July 4th Yard Art
I like to annoy my neighbors from time to time with my collection of yard art. About 25 years ago, I bought an old manure spreader for $10 at a farm auction. I brought it home and put it front and center in the front yard out by the road. It stayed there for 20 years until some guy showed up at the front door one afternoon and bought it from me. Last year, I bought an M101 military trailer at a farm equipment auction. It was a 1953 model which made it the same age as me. I used it to replace a 1968 model M101 trailer that I had purchased a government surplus sale for $275. I hauled all kind of stuff in that trailer for about 15 years. A couple of years ago, some lady going down the road at 72 MPH in a 50 MPH zone lost control of her car and ran through our yard and slammed into my wife's Corolla and my M101. The insurance company totaled both of them. Apparently, there were only 3 M101 trailers for sale east of the Mississippi River and they paid me $1350 to get a replacement. I b...