[AT] a challenge

[Richard Fink Sr]

Gil good to hear you at least are trying. So many would say i can't 
and give up.
R Fink



At 07:03 PM 12/16/2009 -0600, you wrote:
>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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