Posted by dave2 on April 29, 2011 at 13:54:33 from (139.139.35.70):
I's got's to be the luckiest guy around...... Kid (??? 30 years old) that works on my tractor and his family grew up in the former east germany (communist) and had to wait unimaginable times to get stuff or learn to make/repair their own including vehicles, tractors, and other machines.
Anyway, the boy is butt ugly and maybe gay or just smart (has nor wants a girlfriend).... and has plenty of free time. Dad is retired and has time and skills in just about everything except mechanics (kid takes over there).
Kid has me at pretty much zero issues on the tractor and won't ask for anything but I showed him a northern tool and HF catalog and told him that I would do the order for him (shipping and customs issues). He gave me a list that I ordered and I won't let him pay for it.
His dad OTH, always walks his dog by when I'm fooling with the horses and stuff around the place and will "inspect stuff" and tell me what needs fixed. Had a little trailer that was pretty wobbly and beat up that I was going to junk this summer when the plates expired. He borrowed it, brought it back a couple days later in better than new (except for paint) condition and asked if 50 bucks was too much (to cover his parts).
Horse trailer ramp was wobbly and I asked him for an idea to maybe weld a couple straps to the existing hinges and relocate the bolts. Said he'd try and took the trailer to his house. Brought it back today with the ramp completely redone with new marine plywood, cleats for walking, and the rubber matt cleaned like new and reinstalled and nice panels made from the leftover sheet to replace 2 pieces of rubber mat that I had hanging from bailer twine on the frt ties (to heep our small horses from trying to go under. Asked for 50 bucks plus material. I always offer to help if he needs anything and the wife tokes care of his animals if they get down (not often) but I get more out of him/them. They don't want or need money and won't ask for anything except a couple steaks from the commissary. Makes me feel bad when I can't give anything back. I slip to the bakery and deli on weekends now and then and grab a basket of stuff for sunday breakfast but it don't add up to what I get from them. If I leave and the wife is alone with all the animals, he patrols the pastures 2 or 3 times a day and makes sure everyone is where they belong. What can you do for those kind of folks without insulting them????
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