Eating while doing tractor things sort of ramble (was)RE: [AT]Speaking of Harbor Freight

[Kiser, Rick]

I was on a THT (tractor hauling trip) to Yakima and pulled into a café to get something to eat. I noticed the parking lot was almost full of the stockrack type pickups and when I went in there were about a dozen guys eating breakfast, not a one under 300 pounds. I figured I might be in over my head, but I ordered *one* pancake, a couple of eggs and bacon.
The pancake looked like a sheetcake from Costco with enough real butter to lube an 830 John Deere, I pretty sure the eggs were ostrich and roughly half a hog was hiding under it all. After eating the eggs, bacon and about a quarter of the sheetcake, I may not have looked like my fine dining companions, but I sure felt like them.
The waitress was awesome, it was pleasure to watch her in action. She was about 60 yrs old, skinny and not a single wasted motion, pure competence in orthopedic shoes.
All for $4.50 with coffee and orange juice.

RickinNW-WA



-----Original Message-----
From: Ronald L. Cook [mailto:rlcook at pionet.net] 
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:50 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: Eating while doing tractor things sort of ramble (was)RE: [AT]Speaking of Harbor Freight

Farmer,
	You not only have me hungry now, but I am also laughing.  We are pretty 
much on the same wave length on the eating out thing.  I always look for 
the little white building that says CAFE in blue letters on it.  Usually 
some pickups with stockracks sitting out front.  Those guys are cheap. 
Won't hire a trucker.<g>  I order off the special board or if they are 
out, I just have a hot beef.  I have never ever had a poor or expensive 
meal in these places.  Usually get too much to eat and don't have any 
room for pie.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA


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