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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, June 25, 2003 Water tanks tanks bigger than your tank, my tanks bigger than My yours neener, neener, neener. As childish as that sounds, that is pretty much what my Editor said. Then he did a little But anyway. I dont really have time to worry about that. I have to finagle a water tank from someone. I was going to buy a water tank. But I come from a long line of junk pile scroungers that would never buy something if we could make one out of old barrels or borrow one. called Norman Nielson. Norm I need a water tank. Well how big do you want? I have 17 of them. I think I I jig as he walked away. Okay, Im a little sore about this whole matter. But havent you noticed all the people driving around with water tanks in the back of their trucks or mounted on a trailer? Everybody in town is trying to water things so their yards dont start looking like the golf course. Darn fine golf course, too bad its brown. With all the people and their water tanks, I decided that I needed one too so I could water have 17 - maybe I have 18 -hold on - Mother Ruth! How many water tanks do I have? (17) Yeah, I have 17 of them. I replied, The BIGGER the BETTER. I need a BIG tank. Size counts Norm. I gotta have a big-water tank! You see, I had already seen Tamara Lewis driving around in a huge truck and a water tank that cou Id fill the swimming pool. You just gotta love a woman that can drive a big truck with a water tank the size of a house. Put that on a Motor A hand and tossed it on the trailer. But I had a tank! Beggers cant be choosers. was proud. I was in hog heaven. I was gloating with I was so tickled that couldnt laugh any louder than I. I had a trailer, I had a big-tank, and I had a truck. I was happy - until Billy-Bosingle handedly crushed me. He actually got out of his car at the at the Patio in Blanding and walked by and says, Cave Guy, that isnt a tank. That looks like a Big Gulp. I have access to a 325 gallon tank. He snickered and chuckled as he walked off. I ordered my usual at the Patio. The kid at the Patio window looked at the tank, and back at me, back at the tank, then said Refill?" I could hear him laughing window. he when closed the When I went down to Motor Parts, the boys down there got quite a laugh at the size of my tank. As they gave me the parts I needl'd, they y uckod it glee. I Tickle-Me-Elm- o A b drive-in-windo- 64-oun- w ce Not that I like yard work, in fact I hate yard work. But I really liked the idea of Parts Calendar and that will driving a truck around with a sell some tools. water tank. This is as big-Finally, after a million phone up. I heard them say as I drove close to driving a fire engine calls I made arrangements for out of sight, Well, I hope he as I will probably ever get. a tank. I was so excited I could doesnt drink it all before he I However, knew that my too hardly stand it. I started gets home. kind and loving wife was going selling water shares in the And my too kind and loving to be a problem so I started tank. Suzanne Anderson could wife, when I pulled up to the dropping hints that I thought use it two days a week - 50 front yard, yawned and said, a water tank might be useful cents per trip. Others wore Well that doesn't look very big, from all the fuss you were during the millennium and sure to sign up soon. I went to technically speaking it could Blanding to making about this new tank I almost be counted as food Normans junk pile and found thought it was going to be the tank. Norman was true to bigger Not that size counts storage. She bought it. She is such a worry-warThat's it' I am shaken I his word and showed up to Anything to do with drought, direct the loading of the tank have tank envy I can hardly pestilence, or plagues she onto the Hat bed trailer. But stand it Now I am noticing immediately says, See I told first we had to spend a few the size of even body's tank. hundred hours moving other They are all bigger than mine. you so. We had items piled on top of the tank This is not exactly how I was Hey wait a minute. worms and moths. We have a Finally success! Although, planning on spending my is And there that when I looked at it, the tank vacation. drought. SARs thing in China, maybe I didnt look too big. Dave (See how many trucks you better be the one worried, eh? Anderson lifted it with one can identify.) stuff. A t. ft ' flSP4 r fWl mg 7 - Page 9 |