After convincing my wife that she should learn to use the "new" (1977 Ford 3600) tractor for brush hogging, I told her to just cut the wide open meadow I had cut a couple of weeks earlier to get used to it. As I watched from a distance she headed off into the 4 ft tall stuff at the edge that I had left uncut because of the fallen trees I had cut up a while back and hadn't cleaned up yet. Now you could see the big pieces laying all around (if you were looking where you were going :wink: ) but she just headed off into it. Kept on going even with the tractor bouncing over the wood, brush hog making a terrible clatter. I grit my teeth and didn't say a word as I knew if I did open my mouth, it would ruin BOTH of our days.
Later that day, she was helping me unload broken concrete (BIG pieces) from the pickup to use as rip-rap around a culvert. I was standing in the ditch to place them and told her to just drop them over the side of the bed. Well she TOSSED THEM and they proceeded to roll down the bank. As I dodged a couple of 20-30 pounders, I just said, "Whoa, let me get out of the ditch". I then showed her how to do it. I find that I'm mellowing in my old age and trying to be more tolerant of those who may not know how to do something the way I want. I figure if I didn't explain it right, I can't complain.
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