[AT] Lonesome Moe

[Jerry Rhodes]

Farmer, where are you showing at?
Jerry NW Ohio

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From: "Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
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Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 3:20 PM
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> I have just been too busy too do much for the local tractor 
> show this year but I didn't just want to do nothing. This 
> morning we went to the west barn and I got my MM-R out and 
> brought it to the shop to hose the dust off of it. I just 
> drove it the 3 miles in there since it was (maybe) easier 
> than hitching the trailer, loading it, chaining it down, 
> pulling it in there, unloading it then pulling the trailer 
> back home. I say maybe because it could use a softer seat... 
>    :-)   Traffic was very heavy but most of the busy part 
> was 4 lane so I was not too much of a bottleneck. 
> Rubbernecking is another matter. I think more people gave it 
> a good once over driving it in there than will see it at the 
> show. Maybe we should just have road caravans instead of 
> parading around the fairgrounds.
> When I got to the fairgrounds I rolled in and parked it in 
> the "Minneapolis Moline" row. It sure looked lonely sitting 
> there all by itself...   :-)   Maybe someone will bring in 
> another so it won't feel too left out. I did make it a point 
> to pull over and park it behind the few Allis Chalmers 
> tractors instead of all of those John Deere's. Everybody 
> knows that Allis tractors are more friendly than Deere's. 
> :-)   Maybe that is just a local thing. I did feel a little 
> sorry for one Farmall H that was parked with the Deere's. It 
> had been painted John Deere green and yellow. It had decals 
> on it that looked like Farmall decals except they were 
> yellow instead of white. At least they had done a nice job 
> on it.
> Farmall is the feature tractor here this year and it looked 
> like they were going to have a decent number of them. The 
> show in general seems to be getting a little better and I 
> really wanted to do a little more this year than in the past 
> but I just have too many irons in the fire with CUB Fest and 
> the horse stuff and being late planting crops. The grass has 
> grown so much this spring that we are starting to feel like 
> all we have done is mow grass. Sure glad I bought a new lawn 
> tractor this year. The old frazzled Wheel Horse deck would 
> have already broken 6700 times by now.   :-)  It has broken 
> and been welded so may times that some of it looks pad 
> welded. Maybe I can show a lot more stuff at the local show 
> next year...
> -- 
> 
> 
> 
> "farmer"
> 
> My latest list "No Nonsense Horse" (includes donkeys & mules).
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NoNonsenseHorse/
> 
> 
> 
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
> 
> 
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