{"id":19100,"date":"2021-11-13T20:22:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19100"},"modified":"2021-11-13T20:23:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T01:23:48","slug":"episode-474-our-first-post-pandemic-farm-sale-nov-13-2021-sale-for-late-john-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=19100","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 474 OUR FIRST POST PANDEMIC FARM SALE.. NOV. 13, 2021 sale for late John Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"
EPISODE 474     OUR FIRST POST PANDEMIC FARM SALE, Nov. 14,2021 (sale for late John Smith)<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
Nov. 15, 2021<\/div>\n

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Winter weather on  the way but today was crisp and brilliant as Andrew and I <\/div>\n
motored north to our first post pandemic farm sale.<\/div>\n

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\u201cLive auction sale for the estate of the late john Smith. Emergency #938198 Dufferin County road 18\u2026Airport Road north of  Terra Nova\u201d<\/div>\n
Bob Severn,auctioneer”<\/div>\n

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\u201cMom didn\u2019t want to come, Dad?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNo\u2026.And I have an idea for her Christmas present this year.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWait and see.\u201d<\/div>\n

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\u201cWell, Dad, what interests you now we got here?\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI think  the David Brown tractor\u2026British made..not many around.\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t see it here\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cMust be out behind the barn.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cCan\u2019t go there right now\u2026Bob Severn is getting revved up.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cLet\u2019s take a look in the stable\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOld style\u2026wood stanchions and looks like this<\/div>\n
was a small mixed animal operation\u2026.chickens, pigs and a couple of cows.”<\/div>\n

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“And sure as god made little green apples, here is the David Brown tractor.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cSeems to need some work.\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cKeep a list\u2026start with a pair of big back tires and smaller front tires\u2026then maybe<\/div>\n
a new engine.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cOne thing not needed\u2026.guess what that is?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThis David Brown tractor does not need a new paint job.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cGreat paint!”<\/div>\n

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\u201cAndrew, let\u2019s get it.\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAre you nuts, Dad?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cYou already know the answer to that.”<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhat did you buy, Andrew?\u201d\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThis welding table and two heavy jacks\u2026paint brushes, nails, blow torch\u2026I bought a complete corner<\/div>\n
of the workshop\u2026.more than we can load.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhat about the David Brown tractor.?<\/div>\n
\u201cSorry, dad, no space on the truck.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cNow, that is a real shame\u2026I was considering the tractor as my Christmas present<\/div>\n
to Marjorie.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDidn\u2019t you give mom a International Tractor for her birthday a few years ago?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI did\u2026ran well for couple of years.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cAnd this year you gave her a John Deere riding mower.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cI did.   She will not let me drive it.  Says I will just put it through the weeds in search<\/div>\n
of rocks and lumps of hidden cast iron.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s hit the road\u2026”<\/div>\n

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\u201cThis is John Smith\u2019s sister, Joan, and family friend.  She was one of the smartest persons at the auction\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThere were more than 100 people at the auction\u2026I only saw three Covid masks.  Joan wore one of them.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201clet\u2019s hope this virus madness will end soon.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cThere are still some clouds on the horizon, Andrew.”<\/div>\n

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