Bin crane does the trick in tank installation

A week of beautiful weather – how nice! Hopefully spring is here and we do not have any winter rebounds like we have had in other years. I have memories of a foot of snow in the beginning of May. That definitely put a stop to everything and I had cattle then. It was crappy to drive around and try and look after them. My work stopped and it instantly became a late spring. Crops were seeded late, but when they came up they really thrived. There is good and bad about it. I am hoping for a nice pleasant spring.

On the home front, Jaco and Quinny have got the air seeder tank installed above the grinder. We had Airhead lift the last pipe up for the stand, but when he saw the tank he said, “No way!” So we had to come up with a new plan.

We rented a bin crane from the Lashburn Co-op and it lifted the tank with no problem. We celebrated the success of this event with a shot of spiced rum at my kitchen table. The three of us were very happy. I sent the men down to help with the fencing for the rest of the week. After that, we have two Texas gates we will have to move, but not until next week. The push to get the tank in place is over. Now we will have the time to get the augers mounted. One job at a time, the most pressing one first. Moving the Texas gates will probably be next on the list.

In Alberta on May 5 is the election. Jim Prentice and the Conservatives are in tough, plagued by misdeeds by the people and overspending of the people who were in power before him. I hope he survives, but according to the media hype, he may not make out too well. The polls show the NDP in the lead. That would be disastrous for Alberta. We in Saskatchewan have suffered under the NDP for years. They destroy the industry and incentive with high taxes and red tape.

Be sure to get out and vote because it is an important right that you need to exercise. I think if you do not vote then you do not have any right to complain about what you are going to get. Good luck to all the honest candidates. There are honest candidates in all parties and I would hope good people get elected. May all the thieves, crooks and people with high spending habits not win and have to stay home. People who ran before and were elected felt that they had a sense of entitlement in which they felt they should serve themselves and not the people. They also allowed the civil servants to run amuck and government spending went crazy. That is not what the people voted for. They voted for good government and they did not receive it.

In this election there will be consequences. My hat is off to all candidates who, by running, make our democracy work.

Joke of the week: A cop sees an elderly woman is speeding down the highway while knitting, so he pulls up and shouts “Pullover!”

“No,” the woman replies. “They are mittens!”