Funny how percepction changes

Dean called me today, he was crazy excited. He told me he just bought a new farm truck. He said it was in "mint condition", then went on to say... "Linds you wont believe it, I'm driving down the road right now 60 mph and I can hear you, this thing is air tight. The doors stay shut by themselves. I just took my hands off the steering wheel and its still driving in a straight line". It made me laugh that those are the things we would both now perceive as "mint condition" in a farm truck.

He came to pick me up and we went for a drive. When I saw it I was surprised that he didn't mention that it was actually MINT in color too, there is probably a reason he left out that detail. When I got in the seat was dirty and it rocked back and forth when I sat down. The passenger door doesn't open from the outside so I had to let Dean in, and I had to let off the clutch twice to get it in reverse but outside of that she's cherry (name that song) and my husband is quite thrilled.

I'll admit I even smiled a little bit when I first saw it because I know my dad will genuinely be jealous, a little bit of the truck but mostly the color. He is just a little tacky.

It was a really good deal and just perfect for what Dean needs. It is also leaps and bounds better than what he farmed in last summer. The red flat bed was a really good truck but it had seen its day. Both of the doors stayed shut by manually fastening them closed with a piece of hay twine once you got inside. It was incredibly dirty, it had none of the following; gas gage, lights, speedometer, seat belts, radio, power steering, O and most importantly NO Brakes. The window didn't roll up and the seat was always wet. People would comment when Dean took it to the gas station, "I'm surprised you dare drive that thing so far from home". Or my personal favorite was when Dean dropped it off to get a flat tire replaced and the guy called him and said, "I have an old set of tires I would sell you for $25 if you want me to put them on" Dean asked him what kind of shape they were in and he replied, "O they are way past worn out but a hell of a lot better than the ones you got now". That didn't stop Dean from driving it everywhere but it was really quite dangerous. Needless to say I didn't feel a bit bad when the transmission went out.

Just a picture to remember the red flat bed, I'm pretty sure this was at it's prime. Don't mind the hillbilly squirrel shooting activity following last years Fox family BBQ.