casino cash: $10004900	Rauch, Hat's off to your Grand dad (he needs a shot of the same) Sounds like Gramps is a tough old bird.... Give 'me hell Harry type.... __________________ sig test for this screwy schema
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