Sunday, November 21, 2004
Rebutal Time......
Uncle Bill, your request for a response to a simple question didn't have any takers for the simple reason that no one has more expertise on the subject than you. Who would dare argue or debate your favorite subject matter? Enough said.
Now for a subject that you obviously know little or nothing about. That would be the experience working on a baler of a previous correspondent. The person in question was in demand from three different baler operators to the point that employment requests had to be turned down because of previous commitments to other operators. It was no surprise to hear your reaction to the brand name of Case. Had you forgotten that the Case Baler was the hay machine of the time? One remembers these thing from the experience of many "early morning" hours of poking and tying wires, or navigating the baler behind the tractor. If walking by a baler one time would entrench the brand name in your mind forever you would have remembered the Case. You mentioned the Johnnie Popper pulling the baler. Well, we all know that there were a few John Deeres around in those days but not as prevalent as the Farmall. No knowledgeable farmer would purchase a tractor on the basis of the engine sound or the rhythm of sound with the equipment being pulled.
"Dew" you really think your explanation of the dew forming on the hay will be bought by the jury. You sound like Geragos trying to make his point and I think you know the situation his client is in.
Granted, you did make one accurate statement. "A good farmer would merely bend over, grab a hand full hay and make a distion to bale or not to bale." (hopefully you meant "decision")
Basically your entire story sounds like it was fabricated by a person marooned on a lighthouse for a period of time. In case you are not aware of the how one can be affected by this type of isolation, allow a sea going Coast Guardsman to inform you. During a lengthy tour of duty aboard ship, this
Guardsman had the experience of dropping replacement personnel at numerous lighthouses in the far north. When the replacement was dropped off the general procedure was to pick up the person who was being replaced. Please be informed that these guys having been in isolated duty were strange. This critic could be wrong...........maybe they were that way even before isolated duty.
Been nice keeping you and the younger generation informed. One last thought,,,,,,,,,,,,That wire that you squeezed down with a pliers............are you sure that it isn't still in your ear?
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