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Life is Simple
Life is Simple
The Midwest Cattleman · April 1, 2021 · P5

Copyright 2021, load the tractor, and be back
Jerry Crownover home by bedtime that night. Jack knew that if he drove policeman lit them up. Im-
past the trucker’s paradise, mediately, Jack stopped his
Jack driving, they depart- he would surely find a local- truck and waited for the of-
ed Missouri as soon as Joe’s ly owned convenience store ficer to walk up to their win-
son’s ballgame ended that with cheaper diesel in this dow.
Friday night, and headed small, Illinois town. Sure “Whatcha guys up to?”
north. About 1:00 A.M., Jack enough, a couple miles down asked the cop, as he shined
realized they needed to refu- the road, there was a conve- his flashlight throughout the
el the truck and started look- nience store with fuel that cab.
ing for the next exit. Luckily, was ten cents cheaper. Unfor- Jack explained where they
there was an all-night truck tunately, it was closed. were headed, and why they
stop at the very next one, Upon doing a circle turn in
but, being a frugal farmer, the closed parking lot, a local continued on page 19

Jack and Joe (not their real
names) have been the best of
friends since childhood, even
though they are both looking
at forty in the rearview mir-
ror. They both farm in south-
ern Missouri, but Jack had
recently found a deal, on-line,
on a used tractor in Wiscon-
sin, that was exactly what New Day G149 ASA 3641156
he was looking for. Thinking SimAngus™ IR CAPITALIST E104 son
that he and Joe were still CE 10 | WW 90 | YW 150 | $API 148 | $TI 90
twenty, he devised a plan for
them to leave, late Friday
evening, take turns driving
all night, be in Wisconsin
early on Saturday morning,

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