A great day at the Inman Tractor Show

I looked for Adam Paul and Eric ATL but I guess we didn't cross paths. Anyway, it was a good day. Lots of old tractors, hit-and-miss engines and old cars and trucks. The weather was great and the ground was not as wet as I thought it might be due to Ivan.

Rick H. GA.

The tractors and other machines were interesting to see. That big old Case steam traction engine was really awsome and he sure got everybody's attention when leaned on that whistle cord. Hope he had ear plugs himself! Wonder if those old train engineers who drove the big black iron beasts were deaf as a stone by the time they got too old to hang out the window????? Thank goodness for hydrocarbon fueled machines of today!Where would we be without them?

Gina and I hope to make it to the show at Ft. Meade FL that the FL flywheelers put on in November. I am lucky that I have a sister that lives in Lakeland about 40 miles from Ft. Meade that I can mooch off for a few days while there.
We sure did enjoy the show last year. I tried to tell the sawyer that was spraying store bought belt dressing on the belt to the sawmill from the steam traction engine that Kayro or any kind of syrup would work a lot better but he just gave me a dirty look and turned away. "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink".

The belt kept slipping!

"Oh yea of little faith!"

Rick taught me a little about air conditioning that I didn't know. He teaches it at a college. Confirmed my old theory that Propane could be used as a refrigerant. (More dangerous than a 20 gallon tank of gasoline?) Told me that it is used in other countries where our benolevent government has no jurisdiction. (Got to try to remember to wear my helment when I ride my Honda 50!)