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D.J. Rasmussen
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I wanna again welcome you to The 405 Coffee Break. Guys, did you get through Thanksgiving alright? Are you hungry yet? Any leftovers? Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottled water. Let's see what's happening.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.49 a bushel. 550lb steer calf, looky here, it's $4.05 On The 405, calf prices are $4.05. 550lb steer calf, $4 and a nickel. Butcher hog in Iowa 67ยข a pound. And a 100lb fat lamb in Billing will fetch you $2.21, $2.22 depending on their condition. But guys theres more, much more.
OK Solberg:Okay. Here it comes. A one liner you'll never forget. Well, maybe you'll forget it, but you'll laugh before you do forget it. Ready? Here it comes. I heard someone say this exact thing. It's absolutely worthless when it don't work.
OK Solberg:Now after she said it or was it a he? I can't remember. After they said it, they understood that it wasn't the most profound statement ever made, not as insightful as the great aim of education is not knowledge but action. They knew their little statement didn't have that significance or weight, yet it still came out of their mouth. It's absolutely worthless when it don't work. I appreciate that statement nonetheless. We all have had situations where we count on things doing what they were meant to do, yet they fail.
OK Solberg:I'm reminded of a true life happening that occurred some years back right here in Phillips County when a friend had a fairly new John Deere tractor, and he was bailing with this tractor. Oh, guys, it'd been hot and dry, so he was gonna bale in the cool of the evening. The hay wasn't so brittle. So he fired up that fairly new John Deere, which was already hooked to the baler. And as he's heading out to the field at dusk, well, he flipped the switch to turn on the lights. Kapow.
OK Solberg:Tractor died, dead in the water. He monkeys. He fumbled. He turned the key off and then on and off. He let things reset. After a period of frustrating monkeying, it finally started. But don't sing hallelujah. The PTO worked, the hydraulics worked, but the tractor wouldn't move. It wouldn't go forward, and it wouldn't back up. It's absolutely worthless when it don't work.
OK Solberg:I remember a microwave we had back when the kids were little. Little baby Gregory needed his bottle in the middle of the night, and we warmed that formula up in the microwave. I know. I know. We never got it too hot. I know. We tested it before we gave it to him. But this crazy microwave would be temperamental. Say it would work three times straight the day before without hesitation. Now at 02:13AM, it's dead in the water. It's absolutely worthless when it don't work.
OK Solberg:I'm reminded of the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobile. The guys are gonna charge their way back home using credit cards. John Candy asked Steve Martin, what what kind of plastic do you carry? He answers, I have a Visa and a gasoline card.
OK Solberg:Oh, and I have a Neiman Marcus card in case we wanna buy a gift for someone. What have you got? Chalmers Big and Tall Man Shop. It's a seven outlet chain in the Pacific Northwest. Great stuff. Unfortunately, it does us no good here. It's absolutely worthless when it don't work.
OK Solberg:I like that statement. I'm gonna keep it in my back pocket. I know that saying doesn't have the depth of some, but, man, it fits the bill so often in real life. Okay. Now I'm winding down. Thanksgiving's over. The weekend's coming. Now the challenging part. I build these episodes one word at a time, and I strive to find a bible verse that dovetails the theme. Now, guys, there's no verses about baseball. That I already know.
OK Solberg:But what about a verse that harmonizes with it's absolutely worthless when it don't work? Listen. Listen. Trust in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint. Proverbs 25:19 So here's to all your gadgets, all your electronic devices that they might function properly and do the things you count on them to do.
OK Solberg:Here's a little toast. So here's to dependable friends, trustworthy tools, and every gadget you rely on actually doing its job. May nothing in your life act like a broken tooth or a bum ankle, and may all your buttons, batteries, and Bluetooth connections work the very first time and every time.
OK Solberg:So until Monday, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.