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[Rob <becida AT comcast.net>]

At  10/15/2005 05:40 PM, Gene wrote:


> So what to name thirteen thousand pounds of backhoe?

All right! The time spent in "The Big City" was worth it, a new toy!

> And so it came to pass today as she
> and I--she having late in the day decided to respond to my seductive
> starting pleadings--moved rocks and dirt building the new stream crossing
> that will one day be the dam that will make possible the ram pump, gravity
> water and and trout pond, so it came to pass that she became Magnolia.

Is it diesel or gas?


> Her operator's manual is in the mail. A plain, brown envelope, no doubt.

A manual is a wise investment, no matter what color the container it comes in.

Congratulations Gene on a fine investment in tools and fun. (And the 
name is a good one too!)



Rob

becida AT comcast.net
Western Washington State, USA