[AT] Covid-19

[John Hall]

Sorry to hear about your friend Spencer.

The one thing I haven't really heard much about is happening 
now---shipping kids back to college. The way I figure it in 3-4 weeks we 
will really know how contagious/risky Covid is. My son has no in person 
classes for the fall. Some of his roommates do however. Even with no in 
person classes, you can't cram thousands of folks in a dorm 
room/apartment and tell them to stay inside until they head home at 
Thanksgiving--just not going to happen.

On another note, didn't realize how much of a socially distant kid of 
guy I am. Seems I'm pretty much at work or here on the farm. Other than 
going to church, I just leave to eat at a restaurant a couple times a 
week and go to the parts store and grocery store. I don't patronize 
movie theaters, gyms, water parks etc. or even routinely go visit family 
and friends.

Anyway, ya'll stay safe, take some basic precautions and keep on using 
them rusty tractors.

John Hall


On 8/4/2020 1:14 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> It hit home.
>
> I say this with a heavy heart, as many of you attending Portland may have met him. While at Portland I introduced a few of you to a fellow named Raymond Craft.  He was part of the the local home town Pfafftown contingency that attended the Tri-State show. He attended the Portland show along with Bill Gannoway most years and a few others.  We were all good friends and neighbors and were part of the local Rust And Dust club that sponsored the the local tractor show many of you attended.
>
> Raymond died of COVID-19 about 10 days ago. He was one of those “masks are for pussies“ kind of guys. I wonder if his three daughters, three grandkids and wife are thinking the same thing these days.
>
> I saw him and spoke with him(thank God with a mask on) at a funeral about 15 days before he died.  I miss him already as he was a stand-up guy.  He was also your go-to-guy for Farmall “H” tractors.   I’ll bet his estate now owns about 15-20 of them.
>
> I hope all y’all are being careful. Sorry to vent but he leaves a hole in my heart.  I’ll miss seeing him at the local breakfast diner and talking tractors.
>
> Spencer
>
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