Quick story: Went to visit my folks few weeks ago, and on the way back I saw a red-n-gray 9N for sale by the road. Stopped to look, and saw it had one of those rare lift warning chains attached to the hyd. control. Now, this was after dark, on a lightly traveled road, the house was a long ways back, and I had a wrench in the truck. Temptation was felt. "Character is what you are in the dark" as a wise man once said, and I smiled to myself, got back in the truck and drove away. Drove past that tractor again Sunday, on the way to my folks again, and kept going. While there, stopped to see my Dad's neighbor, who is also an "N" fellow, and he mentioned in passing that he'd found another trinket in an old box in his garage that I might be interested in. Yep, sure enough, it was another warning chain. Offered him a fair price and he refused, saying it was only worth half that. Got one of my own now, very cheap. The moral of the story is obvious, and believe me, I said a prayer of thanks on the way home. Psalm 37: "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart."
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