From: fuhgeddaboutit@noway.not (I.P. Freely)
That kind of attitude -- a sense of humor and a lack of irrational fear
-- will get him through lots of hardship.
I.P.
=================hi I.P.  attitude???   i'll say.  you gotta love this guy.  and he's
truly amazing in every sense of the word.   i mean a book or something
should be written about him.

here's another story with him.  we all have seen them in the news.  an
accident and the person is in the hospital and they say get the news
that they were NEVER walk again.  well, he heard about it and went to
see the person at the hospital.  he talked with him and after a short
conversation, he pointed a finger at him and said, "you're going to
walk!!!!"   the person just stared at him like he was nuts.  i mean,
everyone (doctors, nurses, experts) all have told him that he was lucky
to be alive, let alone - walk.  

then, my friend, told him the "rest" of the story.  he told him that he
not only has had a broken back, but it was broke in THREE PLACES and
that those were the same words that were told to him, "you'll never walk
again"  he looked at them and said, "WATCH ME!!!!'  he said, "i'm
standing in front of you and i walk without crutches or any other aids
and i walk normal.   you can do the same thing.   he left shortly after
that last sentence.

well, to make a long story short, it took about three months of
intensive therapy, but that man that was told he couldn't walk was
taking his first steps and did make a recovery.

i know of two other events, he has given people the inspiration to go on
with life like this.

i've watched him take mechanical situations that were hopeless and built
something from nothing.   he can see a model of something and make a
beautiful copy of it without ever using a calculator and what gets me is
he can make it quite a bit larger.

i remember the day he told me he had cancer.  he said, "well, curtis, i
got the "C" word."  

i said, "C" word.

"yeah, colon cancer!!!  but hey, gotta die of something - right?"

steve - i'm sure that if you want to call him or email him, he won't
mind.  he's been through all the treatments and can give you a lot of
insight.

now, with all that said, allow me to show you some of the most beautiful
airplanes that he had built from scratch as lawn ornaments.

his name is lloyd "tud" krohn.   he goes by the name of "tud"  and there
is a story on that too - if anyone is interested.  kinda funny i think,
but it stuck with him for life.

the first web site has photos in it.  the second web site has a write up
from an aviation publication

1.C-WCMS Bands
AllWebCo Website Templates and Pre-Made Websites. Very reasonable prices
and a complete setup. ... These pictures are unbelievable. Lloyd "TUD"
Krohn made these models from ...

http://www.carmibands.com/links.htm [ MSN, Teoma ]

2.spirit_2002_august
Mr. Lloyd .Tud. Krohn, the vibrant 65 year-old, cancer surviving
gentleman, after looking at us curiously, smiled and welcomed us into
his...

http://www.phoenixsqdn.net/newsletter/spirit3_vol3.pdf [ Teoma ]

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Thanks, Mike.  I'm still waiting on that.  He was supposed to go to the doc
on Friday to find out, but I haven't talked to him or his sibs since then.