Three of us were able to make it to Florida for the funeral after our brother-in-law, Ray Pivec, had passed away. Our sister had married late, and they had no children. I remember teasing her when she was at college, asking her if she was having trouble finding a boy she liked.

A regular question was, “What’s the combination to start that buggy without flooding it?”

This, I was sure, could make a no-flames hot spot beneath the truck adequate to warm that huge chunk of cast iron to a suitable starting temperature.

The warranty inspector said that’s all they needed, and that it was impossible to fabricate a record book like that. My little record book saved me about $4,000 that day.

Un homme que j’ai connu était vendeur dans une compagnie de ficelles d’emballage, principalement pour les presses à foin. Il a commencé à l’époque où le fil de fer à balles était presque universellement utilisé pour maintenir le foin et la paille pressés ensemble.