I'm always leery about what's coming next when my husband calls and asks, "wanna hear about my day?" It's usually cringe worthy and gives me something new to worry about. There's been three-wheeler accidents, lots of cow run-ins, several electrical problems, equipment malfunctions, and a variety of other very dangerous things. This time it happened to be "I put out three fires in the tractor cab and got chased by a sick skunk." This all happened before lunch.
Our equipment is old and provides hair-raising moments on a regular basis, but it really gives you the warm fuzzies when your husband has to put out electrical fires in the tractor he's baling with. Apparently the wire sparks and causes little fires. It had only been doing it once in a great while so they left it in lieu of fixing bigger and more problematic issues. It appears that the wire got tired of waiting until they had time to fix it. Brian put out the first one no biggie. The second time he thought he'd move it up the list, and by the third time he decided it was time. They now think they have it fixed for good. I guess we'll see the next time he goes to bale.
While they were working on the tractor, they spotted a sick skunk. Unfortunately, they didn't have a rifle, but since it was of a good distance they decided not to worry about it. After working for awhile, crawling inside the cab, under the tractor, and poking around to get the wire fixed, Brian noticed a noise; he looked up. There was the skunk investigating what was going on. Brian's brother was under the tractor so Brian very calmly (or at least that's what he told me) alerted him that it was time to get out from under the tractor. His brother was irritated because he wasn't done with whatever job he was doing until he looked up and saw sickly skunk near the tire. Both men took off!
What does your husband do at his job that you'd rather not hear about?
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