This morning on the drive to school I was having some D&M thoughts .... I was thinking back to 30 years ago when I had the bulldozer bogged in a creek at the back of the farm. It was very thoroughly bogged .... deep enough that I couldn't even start the engine! The bulldozer was a 1953 Fowler 45hp single cylinder diesel that was started by hand. It had a large external flywheel and this was stuck in the mud .... so starting the engine was not an option.Over a period of a few months I arranged a winching set up with many pulleys to multiply the power of the 8ton winch on the Landrover. I only had 3 pulleys of my own so I began asking round the neighborhood to find some more. Soon I began to find pulleys just arriving on my doorstep! No names .... just the pulleys.
Soon there were enough pulleys donated that I could create a very powerful array .... I estimated it to be about 50 ton of force ...... and it pulled the dozer out of the bog! I wish I had a photo of it.
The point of this story is that the community clearly knew much more about me than I realised .... we often underestimate the care that our friends have for us and that our community has for us.
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