Posted by LA in Wi. on January 14, 2009 at 09:26:08 from (71.117.37.127):
In Reply to: Little Urchin posted by moonlite 37 on January 14, 2009 at 08:30:21:
Years (and years) ago, I worked at a large Iowa Co-op and ran the scales during harvest. A local farmer always brought in his corn with his pickup truck (small acreage guy). And every time, after he unloaded and drove back onto the scale, he would quickly jump out and step off the scale, pretending he really was interested in watching the big dial move. And every time I had to remind him to step back onto the scale.
He made a lot of trips with that pickup. He knew better, but probably got a small thrill in seeing if he could get the trick to work. And gas was about 35 cents back then.
Local hdwe store owner told me he had to watch this guy closely otherwise tools disappeared off the shelves.
Every Sunday the guy always sat up front in church, and was even on one of their boards. I"d guess that he was never their treasurer!
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