Posted by notjustair on October 09, 2016 at 19:17:02 from (70.195.1.56):
The post below got me to thinking about how times have changed.
I'm sure there's a tractor in here somewhere.
When mom was young they had a bad snow storm start after school started. They called Harold Schrag that drove the bus (one room) and he came but it was too late. They started home and made it to their first stop. The bus was stuck. All 17 of the kids and Harold knocked on the door of that kid and went in where they stayed for three days. Can you imagine doing that today??? First of all we'd never have enough food! I'd get reported to PETA when I butchered something to feed the kiddies!
Just before I was born they had a storm like that at home. My brother, dad, grandma, and grandpa piled in the pickup and went to check cattle who were due to calve at the first pasture south of the house. They got to the pasture and it was already bad enough that they got stuck at the first draw. Grandpa and dad walked the two miles home by holding the fences and each other. Grandma kept starting the pickup to keep warm and getting out to clear the tailpipe as the snow piled up. Grandpa said he would have frozen to death without dad keeping him going. When they got home the dug the new 856 Wheatland (there's the tractor!) out of the snow bank and dad held a piece of plate glass in front of grandpa's face while they drove back to pull the pickup home. The snow piled and drifted up until you had to walk out of the second story windows on the farmhouse.
There are so many things I think back on fondly, and I can't help but think we've ruined some of those. Some I'm happy to do without. Those four wheel drive pickup totally ruined your chances of freezing to death walking home!
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