Back in the 1980's we were installing end posts for a vineyard and hit a major phone line at the intersection of 2 county roads , they had laid the cable through the field at an angle instead of squaring it off. Repairman was very unhappy because he had to dig up the line to repair it. No cost...
When I was in grade school I spent the weekend with a classmate on their ranch. We got early in the cold morning to feed livestock and when we got to the hay barn the team was hooked to the wagon and next to it was a new IH tractor. I asked why they didn't use the tractor and was told that the...
I grew up in the timber country of E. Oregon. Small lumber mill town. All the ''6 packs" in those days were called "crummies" because that's all all the Dodges looked after a week in the woods.