Posted by coshoo on July 01, 2017 at 06:30:43 from (65.101.148.7):
In Reply to: Childhood farm memory posted by larry@stinescorner on July 01, 2017 at 00:07:18:
I had been driving the hay truck (48 Cornbinder one ton) in the fields for several years, but I'll never forget the day dad pulled the '56 VW over about a half mile from home and told me to "take 'er on in". I was 12, I think. Took a few tries before I was shifting the 4 speed right.
We lived on gravel roads which were never patrolled by the Sheriff because of the dust, so the next year when I got a summer job on a neighboring farm, I could drive to work! And between the fields to change irrigation pipes. Used a '49 Chev pickup, mostly.
When I took my drivers license test (in the same VW), I guess I didn't have the beginning driver nervousness that the examiner was used to, because he actually had me do a few things that surprised me, like starting from a stop sign on an incline so I had to "heel and toe" the brake and gas. After we got finished, he said "You passed the test, so you won't be in trouble for answering my question, but I'm just curious, how long have you been driving?" I told him the story, and he just laughed and said "I figured you were a farm kid- the town kids don't get the chance to do that stuff." He also admitted that starting on an incline wasn't part of the test- he just wanted to see if I could do it.
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