24 Jun
2009
24 Jun
'09
11:12 a.m.
david wrote:
TheOther wrote:
Hello David,
I believe you when he said it was a "small" farm.
There's that wonderful British talent for understatement, that's very
much alive and well in the Midwest of the USA. Understatement is a
highly valued form of humour in the Midwest.
Best,
Stephen.
david wrote:
He described it as small. I understand by comparison to many other farms
in the area at the time, it was small.
That was many years ago - haven't had any contact with him since. I have a friend who owns a small farm in Illinois
(6000 acres). A couple
of times now, he's been out in the field working on or near large
farming equipment when lightning struck. One time, he came to on the
other side of the equipment from where'd he been working!
Hawaii's pretty tame on lightning ...
Small farm....6000 acres of Illinois
farmland... Boy *that* brought a
smile to my face.