[AT] Greenville OH Show

[David Gibson]

If you would have come to the Steam Threshers you could have seen me sing 
kareoke. Come to think of it that may be a reason NOT to come. LOL

David D. Gibson
Montezuma, OH
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David A. Laughead Jr." <daljr at bright.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Greenville OH Show


>    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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.   <(^¿^)>
>
> Refurbished Shopsmith's
> Good used SPT's
> http://www.indiana-robinson.0catch.com/
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
>
>
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