Tuesday, November 16, 2004
People with very little to do
Thinking to have some fun one day I pointed the computer arrow to Scheuber News, only to find that some people have so very, very little to do that they could either sit around all day picking their nose or indulge in the activity of writing about same. It appears that one could only be so explicate and detailed about such activity if said person had practiced this activity for numerous hours on end and found an enormous amount of self satisfaction.
As one that has spent at least as many, if not more, hours working on a bailer as the editor of the N. P. essay, I can only say that bailing hay does not occur all night and the implication of dust may cause the nostrils to be filled with muck is invalid. My experience working on a Case bailer (two wire) in any of three positions ( driver, wire poker, or wire tier) tells me that in no way does one bail hay all night. Hay is bailed in the early mornings and only when there is ample dew to prevent the hay from becoming brittle causing the leave to fall off the stems and the hay to become worthless as cattle feed. Yes, if one bailed hay all night it could get dusty, but an efficient and knowledgeable bailing crew would never jeopardize the hay crop by attempting to perform this function other than early morning when the dew has set. During the haying sesason in the San Joaquin Valley (summer months) the dew arrives early to late mortning. More than once have I experienced arriving at the field to start bailing at around 2:00 AM only to find there was not adequate dew, then waiting an hour or two before we could start.
Thanks for allowing me to express my views on your latest verbage. If I have done nothing else, I have kept you from picking your nose, at least for the amount of time it took you to read this.
Good night, Beel!!!!!!
LAS reporting from 1117 Petersburg Way
