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Farm Talk's Top 10

September 1, 2010

The Top Ten quirks in farmers’ memory banks:

by Mark Parker CNHI

Parson, Kansas — 10. He can tell you to the day the drought began back in ‘88 but he’s a little hazy on the exact date of his wedding anniversary.

 9. The location of the pry bar that gets used a couple of times a year is second nature to him but he has to search the cupboards for a frying pan.

 8. His appointment to check out some bulls is indelibly etched in his mind but the time of his daughter’s dance recital somehow slips away.

 7. He memorizes every switch and button in the new combine in no time but that darn TV remote control is another story.

 6. His mind is a steel trap when it comes to which cutting of hay is stacked where but finding the shirt hanging right in front of him is a challenge.

 5. The tag number of every cow on the place is easy —the names of his nieces and nephews, not so much.

 4. His recipes for various weed control concoctions are exact but when he has to make coffee, he just keeps dumping the stuff in ‘til the level looks kind of familiar.

 3. He can remember to tell his wife to stop for parts but forget to tell her that he invited the seed dealer to stay for supper.

 2. Memories of his son getting into trouble at school are vivid; the fact that he did the same thing when he was young is getting paler all the time.

 1. No way will he forget to take mineral to the cows but the chances he’ll remember to carry the 50-lb. bag of dog food in for his wife are pretty poor.

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Farm Talk's Top 10