Way back when...I'm walking along, behind my two Belgians, hooked to a double tree harness pulling my single plow.
The world is great. I'm tired and sweaty but this is much better than my grandparents had it when they had to turn ground with shovels. Heck, look how much more ground I can cover than my grandparents.
Suddenly, I hear a 'clap-clappety-clap' sound off to my right.
I turn to look and see my neighbor on sone metal contraption with round steel wheels. Smoke is billowing out the top of the stack.
...What the heck! he is plowing the ground with that piece of junk. Dang neighbors! always wanting the newest thing and just buying them , not even thinking of the ramifications of the costs.
I wave and smile at him as he passes me. Thinking to myself..."what a fool".
I keep walking behind the plow thinking what a really silly expense it was for him to buy that new thing.
By dark, I've got my coal oil lantern out to help me see where to guide the plow.
While lost in my own thoughts about his silly expenditure, I forgot that I haven't heard anything of the unusual sound 'clap-clappety-clap'.
I look around and see he has already given up. "Yup, that new fangeld stuff really worked out for you" I figured.
Finally, around 11 p.m. I finish the bottom. Feed and water the Belgians and brush them down.
I plop in bed all sweaty from walking and just finally happy to get some rest.
Next morning I get up as the roosters are crowing at daylight. My muscles are aching from the previous days walking behind that plow.
As I limp over to the window to see what the fields look like, I noticed that my neighbor has plowed twice as much ground as I did in about half the time.
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