June 11, 2001

 

 

          

                                       Jud NewS                                                 by David Epley

 

WELL.IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE IDID ANY OF THIS.BUT DECEMBER THE 20TH AT 8.30 IN THE MORN I THOUGHT MY FEET WERE COLD.BUT I WENT ON ABOUT MYMORNING ROUTINE.AND AT 2.30 I PULLED MY BOOTS OFF AND HALF OF BOTH FEET WERE SNOW WHITE THAT GOT MY ATTENCHIN AND I CANT SPELL THAT.BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.FRANKIE TOOK ME TO A DOC IN MUNDAY .BY THEN MY TOES WERE GREEN YELLOW BLUE BLACK AND NO FEELINGS AT ALL SO THE DOC SIT ME UP WITH ARTHRATIS DOC CANT SPELL THAT EITHER  THE NEXT DAY .BUT BY 9 OCLOCK I COULDN’T TAKE THE PAIN ANY MORESO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY I HAD A QUACK FOR A DOC. WE WENT TO EM IN ABILINE HE SAID SOME PLACK IN MY VIENS HAD BROCK LOOSE WERE THE MAIN VAINES GO TO YOUR FEET.SENT ME HOME WITH PAIN PILLS  I WAS ELEGRIC CANT SPELL THAT EITHER .BUT WE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE AT 4.30 I WAS DIEING I THOUGHT.SO WE HEAD TO LOUBBOCK.THEY DIDN’T DO ANYTHING EITHER.SO HOME WE CAME.AND WENT BACK TO ABALINE .THEY PUT ME IN HOSPITAL .THEY GAVE ME ENOUGH DOPE THAT I COULD KINDA TAKE IT I KNOW YOU ARE GETTING BORED BUTYOU HAVE TO KNOW WHY I HAVENT WROTETHEY GAVE ME ALL KIND OF TEST MRI AND THEN GAVE ME A HEART OF TAC I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE BIG ONE BUT I MADE IT THUR IT.THEN AFTER A WEEK ARE TWO THEY TOLD ME I HAD TO GO INTO THIS CHAMBER TO FORCE OXYGEN INTO MY VAINES.IT WAS THE SAME SIZE AS A 55 GAL DRUM.BUT TO SAVE MY FEET I HAD TO STAY IN IT 90 MIN I MADE IT 25 THEY CANT JUST OPEN THE DOOR AND KNOW WAY TO BREAK OUT I WAS WILD .SO I TOLD THEM TO GO TO HELL.BUT GOT TO LOOKING AT MY FEET I CHANGED MY MIND.SO I WENT THUR 20 TREATMENTS.AND YES I WAS WILD THEY HAD TO GIVE ME SHOTS AND I TOOK EVERY PAIN AND SLEEPING PILL I HAD BEFORE I GOT THERE BUT COULDN’T KNOCK ME OUT .BEFORE EVERY TREAMENT THEY CUT THE DEAD MEAT OFF MY TOES I LOST ALL MYN TOENAILS AND HALF OF MY BIG TOES THE ONE ON THE RIGHT THE BONE WAS STICKING OUT .SO YOU CAN GUESS WHAT I WENT THURE .THEY SAY I MAY CAN PUT SOME BOOTS ON IN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.I HOPE.SO NOW BACK TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN JUD.I HAD A LETTER FROM THE MATTERSON BOYS GLORIA GRANT AND A FEW MOREJOE LOPER AND CHARLENE .WELL THE BOY FINNALLEY GOT TO KNOW WHEN HE WAS GOING TO BE HOME.SO JUDFEAST IS GOING TO BE AUGUST THE 4TH I KNOW IT CANT BE AS HOT AS LAST YEAR.BUT I BET IT WILL BE BIGGER WE WILL HAVE A SACTIONED COOK OFF .WERE YOU GET POINTS TO GO TO THE WORLD FINALS AND WIN 10,OOO DOLLARS  YOU HAVE TO COOK A BRISKET AHALF OF CHICKEN AND A SIDE OF RIBS SO AT LEAST THERE WILL BE SOME SHORE GOOD EATING.AND A BEAN COOKOFF ALSO IT WILL BE SEPARATE CUS WON IT LAST YEAR .

I HOPE TO THIS YEAR.HOPE TO HAVE STAN AND HIS COPTER BACK EVERY ONE ENJOYED THEIR RIDES AND AND THEN WE MAY GET CRAIG AND THE SKYDIVERS TO PEFORM WE DID THAT ONE TIME THAT WAS REAL NETE EXCEPT THEY HAD TROUBLE GETTING HGRASS BURS OUT OF THEIR CHUTES THEY WERENT TO HAPPY ABOUT THAT  BUT THEY STAYED AND JOINED THE PARTY AND HAD A GOOD TIME.WE WILL STILL HAVE THE HOLE IN ONE CONTEST WASHER PICTHING HORSE SHOESAND OF COURSE THE TABLE.HOP3 TO ALSO HAVE ELVIS.HE DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT THAT.AND IF ANYONE CAN THINK OF SOMETHINGN ELSE TO DO JUST WRIT ME AND WE WILL DO THAT TO.IF THERE ISNT TO MUCH WIND I MAY BRING THE POWER PLANE UP .AND IFSOMEONE WANTS AN ADVENTURE THAT WILL BE THE RIDE.WE FINALEY GOT PLENTY OF RAIN TO START WITH GOOD SHOT OF MAKING A GOOD CROP BUT THE ARMY WORMS ATE A LOT OF WHEAT AND A BAD HAIL OUT HERE ON THE RIVER,WOULD HAVE MADE AROUND 60 BUSHEL BUT AVERAGED ABOUT 28 AND BROUGHT AROUND 2.70 A BUESHEL I REMBER IN 1948 COTTON BROUGHT 48 CENTS AND DADDY BOUGHT ME A NEW FORD TRACTORWITH ALL THE EQUEMENT  IT COST 2800DOLLARS.NOW A TRACTOR AND THE SAME STUFF WOULD COST 100,OOO AND THE COTTON IS STILL 48 CENT THERE ISNT ANYWAY THAT THAT WORKS OUT.SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE.ARE ROCHESTERIS GOING TO LOOK LIKE JUD .ONLEY WITHOUT THE VIEW. BUT WILL STILL HAVE JUD FEAST.I HOPE IT GETS AS BIG AS BOB WILLS DAY IN TURKEY TEX AND IF ANY ONE WANTS TO RESERVE ASPACE TO SELL STUFF CALL 1-940-743-3491 YOU COULD PROBLEY SALE ANYTHING .AS LONG AS IT WAS CHEAP .I JUST CAME FROM TOWN AND THEY WERE HARVESTING POTATOES IT IS THOSE BIG RED ONES  ABOUT EVERY ONE AROUND HERE HAS BEEN GRAZING ON THEM FOR THE LAST MONTH I BET THE OLD BOY THOUGHT THE WORMS WERE BAD AROUND THE EDGES BUT EVERYONE I KNOW IS FULL OF POTATO SOUP AND BAKED  ALSO FRIED THEY WERE SURE GOOD .WAITING ON WATERMELONS CORN AND BLACKEYED PEAS.HOPE EVERYONE MAKES A GOOD CROP.ALL OF US GRAZERS NEED IT.WELL I  JUST THOUGHT THEREIS MORE ON MY TOES.ON THOSE TREAMENTS FRAINFIE HAD TO DRIVE ME DOEN THER EVERYDAY AND THAT WAS WHEN ICE AND SNOW WAS ON THE GROUND I THINK NEARLEY EVERY TRIP AND LIKE I SAID I WAS WILD AFTER THE SHOTS AND PILLS AND TREAMENT ON THE WAY HOME I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE WINDOW DOWN BECAUSE I THOUGHT I COULDN’T BREATH ANDGET HOME WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT SIDE IN THE SNOW AND ICE TO GET COOL AND BREATH IT WAS AUFULI DON’T KNOW HOW FRANK PUT UP WITH ME .SO IF IT HADNT BEEN FOR HER I WOULDN’T HAVE MADE IT .SO TILL NEXT TIME AND THE LORD WILLING .I WILL WRIT NEXT WEEK HOPE TO HAVE MORE ON JUDFEAST AND IF YOU READ THIS TELL YOUR FRIENDS THAT I AM STILL KICKING BY                  DAVID