View of the day-Once the sun goes down, it's quitting time for some...the rocks can be dangerous in the dark.
We got to sleep in a bit...the elevators weren't going to open until noon so we had some extra time. Al cut another couple of guards to replace the ones that broke and after the lunch was made we rolled to the field.
The other Case combine was almost fixed and it looked like we might finally see a three combine day. After moving over to the new field the two Case combines got started and cut enough to fill the General so Marilyn could be on her way to the elevator. When she got back...the other Case combine had stopped again, this time one of the reel supports dropped down and the knife made short work of most of the fingers on one row.
With two semis plus the General hauling, Marilyn was able to fit in a quick trip into Jamestown to see if she could find some new guards for the header...just jobber ones of course, not the high priced ones with "CaseCorp" stamped in them. No luck on that front, but she did pick up a wireless router to get the internet closer to the TV so Al could watch the games and listen to his Terrier hockey games. She also needed a video card for our landlady, Donna's computer...she hasn't been able to go online for almost a month...don't know how she handles it!
Donna's sister and husband were visiting and brought a care package of 'pigs in a blanket'...which we at home call cabbage rolls. When Marilyn got back from Jamestown, they had packaged up lunch for everyone out at the field...working or not. After Marilyn delivered the grub to everyone, she was able to get in one more load before the elevator closed for the day. It was getting down to the wire when she finally got the truck filled...then the truck wouldn't start. After having Al explain all the techniques he uses when it won't start and trying them all...and a few more made up on the fly...Al told her to pick him up and he would see what he could do. She has been with him when he has tried to get it running before and she used all the "words" he usually does, but after driving to the far end of the field to pick him up and bring him back to the truck...it must have sat long enough...he turned the key and away it went. Good news for getting to the elevator, but bad news for the razzing she had to take...she did remind him that only two hours earlier he had called her on the radio wanting to know how to fix the thermostat in the combine...it was flashing an error message and he couldn't get it to quit...but, according to him, "that was different".
It was five minutes until closing time when she left the field and after a phone call to the elevator, they said they would stay until she got there...and they did. Once she got back to the field she was able to go home for the night and it was only an hour later that Al got a ride back to the farm...everyone had called it a day...
Even the other Case combine, who managed to get in a couple hours work...
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