Life would be boring without some friends.......

Buddy was over yesterday bringing back the horse trailer he borrowed. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer bud has a big heart. Always good for soul to have a laugh and bask yourself in the knowledge that your occassional slipups are a drop in the bucket compared to some.......

This is the guy that came to look at a drum mower that I was practically giving him and started picking at it. I ran him off but he ended up with it later from the guy that I sold it to. First day he hooked it up on the tractor he busted the PTO shaft by trying to run the mower in transport position (ujoints wasn't crazy about them 90 degree angles) after I had showed him what to do and warned him about putting in position before engaging PTO.

Gave him a bar rake that he managed to bust up some on uneven ground cause he used a solid top link after I told him that he needed a chain (and even gave him one with it that he used while taking it home) cause he was smarter than me.....

Lives about 15 miles away and needed the horse trailer for several trips so I told him to just keep it at his place and we'd get it if we needed it in an emergency. All good, then he brought it back yesterday and parked it on the street across from the house. Asked him if he was finished and he said no, still has to pick up his mare this week.... I asked the obvious ???? of why didn't you just keep it? Said he needed the space where he had it parked and didn't want to park it on the street...I give him this blanklook and say "but you parked it on the street here........."

THEN....... we were talking about doing hay. Asked him if he was finished and he said yea but it liked to kill him from the heat...... His tractor has a cab. Asked him what was wrong and he said that the windows onle tilt out an inch or so and the little vents in frt didn't do much.......

Asked him why he just didn't open the door (or lift it off) and open the back glass......... He changed the subject and went home......

I didn't even laugh......Now THAT'S people skills.......

There is nothing like having a friend that is "smarter" to make you feel good about your self. You have been working on your people skills.
Ron

He's a good guy, just REAL German...... A lot of the western (free and civilized) germans don't have a lot of desire, mentality, or skill to "make do". They learn something in school (trade, etc) and that's the way it is. If it's got a door, then it needs to be closed etc....

Not necessarily a bad thing, just different to what I am used to.

Dave,
I believe some of My family may have come from the area you live.
Ron

Not sure what part of Germany my family came from, but I'm sure my wifes side came from your area.

not really a bad thing........ but, let's say you need to give the house a facelift and tummytuck.....
You're gonna have the stucco guy, paint guy (could be the same guy), then the gutter guy, then the window guy, insulation guy (could be the stucco guy if you insulate outside the house), tile guy etc.... After you get all the estimates and decide, they all bang heads and see what order they need to show up in. After that, you get the scaffolding guy to show up and get things ready for them.......

When the russian (or former east folks) buy an old place, they'll invite friends over, bust out the vodka, and gitrdun..........

Sounds like my brother in law. Haven't seen a thing yet he couldn't screw up.

Many years ago, my maternal Grand-father lived with us after he reached the age of 85, or so. He had been a farmer until he retired, but he and his wife couldn't keep up with farm life, so they moved in with us.
He'd often tell us kids that living to the ripe old age of 85 made it too tough to live on the farm. He also said that living that long meant that all of his friends had died, and he had nobody to talk to about the good old days!
He lived to age 98!
So, when i joined the local Fire Company, i made lots of friends there, and in our town, too! Now, a lot of my older friends have gone on, too, but i still keep making younger friends as much as possible. Most of the friends i made in this new place have gone on, too.
Young folks tend to keep you in good health. that and hard work, too. And, a frothy cool one every evening helps keep the blood moving and the head clear! How old am i, you wonder? I am 86 years of age. September 14th is the next birthday. Rusty Jones