Low Life

He had been in the hospital for a couple of days; he comes home to find some bastage has been stealin' hay right out of the stacks. :>(

Allan

Clint

That's how Pete's hay is stacked too. Way, way out in the middle of nowhere and they took from the far end of the field.

He said that they used a heavy pickup with one of those bale swings on it. Pulled one bottom corner bale, the top bale would then roll down in it's place.

Also said that he could see there tracks where they had pulled in the yard and had came to the door. Must have figured since he wasn't home, what the heck.

Allan

-mike

• Hobby farm

The sheriff says to "Make darned sure he's dead BEFORE you call me".

Allan

-mike

Can't imagine taking advantage of a guy like that, while he's laid up in the hospital, but don't worry, what goes around comes around, those people usually get theirs when they least expect it.

Had another one, who almost did activate the already short fuse, I decided to warm up on a dumpster first, then told him he's next, lucky it got diffused, problem is, as much as you'd like to smack the crap out of a jerk, the judge is gonna see it in his favor, so regardless of what happens, just can't cross the line without paying, these people are waiting to sue, so they don't have to work anymore, that is the problem. the whole thing is a catch 22, hard to make enough off the place to pay better, so the people you can get, are usually less than desirable.

Most times if you ask or explain to someone that you are in a bind, legitimately so, ( not feeding a crack habit etc.) someone will help you, need hay or something, ask first, but when you just steal, you become a real low-life.

Turned out to be a local dairy farmer that to this day denies that he was in the wrong. He showed the Sheriff a cancelled check from 9 years ago made out to my since deceased Uncle for hay. Claims he was buying "hay futures". I ended up getting $25 use for the tractor...nothing for the hay!