Posted by tg in VA on June 11, 2013 at 15:44:30 from (75.193.135.195):
The idea of helping a neighbor isn't what bothers my wife, it's the fact that I could better spend that time working my way through her never ending list of chores.
That said, a couple of years ago it snowed so I put the blade on the tractor and slipped down the street to plow one of my widowed neighbor's drive. As I finished, she came out and asked if another neighbor (also a widow)had gotten hold of me. I told her no and she said that the neighbor was on oxygen and scared to be alone without the ability for people to get up her drive.
No problem, aware that I hadn't been gone long enough to be missed from my chore list, I slipped around the corner and plowed the drive. Before I could get away, the lady came out and tried to pay me. I refused, telling her I was glad to be of assiatance and to set her mind at ease.
I got home wihout being missed.
A couple of days later, that same lady appeared at the stable with a case of beer as a gift for my plowing her drive. I wasn't home so she gave the beer to my wife and thanked her for my helping her out.
When I got home, I had to listen to how I could have been doing "this and that", that needed to be done at the barn while I was off goofing off on my tractor. All I could think of is "no good deed goes unpunished" is an absolute truism.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
2022 John Deere 5045E, 4wd, front end loader and 3rd function with grapple. 120 hrs, 55k new, must sell
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
