[AT] a challenge

CEE VILL cvee60 at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 18 05:23:20 PST 2009


However you did it, Gil, the text came through letter perfect.  Great advice about not lining them up.  That is pretty much like scattering ones jewelry or cash all about the house to prevent a thief from getting it all on one hit. (grin)

Charlie V. in WNY
 

> From: gschwartz1 at mchsi.com
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:03:00 -0600
> Subject: [AT] a challenge
> 
> Okay farmer, and anybody else that cares, I'm going to give this a try.  You 
> don't hear much from me anymore because I can no longer type so I just hang 
> around.  Typing went by the wayside, as did writing and anything else that 
> requires a steady hand.  Parkinson's, essential tremor, and palsy seem to 
> have taken their toll.  I now use Dragon software and do most of my little 
> computer work by speaking into a microphone.  Anyway, here goes.
> In 1946 or 47 I did my first tractor driving on a 9n or 2n Ford Ferguson. 
> My father had purchased it new immediately after WWII.  After a couple of 
> years he also acquired a WC Allis.  I drove both from time to time until he 
> got rid of the WC and traded the Ford Ferguson on a new WD Allis in 1949.  I 
> guess you'd have to say those were the first three tractors I drove.
> Along about 1988 came a John Deere G puller.  That one lasted about two 
> years and we got rid of it before someone got hurt.  The count then steadily 
> increased.  As of right now we have one MM, 3 Cockshutts, and a whole bunch 
> of AC's.  One thing we learned was never to have your tractors all in a row 
> because someone will get an actual count and then decide just how crazy you 
> are. Ha
>  Gil 
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