[AT] On the shoulders of giants

[Phil Auten]

Spencer,

I have one just like that in my shop. I use it to mix my 
chainsaw/weedeater/blower gas.

Mine is a little newer than yours and I didn't use it when I was a kid, 
but it's a great can.


Phil inTX


On 2/11/2017 8:05 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> I keep this gas can in my tractor shop, to remind me of all of the hundreds of times I mowed the yard at our family's home while growing up. We moved to a new house when I was 9 1/2 years old, and it was them my dad gave me a little bit of training and said "this is your job from now on". I don't think I ever saw him mow the yard after that unless I was out of town or deathly sick. When mom died I put a price tag on the can during the estate sale but nobody bought it. So I decided to take it home just to remember all the times I mowed the yard.  I must admit I know every scratch, dent, and word printed on it.   I know how it pours and how the handle the feels.
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> How sanctimonious of me.
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> While looking at it tonight I realized that until I was 14 or 15 I don't ever remember changing oil or sharpening in the blades on the mower. I don't ever remember buying the mower nor ever filling the can up with gas.  Dad just made that all happen without me even realizing.
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> "We rest in the shoulders of giants: not knowing whether our ride comes from".
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