This threshing scene was on Pattie's home place twelve years before she came into the World. She came along in 1924 while the threshing was going on, and she has loved threshing all her life. She has been a regular attendee at Pinckneyville, Illinois, plus Boonville, Indiana, and Evansville, Indiana threshing shows. She also attended the little show at Bluford when that was active.
Pattie went to Pinckeyville in 2015 and had a good day, stomping around the grounds and posing for pictures.
She got to watch this Advance engine pull a thresher, in addition to seeing tractors, gas engines, and visiting with engine friends.
We went again in 2016, but our time was limited. Pattie couldn't get around on her feet, but we did some visiting and looked at tractors and gas engines. That was her last trip to an engine show, and we suspected it that day. She had a good time, though.
Get out and do those things you like while you are able to do them. Life is short and you have to live it while you have it.
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Good advice. I have gotten to the point where I now regret things I didn't do - but now am not capable of.... :(
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