OT - Views on Death (friend died today)

charlie b · 2004-07-14T21:22:46+00:00

My neighbor, a good son, a good brother, a good husband, a great dad to four small kids and a wonderful friend and neighbor died of a heartattack this morning, at a basketball camp - at the age of 36.Now some would see his death as a tragedy, struck down in his prime,taken from his loved one and friends far too soon. Some would rantand curse an unfair god who took a good person from us, ratherthan to take one who is evil. Some will only see the loss - and theworld did lose a good person - for sure. Some will see the difficultieshis family will go through without the son, the brother, the husband, the father, and that is certainly true.But there's another way to see this event. Rather than see the lossof this man, appreciate having the opportunity to be his parent,his brother or sister, his wife, his child, his friend, hisneighbor. There are far too many people in the world who havenever encountered a good person - a truly nice guy - kids whonever had a loving, caring "dad", with all that term trulymeans. Few have a spouse like this and many parents and siblingscan't imagine a person like this. Every neighborhood should,but more often than not, don't have a John.I believe that each of us is put here to do something - to getit right. Some don't get it done in one 75 year lifetime andperhaps have to come back and try again. And I believe that some get their job done early on and stick around to, by theiractions and approach to life, set an example of howto bea good human being.I'm greatful for having the opportunity to have this mantouch my life and for all the times he showed me, by hisactions, how much fun it is to be a "dad" and try a littleharder to be a better guy and fill in some of what his kidsmay miss out on otherwise. The hole he's left in theworld will be filled in by many small helping hands,an extra smile or a hug when one's needed, a tickleor a game of catch or a shop project.If you gotta go, going while doing something you loveain't a bad way...

Jul 14, 2004 61 Replies

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E-mailed Griz tech support, explained problem, and asked if maybe I had a "short" blade, etc. Their answer was:

Dear Mr. Crow,

Thank you for your email dated July 21, 2004.

I would like to apologize for the circumstances surrounding your saw.

Have you checked the length of the blade? Have you tried another blade to see if you are having the same trouble with that blade?

You may have received a short blade. Let me know what you find. I have attached a sheet that should have come with the riser block for tensioning your blades.

I do apologize for the inconvenience.

Please let me know if I can be of any other assistance. You are a valued customer and look forward to serving your woodworking and metalworking needs in the future.

Sincerely,

Terry

Technical Service

Grizzly Industrial, Inc.

The attachment was a PDF file that I did not find in my riser block kit, which did somewhat address the issue of tension release adjustment. I haven't had time to dig into it as yet, but will soon, and post findings.

OT - Views on Death (friend died today)

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