[AT] Greenville OH Show

Tue Jul 11 17:44:45 PDT 2006

    Farmer,
I got the sneakin' suspiction you went to the wrong Greenville Show. The
Steam Thresher's is and will always be the real deal. The Fairgrounds show
is nothing more than someone's greedy pissing contest. Thats about the
nicest way I can think of to put it!

BTW, last I heard they had 35 registered steamers, I never heard a total
count on tractors, but there was a ton of Allis Orange!

Dave Laughead
Arcanum, Ohio

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From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 5:30 PM
Subject: [AT] Greenville OH Show

I'm running late as usual... Diana and I are moving into the house here on
the farm
that I grew up in and where until rapidly advancing Alzheimers forced me to
place my
mother in a home, she lived. We had wanted to go to the Greenville show
anyway but
the stress of the move made a day off even more important. We drove over on
Friday
night and found a major colony of Dotsons camped in their favored location.
It was
easy to find, we just looked for the area where everything around had been
charred
from the flames of the "Dotson inferno"...  We pulled in nearby and started
looking
around the show. We really like that show, its just "one of those shows".
Not huge
but well handled.
We had a great Friday evening and all day Saturday visiting and looking and
shopping. We were sorry to find that the Willer's were not there this year.
We were
pretty tired before we got there (really wiped out) and down and didn't get
involved
in the phone call with H.L. but happy late anniversary H.L. and Billie...
You know
what 50 years of marriage means don't you H.L.? It means that Billie must be
unbelievably patient and tolerant...   ;-)    ;-)    ;-)
We are sorry that we left rather abruptly Saturday evening without getting
to say
goodbye to everyone but leaving was a strain and decided upon suddenly. I
was
dreading going home so much that only by grabbing my own arm and twisting it
behind
 my back was I able to say "OK, we are going home now"... I didn't dare
delay once in
motion or I might still be there or headed off the other way. I REALLY
didn't to return to
this mess. Our old house is about 2,500 square feet and has waaaaaaaaaaaaay
too much
"stuff" in it... The other house is about 5,000 square feet and is stacked
to the rafters with
good stuff, not so good stuff and a hell of a lot of just plain crap...
In trying to honor my mothers earlier wishes expressed in her will even
though she is
still living (sort of) my sister in Pensacola is entitled to almost all of
the contents of the house.
 She came up (at my request) and picked out what she wanted and I can tell
you that it could
 probably all fit in an 8'x8'x8 box. Like me, my mother collected
everything... After removing
at least 4 pickup loads of just plain trash Diana and I are still up to our
necks in dishes, baskets,
several thousand books, all sorts of antiques and "STUFF"... You name it and
it is here in one
 house or the other. Much of it is personal stuff with memories attached.
By the time we get this mess sorted out we probably won't need either house
because
we will have been locked away somewhere...

--
"farmer"

I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack
me at once.   <(^¿^)>

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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net

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