[solo gringo]

Good post love it.As a farm boy i can relate to your tractor learning.We did not have a tractor on our farm we only had mules.On a tractor you only smelled diesel fuel if you get my drift.I used to complain and daddy would say boy that smell will grow hair on your chest.Another thing on the tractor you just had to turn the steering wheel you did not have to holler gee and haw to go left or right.

[19th LA Inf]

In 1952 I was in the Army in Maryland and was sent TDY to Eglin Field, Florida with a couple of Yanks. We went by TPA (travel via personal auto) in one of the guys' 39 Ford, taking about 3 days. I bet them that we would see more tractors than mules on our trip through the South. I lost big. Humiliating.