Surely you are joking and not serious. I really can't understand why anyone would be happy - "It gladdened my heart" that an individual would have a flat tire, whether it was a tractor or any other vehicle. If memory serves me correctly, your State of Connecticut has a very high tax burden. New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have the highest overall tax burden in the Nation. You stated that the tractor was owned by a governmental agency. If it was state owned, the citizens of Connecticut paid for getting the flat fixed. In retrospect, I drive a Chevrolet truck and if I saw a Ford truck on the side of the road with a flat, it wouldn't "gladdened my heart". I would stop and help the individual and I would feel bad that he had the flat tire. Surely you were joking?