[modeleng] Prostate and shop work

A few years back, I had a very good friend who wanted to build a model steam 
engine with fly ball governor.  We priced the Stuart #9 that I had bought as 
castings in the 1970s for around 70 dollars and found the new price was over 
600 dollars.!!!  Feeling sorry for my friend, I sat down and designed a mill 
engine from a photograph in Audel's Engineers guide 1921.  I then built the 
model and gave a set of drawings to my friend.  He had very few machine tools 
at his home In Jackson, TN 65 miles away, so he would drive up here once or 
twice a week and I would let him use my little shop as well as coach him.
He kept going to the loo in my basement (no not on the floor, there is a toilet 
in the basement.) and made some remark about having "to go all the time".  I 
asked him if he had had his prostate checked lately and discovered he had never 
had it done.  At my urging, he went to his urologist and found that he had 
prostate cancer which had already spread all over his body.  He finished the 
engine and it ran very well which made him happy, but unfortunately, he died 
only a few months later.  If you are having trouble with urinary frequency, I 
suggest that you have a check up done before you wind up like my friend.  I was 
pall bearer at his funeral, but I can't come to Old Blighty to attend any of 
you blokes funerals.

Jesse in chilly 33°Troy, TN where it was nearly 60° F a couple of days ago. 
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