[AT] Passing of John Girard

[Keith Kinney]

Sorry about that.  Should be fixed now.
Keith
On Dec 30, 2010, at 2:05 AM, Dave Merchant wrote:

> The video is private.
> 
> Would like to see it...
> 
> Dave Merchant
> 
> 
> At 02:05 AM 12/30/2010, Keith Kinney wrote:
>> Gene
>> Thank you for letting us know of John's passing.  I had the pleasure of 
>> meeting him at this past years Portland show. John had asked Gene to see 
>> if he could find a gas engine to run the little ground hog 
>> thresher.   With Genes help we hauled my daughters 2.5 HP Novo back to the 
>> threshing area.   We belted up the engine and thresher and for the rest of 
>> the show John would hand thresh some wheat to show the spectators how it 
>> was done in the 1850's.
>> 
>> I'm sure glad I had to opportunity  to meet and work with John even if it 
>> was briefly.  He will be missed by the folks at Portland but I'm sure his 
>> family will carry on his legacy.
>> 
>> I just posted a Youtube video of John running his Ground Hog Thresher at 
>> the Portland show.  Unfortunately while taking the photo's I was more 
>> concerned with the engine, thresher and process and didn't get too many 
>> good shots of John.
>> 
>> Here's a link to the video.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_otw7HnzT4
>> 
>> Keith
>> 
>> 
>> Keith Kinney
>> kkinney at herculesengines.com
>> WWW.HerculesEngines.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
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Keith Kinney
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