[AT] lessons

[David Rotigel]

I know that your whole family is VERY proud of you Tyler! CONGRATS on your Eagle!
	Dave

On Jul 13, 2014, at 2:33 PM, Tyler Juranek <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> My family and I are having my Eagle scout ceremony on the 27th of this
> month. I chose that date because it was his birthday.
> Take Care,
> Tyler Juranek
> IA
> 
> On 7/13/14, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> John a tape recorder is even better and particularly for Tyler.
>> I need to get my mom to do the same thing.
>> Imagine the treasure of being able to play those tapes back
>> to your grandchildren in your mom, dad or grandparents own voice.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2014 9:33 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] lessons
>> 
>> Tyler, you need to do something I did. A couple years ago I handed my dad a
>> composition book and said start writing. He filled it with all the old
>> stories he could think of. I had heard every one multiple times, but
>> sometimes I wouldn't get the facts 100%. The older I get the harder it is
>> to
>> remember everything, just too much stuff to process it all! This way I've
>> got a record to refer back to and to pass down. If he doesn't want to
>> write,
>> you listen and write/type it out. One day you will be glad you did.
>> 
>> I wish we had more details on my grandfather. There are stories of him
>> cutting ice for an icehouse. Considering we are in the South, there is more
>> to it and climate change might be more than we think. Also tales of him
>> working at a sawmill down near Charlie Hills neck of the woods. The logs
>> were floated in down the river. The rivers here are too small for that.
>> 
>> In my forties I find myself telling the boys my farm stories from 30 years
>> ago, now I know I'm getting old!
>> 
>> John Hall
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Tyler Juranek
>> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2014 10:55 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] lessons
>> 
>> John,
>> My grandfather is the same way. Although he doesn't teach me much
>> about driving the combine, etc, (we live 90 miles apart so I'm not
>> there often), he sure does teach me a lot about the antique stuff.
>> In February, grandpa bought a 88 Oliver from someplace down in
>> Missouri. It turned out that I was there the Sunday after. Grandpa
>> started it up, and I sat on the fender and he and I rode around the
>> yard in 4th gear, just puttin. Then he said it was "My Turn" to drive
>> it. Grandpa taught me to drive a foot clutch, when dad taught me, but
>> failed, (that's a whole other story) hahaha.
>> Anyway, grandpa later explained to me that my great grandfather, (the
>> same one with the unstyled A) had a Oliver 88 and a Oliver Hart Par
>> 70. He also explained that the reason that my Great Grandfather bought
>> the Hart Par 70 in 1935 (2 years before grandpa's time) was because he
>> had a team of horses, (two if I remember right) that died from some
>> sort of infection that winter. He had a choice of buying another team
>> of two horses or the tractor, each for $750. So he bought the tractor
>> instead.
>> This last weekend while I was out there, grandpa and me sat on the
>> porch for quite awhile and visited. He told me all about how he
>> remembers in 1948 going to the Oliver dealership in town and buying
>> the Oliver 88. He said that in 1954, great grandpa traded the 88 and
>> the Hart Par 70 in for an MTA diesel, because diesel was $0.05, and
>> gas was $0.25. He then went on to say that all of the other farmers
>> around the area looked at great grandpa like he was dumb for buying
>> such a big tractor, but grandpa said that great grandpa was glad that
>> he bought it.
>> It is really sad that most of my generation, (at least around here),
>> doesn't give a cat's rear about this kind of stuff. People like my
>> grandfather and others who remember this kind of stuff won't be around
>> forever.
>> Sorry for the long email, just thought I'd take the time to share that.
>> Take Care,
>> Tyler Juranek
>> 
>> 
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