[AT] Visit from list members

[SEITHR at denison.edu]

Francis Robinson (Farmer), Larry Dotson, and their wives came to visit today. 
They met Barkley Beagle, who, true to form, peed at their feet. They also saw 
the fussy 1953 Cub and didn't laugh--too much.

Purpose of the trip was for Farmer to pick up some items I have listed a while 
back as giveaways. I'm always looking to thin out the collection. 'WAY too 
much stuff follows me home. Heck, less than an hour after they left, I was 
bringing home about 50 classical LP records a former professor gave me. I 
won't be keeping them all, but I'll be doing a good bit of listening for the 
next couple of weeks.

Weather held for the visit and they were able to inspect the acreage at 116 
Locust Place. I might remind that my "farm" is a grand 1/20th of an acre, 
complete with dwarf fruit trees, raised vegetable beds (not yet planted), all 
manner of things in pots, and a lot of optimism. This year's crop of tomato 
plants are in the cold frames. They'll be ready about the time we hit the 
frost-free stage around here (which is usually around May 20-25).

Farmer got a secondhand power head that will work on his ShopSmith, an old 
post drill I had in the cellar, and a fancy "do nothing" machine that is an 
old air pump with check valves I can't fix. If he can find some kind of 
replacements, more power to him. It has a good electric motor on it, in any 
case.

Wave after wave of thunderstorms are now washing through. I hope everybody got 
home safe. It's supposed to be fairly nasty here for the next 18 hours.

It was a pleasure to meet fellow list members. My experience has been that 
they are invariably kind and interesting individuals.

Bob Seith
1953 Cub
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