I really have no use for these kind of people

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There was this guy lookin' to buy a tractor and this old fart told him his 50 year old 730 was the rarest tractor in existence, porbably the last one known and he bought it new and only ran it on Sunday's. He sold the clunk to this guy for $20,000.

Yep..... the buyer was a stupid #$$ and deserved to be took if he didn't know any better. I'd lay odds that old man you mention probably figured that $750 was an honest offer, seeing as how he gave $1500 and ran it for 50 years.

My grand pap had alzheimers and finally croaked when he was 96...that was 4 years ago. He didn't know where or when he took his last dump....if he'd have asked we would have told him....right there in the bed. He couldn't have more sold a hubcab, let alone a tractor. And whether anybody belives it or not, none of use felt sorry for him or when he died. He lived his life and half of somebody else's and it was a relief to all concerned when he died.

As far as the man in the above illustration is concerned; if it was his tractor and he was/is in control of his affairs, it was his to sell/junk/burn/ or give away as he seen fit. he could have said no to the $750....regardless if he knew what it's worth was, or not. However, he didn't say no and accepted the cash as legal tender and closed the transaction. Regardless of what the amount of money was, there was a transaction.....cash offered for goods and both parties accepted the terms. Nothing illegal about it and if his family leaves him in control of his affairs, he can do as he pleases. What if he had GIVEN the tractor away?

I knew two old people when I was much younger....at least 35 years ago. Both of these folks had old cars, one was a 1952 Ford that had always been garage kept, looked great. The other was a '56 Plymouth with a 331 hemi. Both of these cars disappeared and when I asked the old folks what happened to them, their reply was: I've gotten too old to drive and got rid of it..... .had I knwon you wanted it, I would have GAVE it to you. Both were well into their 70's/early 80's at the time. Now, had i been first in line and they had given the cars to me because I mentioned an interst, would I have been a slimeball who took something they no longer wanted? The woman with the Ford, her brother came and got it and sold it before nightfall. The old man gave his Plymouth to another young man who yanked the Hemi out thinking he had a dragster engine (not) and junked the rest. Neither of these people felt screwed...they wanted rid of the cars and that was all that mattered to them. I think most of the sour grapes come from them that didn't get the tractor/car/farm, etc. As for being condemned for my feeling towards my bedridden and totally demented grandfather...you never walked in my/our shoes or dealt with the shell of a human being that ceased to live, but just existed. He ate through a tube, breathed on a ventilator and $hit the bed 24/7. You call that a life? We're kinder to our pets when they get that way and have them shot or put to sleep. The self rigteous had Kervorkian jailed but readily pay a vet to euthanize their cat. That, is disgusting.

I never directed any of this at YOU. I just posted at the end of the thread. I rarely comment this much on any topic, wherever i visit and that's a lot of boards. But, it just strikes me that folks get all righteous....especially if they aren't the ones who found the specail deal...then they think the guy who did is an a$$hole. It's sad to get old....but it beats the alternative. Not everybody who is old is senile....even if folks think they are. Very many old people come to grips with their mortality, know they are going to croak in the near future and when they have an opportunity to dispose of stuff they will never use again, they do so....maybe for nothing or very little. get over it folks, it happens everyday..maybe you'll get lucky and be the recipient next time. If not, quit your harping about the guy who did. For the record, the only way i ever got anything was via a last will and testament.