Re: I Hate Progress!

Posted by Paul in Mich on May 14, 2005 at 06:24:18 from (152.163.101.7):

In Reply to: Re: I Hate Progress! posted by 37 chief on May 13, 2005 at 22:59:47:

Stan, It never ceases to amaze me how the same people who want to move out into the country for its quiet peaceful nature and tranquility are the same people who also carp about its inconveniences. It gets worse as time goes on as more people do move from the cities out into the country. Two days ago I got up before dawn to begin transporting a 20" rigid drill through our small town to another field. I started as early as daylight woud allow so that I would travel the 5 miles without hindering traffic any more than necessary. On the way there is a bridge that must be crossed and when I first approached the bridge, early morning traffic began to form, so I pulled into Burger king at the corner and got a coffee and went back out and sat until the traffic cleared, then proceeded to cross the bridge. Now once I;m over the bridge, I can again move over and let oncomming traffic pass. As I started over the bridge, two oncomming cars approached me, and instead of them moving over on their side of the bridge, decided to come onto the bridge also. The first car realizing that she had to back up asked the guy in the second car if he would back up so I could get off the bridge. His reply was " I ain"t going nowhere, that S.O.B. on the tractor is going to have to back up". Of course there was no backing up for me as traffic was now forming behind me. I finally got out of the tractor and told the lady in the first car that if she could pull out into the other lane, she could back up about 20 feet, and back into a driveway and the car behind her could also back up and we could all get to where we were going. She did, and was no problem, but the guy behind her told me that he wasnt going anywhere because he was on his way to work, and I had his lane blocked, and I had his lane blocked, and I had no right to take up two lanes, and on and on and on. At that point, I calmly told him that it didnt matter to me, as the way I saw things that he needed to get to work to make money, I was already at work making money, and I could sit there all day long if necessary, and walked back to the tractor, climbed into the cab and began finishing my coffee. I guess that is when reality set in because he pealed rubber in reverse, and very begrudgingly backed up the 20 feet it took for me to get off the bridge. Unbenownst to me there was a deputy sheriff several cars behind me, and was walking up as I was driving off the bridge. Last time I looked back, he was explaining the right to farm law to the idiot who wsnt going to budge. To end the story I"ll say that we have from time to time asked for the towhship law enforcement to give us escort over that same bridge, but they have turned us down saying that we all need to use our own judgement, which we all try to do. But some of the fair thee well residents arent so apt to go along with the program.

Follow Ups:

• Re: I Hate Progress! 37 chief 22:11:51 05/14/05 (0)

Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: Email Notification: If you check this box, email will be sent to you whenever someone replies to this message. Your email address must be entered above to receive notification. This notification will be cancelled automatically after 2 weeks.

TRACTOR PARTS	TRACTOR MANUALS

We sell tractor parts!  We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]