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Mike (WA)
07-11-2003 09:26:04
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Update new Knotter for New in reply to markct, 07-11-2003 06:09:46
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The baler expert in our neighborhood when I was a kid was an old guy named Stan. Don't know where he got his expertise, but he was a wizard. The interesting part was that he was an "alcoholic's alcoholic". No sneaky bottle under the pickup seat for him- when he came over to the job, the jug came with him, and occupied a prominent spot on top of the baler. If it offended you, you need merely say the word, and he would get in his pickup and leave forever (or at least until you begged him to come back, and promised to mind your own business in the future). He'd take a pull every once in awhile, all day long. The boss sent me over to his place one day to fetch him for a problem- I was in awe (and shock) at the sight of a full size garbage can behind the house, literally overflowing with nothing but whisky bottles. All the same brand. They caught him moonshining a few years later- turns out the garbage can was not waiting to go to the dump, but was his carefully managed stock of empties for his moonshine. It was the perfect cover- everyone knew of his drinking, and the cops had come around before, but thought he must be buying the stuff, in light of the number of empties laying around. He died a few years ago, pushing 80. I credit his long life to not smoking, and avoiding fatty foods. In fact, avoiding foods of all kinds, in favor of a liquid diet.
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