The 40th anniversary of Mt. St. Helens eruption brought this to mind. The Army set up their base of operations in a field across from the fire hall in Salkum, where I lived, 27 miles from the mountain. It was a field I hayed in those days, and they didn't flatten everything, so I started mowing after they left. I had a Taarup disc mower, and hit a discarded parachute hiding in the tall grass. It wound up instantly, tractor went chug and died. So I crawl under it with my dull pocket knife and start hacking. Pretty soon a very old man came out to investigate, and said "Why don't you use my knife while I go sharpen yours?" Sounded good to me. His was razor sharp, and made pretty quick work of the 'chute. I was just finishing up when he came back, and my knife was now as sharp as his. I thanked him, and I'll never forget his reply- "No, thank YOU for giving an old man something useful to do today."
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