Friday, October 13, 2017

The real deal but not the real deal!

This picture is not of our Jayhawk stacker but it is very much like what we had on the farm.  We had an M international and a Jayhawk with rubber tires like this.  It seems to me that ours was a bit taller but I am not sure.  I do know that we could make hay stacks much taller than anybody in the country. One can see the metal tips on the end of the wooden tines.  I have one in my wood shop that came off our Jayhawk.    According to my memory Dad never allowed anyone else to drive it.  Not sure why but then that was Dad.
There were times I wondered why we had a M with narrow front end wheels but as I think back I think we had to have a narrow front end to use the Jayhawk and the cornpicker.  The only bad thing about those narrow front tires was if you were in the middle of a dirt field and it started to rain you had better head out or the front tires would plug up with mud and skid along the ground.  All the better to quit early, right??
I had to buy a pumpkin yesterday.  Terry had a Dr. appt on Wednesday.  The building and office were very nice and I am thinking this is a first class place.  Then I go up to the front desk and there sits a tiny plastic pumpkin, what the heck!  So when Terry has a follow up on Monday the office will get this nice REAL pumpkin.  I am sure they will be thrilled!
My FP is on its last swallow so it is time to shave and get set for my Friday match.  Yesterday I lost my focus and tried to be too fancy with my shots.  This morning it will be "hit it over the net" and make them make a mistake.  We'll see what happens!

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