What vividly comes to mind is sitting in the cold air under
the KAYS radio tower in Hays, KS. My
friend and I, Joe Long, frequently trespassed over there to drink a quick
6-pack before the required check-in time at midnight. (We were at a private Catholic school and it
was strictly forbidden to drink…..but we were “good students/leaders” and we
knew which of the priests and brothers would look the other way.)
And so there we were, checked out on the off-campus list,
trying to slam a 6 as quickly as possible, so our breath would be “clean” at
check-in after the vigorous chewing of a whole pack of Hubba
Bubba Grape. That was in case the
dreaded Father Regis Scanlon was on check-in duty. He would cut no one any slack.
When we were sophomores, Joe and I were sent over into that
field by Mrs. MAAAAArks. (That was the way she pronounced it.) Most normal people would simply call her
Mrs. Marks. So, she was from Brooklyn. But kids
like to make fun of people. Anyway,
were on task to measure the height of the radio tower over there by using a
protractor and a weight hanging from it.
So there we were with our protractors and weights (rock with
a string tied to the center of protractor.)
We took our measurements of the angle.
Then we paced off the distance from where we were standing to the base
of the tower. So, it is tangent of angle
X times the distance to the tower, equals the height of tower. My figuring came up to around 800 feet.
I will always remember that tower and the height. I don’t know if it is because I was so close
in estimating it, or because I miss those days.
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Monday,
January 01, 2007
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1
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3
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sycamore
tree plant
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1
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4
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bottom
spring Skaggs for Cuda, take old spring in to match
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1
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get 3
light fixtures for shop at Stanion, box bulbs
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1
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dep check, prescription wally,
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1
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syth diesel oil, mobil 1 5w40, turbo
diesel, CI-4 rating
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1
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fix bad
tire off chinn system
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1
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fram ph8a for grader, filters for 8300 for JD
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1
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get gazeteer at wichita, ortemus kansas?
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1
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studs and
nuts for creep, old GM 7/16, need 2…..at Pratt Auto
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1
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gear lube
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1
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hytran fluid
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1
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get phone charger???
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1
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15 amp
blade fuses, blue
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2
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1
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get check
out of mail to give to K on U
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2
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1
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noon don
NY phone call
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2
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1
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ad HPJ
for heifers, list with Pratt for 18th
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2
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1
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hay to
horses and sick pens
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2
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1
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tighten
lug nuts on blue truck
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2
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1
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yellow
tags sort
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2
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1
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heifers
off wheat
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2
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1
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align
towers for cell phone, *228 send
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2
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1
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corn
gluten coming on 1.2
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2
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2
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Thurs
meeting with KB at PCC
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2
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2
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call susseofff about hunt
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2
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2
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ascha to do list…..math assignment
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2
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3
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crabgrass
test sprout, Chinn after cultivating
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2
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3
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scan pics, photo albums
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2
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4
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look at
court stuff
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2
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4
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pics to elstel farms about grass
sprouts
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2
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4
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tie weedy's post over
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2
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4
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mow
around indian mound and steer
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2
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4
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chinn pipe, end tire, lite, weld
leaks, tie batt
cables, replace centerbox of tower 4
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2
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4
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brake
parts coming from online, 866.503.5156, called 11.27 "week or 2"
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2
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4
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toy
muffler appt. in town
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2
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4
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toy
headlight fix
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2
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5
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ronnie shop organization list
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2
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5
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freeze
brand at Lukes little bulls
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2
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6
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donna meeting on Jan 16, 2007 at 10
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2
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grade
steer fireguard
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2
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332114
miles, 15755.8 hours, full, fuel consumption on semi
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2
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csicop link to site
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2
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bed off truck, weld, wash, 5 inch cylinder for lift?
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2
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measure
acres of wm and wsc, get bones for study in
pastures
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2
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update
grass study
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2
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Landon
engine for 4-H project, JD E
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2
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clearance
on springs on front of semi, play doh
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3
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1
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post
pulled out of SW and Steer fence near indian mound
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3
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1
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feeder in
brickey, fix tire on small creep feeder
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3
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1
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sweep and
tidy up shop
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3
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1
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junk out
of mom's yard, furnace to sun city, AC to big barn
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3
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1
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move
chute and palp cage, shovel out underneath, bring
chute home
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3
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1
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haul hay
from 80s to chinn circle
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3
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2
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shovel
out drain for calving room
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3
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3
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schaul hotwire, go around, add posts
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3
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3
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tie
Tundra brake line with wire
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3
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4
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NY brakes
bleed
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3
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4
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fuel
bypass fittings on Nyorker
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3
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4
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brace
wire broken east of pond on Chinn pasture, SE corner bottom wire
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3
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4
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cage
behind chute at windmill weld and replace wood
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3
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6
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loose
panels to weld on west side of croft pens
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3
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7
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2 wing
fences, silos, weedys lot, remove
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3
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8
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go around fences, brace wires, tie downs, gate latches, etc….
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3
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8
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paint
yard fence black
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3
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15
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put clips
on sucker rods at Horse Pasture tank system on top of hill
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3
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cut long
pipe off corral south of hog barn
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3
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sucker
rods weld by lucys pen weld (NE of big old barn)
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3
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change
oil in grader, filter Fram PH8A, check chain
drives, differentials, transmission
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4
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1
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ricks pasutre 1500/acre
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4
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1
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new tire
on deer feeder, air up good one
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4
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2
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12.15.06,
10 tons for bulls, 12 percent salt, move big bulls to liquid
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4
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4
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call
Spare, 20 thru 22
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4
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4
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paperwork,
tapes, transcripts for court case
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4
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5
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copy of JB from judge?
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4
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6
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WSC pics, calving pastures pics
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4
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pivot chains tie down at croft, manwarren
boots and leak?
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4
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clean
basement, hang sheetrock, sand drywall and paint
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4
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dozer
track on, transmission slipping
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4
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368 w wsc abort??
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4
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tires
fix/air up on loadout chute
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4
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south
central crossing fix, put hay down
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4
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focus on
your own family sticker
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4
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pumpkin
candle lit on Friday at 9pm., apple lite 6amSat
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4
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jeff scarborough, 337.540.1475
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4
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harmon road cut out a little
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4
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rick grass lease and hunting lease
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4
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coverall
816.769.3332
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4
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220volt
bulb, after Dec 1, behind seat in flatbed
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4
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semen purchases for the spring?
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4
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11.5 mi e
of Cassoday 1 south, Teter
Rock
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4
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800.368.5748.202,
register for tree list
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4
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lbs scale
send off
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4
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pics of cemeteries, gps locations,
Jesse, Doles, Koch
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4
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put extra
posts in with loader?, brace pipe on top of posts
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4
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tie
propane tanks together behind shop
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5
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dozer
lounge pen and bin entrance and re-channel turkey creek by HP fence
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5
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fix
dovetail on trailer
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5
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harmon dam.......add dirt
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5
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junk on
machinery hill
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5
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paint
corrals, barns
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5
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leak in
concrete waterer, wash out, re-plaster, cut hose
off
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5
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leak
south of steer pasture tank
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5
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rennettta robinson call
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5
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check
elevations on Gaither pond
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5
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look for
Bender purchase of SE quarter of 2
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5
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phone
recorder fix
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5
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tin on
big barn
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5
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cow/calf
monument, find plasma cutter in wichita,
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5
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files
organize
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5
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god
without religion
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5
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grass
samples send in
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5
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hole in catchlot tank drill
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5
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wesley swamp level
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5
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cabinets
for windmill
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6
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grass
survey
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6
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parts for
shadow order
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6
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rent tree
spade for cedars
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7
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1
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mobil 1, 5w40, diesel, ci-4
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444
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don, new york
hunter, cell 315.794.6623
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7
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3
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harper blocks, 49 at $30, ML, 45$ for 4 footers new, 2/day
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444
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5
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get phone
bill for Nov 5 at 842AM, Alltel fax subpoenas, 602.452.8359
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7
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46311 chinn circle water meter, july
15,2005
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7
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premises
number Livestock Commision is 004YGM5
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7
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47 bulls
released on lick tank on 1.1.07
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7
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cover all
barn, 3 blocks high, 6 feet, 40x60 salt shed
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7
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nov 14 credit, 123.55, landon114.60, lee324, pass 01454, lee286, pass
01529
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7
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auger
puts out 4.86 lbs/rev on Nov 8 2006, box peaked up is 7600
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7
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double L
trucking, turpin, OK, kevin,
dispatch@doublel.net, 800.872.0079, dennis@doublel.net (loepp)
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7
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45SE,
20NE, 23NW, 31SW, 37.45415, 99.04906, graves at Soldier Creek
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7
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IHC, FC
(or Super C)......184771 (1953) at harmon, (super
C?), fast hitch, c36A tandem disk, 7 foot
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7
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light
fixtures hunter cabin
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444
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lights in
Shop, mercury vapor over lift
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444
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mexican labor, house at Sun/Coats
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7
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model d
179108 at harmon......sell, 1948 model
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7
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33 Chinn,
41 Greene on Oct 23
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444
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kent goyen, tom jones,
fred mattal…..home
brewers
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7
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oil level
1/8th inch below D on Do Not Overfill at 81446, Oct 19th
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7
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1 psi equals 27.71 inches Water Column
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7
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1050 gpm at 70psi on chinn circle
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7
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144824
Acre feet x .001 on 1602 engine hours, 7.31.06, 98.51 acre/feet
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7
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316.253.2285
terry deal, ads pipe, hdpe, maxicoil
1900 feet for 5", 65cents delivered, 4", 39cents delivered,
250'coils, 3000 feet
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7
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324509
miles, 15184.5 hours, 3:41 to fill, 24 secs for 5
gallon bucket
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7
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366 head
at Lukes on Oct 4 2006
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7
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434.3 on
403 head average as of 8.4.06 to Lukes, 199 hd avg 421.4 on 8.10.06, 430 avg ALL
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7
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46311
Acre feet x .001 on July 15 2005
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7
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546.2444
L and W repair
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7
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84 inches
cab to axle, 10.5 feet for hydrabed
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7
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95730
meter on chinn circle, 6.9.06, started fertigation at 945pm
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7
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98.51
acre feet in one year
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7
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AAA
member ID 329859, password L2152510
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7
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allis chalmers d grader has g226
engine, grader serial is d-6728, same as D17 tractor (50HP), WD45, JD 3029T
fits
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7
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straighten
Turkey Creek by HP fence
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7
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elevation
just below cattleguard at water level is 1778.29
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7
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elevation
of upper pond (about a foot down in Aug 2006) is 1806.36
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7
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elevations
farthest west water level in SSC is 1821.83
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444
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extortion
tape, 18:45 and 40:30 "intent", 48:00 "not wearing sling"
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444
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george susoeff, 348.2611, 388.3094,
348.2020 (erma susoeff)
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7
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hauled
236 head to Pratt Feeders on Oct 4 2006
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7
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ipod ID 4u504d51ps9
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7
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judith lee policy #LIF00400119921303, $$999.26
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444
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July
24th, last time W saw kids
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7
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Kansas Animal Health Dept, David Leffingwell,
708 SW Jackson, Topeka, 66603
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7
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KDWP
number for me is 550107585, 370FA, 22ML, 188Archery
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7
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livestock
commission, 785.296.2326, david permits for pig
hunting
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7
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miles
324271,hrs15171, nov 11th am
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7
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moes in beaver barton county, north
of hoisington has a brewery
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7
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moes, 620.587.2350
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7
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patricia rome,
colorado
springs
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444
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pond
development (harmon, sandcreek,
southcentral, turkey creek), doris bass pond
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444
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NY 81446
1/8 below d on 'do'
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7
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prairie
dog hunter from topeka,
jeff flynn 785.836.3235
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7
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soil
sample on Chinn August 2006 was rec for 10 lbs Phos, 45 lbs N
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7
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wire on
walnut tree is 16.5 feet below fence/water level
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8
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pickup
junk twine off croft road first, then southwest pasture (mile south feedground)
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8
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steer
pasture risers, cover with coffee can, put dirt around it
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8
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calf barn big door
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8
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put panel in fence by auto crossing across stream at horse barn
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8
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rotors
put on 450
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9
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get
filing cabinet from big barn to Moms
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9
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chain saw
harmon road thru trees
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10
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2
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front
brakes attach to system
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10
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2
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40 psi in tires and check fluids in diffs,
grease
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10
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2
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wiper
pump fluid
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10
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3
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steering
cylinder on pitman arm
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10
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3
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ladder cakebox
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10
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5
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check all
brakes and shoes, replace if necessary
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10
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6
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parking
brake fix
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10
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6
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valve
cover leak
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10
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6
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get more
tires
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10
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7
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broken
bolt in rear flange, fix rtv in cap
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10
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7
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leak fix
on valve in caker
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10
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8
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leak on
transmission on semi
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10
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8
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third
axle
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10
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13
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block up rear end??
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10
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14
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head lites on feed truck
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10
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15
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tail lites on feed truck
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10
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15
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dump lift
for semi
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