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Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 18, 2006 at 02:34:19 from (216.208.58.136):
In Reply to: Haste makes waste posted by Michael Soldan on January 17, 2006 at 18:17:07:
Michael: Yes, many times but one that stands out in my mind was an older gentleman in our community. He was known to be quite frugal as well as being careful. No one would ever thought of him as being rough with his tractor or any other machine for that matter. I was at the local welding shop one day when Lawerence came in with the front axle off his 8N in two pieces, not where it was supposed to come apart, but rather broken in two at the pivot in the center. The shop operator couldn't resist and asked, "Lawerence how did you ever do that." Lawerence's reply, "Trying to haul the last two loads of fire wood in one load." Your not the first Michael, it's been going on since man got his first tractor, maybe I should say machine.
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