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Message: <blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4095083" data-attributes="member: 45551">This. My maternal grandparents had a dairy outside of Muskogee (their address was in Okay) back in the day. My grandpa was also a carpenter by trade. One Saturday while we were visiting (daddy went up to vaccinate his herd for him and preg check all the girls) he cut 3 of his fingers off on a table saw. We drove him into town to the ER and I remember him telling doctor he had to be back home to milk before 6. Doc told him "No way -- you're gonna spend the night here if I can't trust you to keep that hand outta water for at least a couple days." My grandpa was a fine Christian man who did not have an crosswise bone in his body, but he was up off that table and headed for the door when Daddy told him we would stay and milk for him for a couple days, at least. Grandpa was in the barn at 4 the next morning. I don't ever remember him or Grandma EVER going anywhere until they sold the dairy and moved onto our place ... Where they lived until they died. We didn't technically farm but it's hard to take a vacation when you have a veterinary practice that boards ... And has sick animals that need to be cared for. We took a short trip once or twice a year. Usually day trips, but occasionally overnight. They didn't start taking trips longer than a day or two until after I had left home.</blockquote>