gonewacky
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Post 62 and 63 are messed up. Both post are the same and post 63 should have what I’m posting below. Is there any way I can replace post 63 on, “The Truck the Witch and the Blacksmith,” with the following? Joe
Jim agreed, “Let’s try it. Let me see I never use the low range shift leaver. I’ll take the knob off that.”
Jim got out and pulled the seat forward and took out a plastic tool case. Albert’s eyes opened wide when Jim opened the case and set it on the seat. Albert scanned all the sockets, ratchet, pliers, screwdrivers, nut-drivers, wrenches, hammer, and crescent wrench. Albert reached out and ran his finger over the needle nose pliers. Then he questioned, “You know how to use all of these?”
Jim replied, “Sure, this is nothing compared to what I have back where I came from. I told you I put every part on this thing.”
Taking the crescent wrench Jim loosened the lock nut on the shifter knob. He set the crescent wrench on the case, and screwed off the knob. Sliding back he saw Albert spinning the adjustment on the crescent wrench. Albert insisted, “Oh yes, I’m inventing this.”
Jim took the crescent wrench and snapped it back in the case and barked, “You can’t do that! It won’t be invented for another forty years or so.”
Albert wined, “Yah but something like that could make me rich.”
Jim insisted, “No, it’s going to make some immigrant rich in forty years.”
Jim requested, “Here put this ball in your pocket. Then go stand by your horse.”
Then Jim started the truck and Albert didn’t freeze. Jim yelled, “Yahoo! You’re a genius Albert. Now touch your horse.”
Albert took the rains and nothing happened, so he touched his horse on the neck and it came to life. Then he held his fist in the air and bellowed, “I have the power.”
Albert questioned, “What about your horse James? I can’t ride my horse and keep one hand on your horse all the way to town. That’s not posable.”
Jim assured, “I have an idea.”
Jim unfastened the back flap of the truck cover, and folded it up. Then he laid it over his horse. His horse came to life and Jim yell, “Oh yah baby!”
Albert questioned, “Are you having delusions of being an Angel?”
Jim responded, “You bet yah baby.”
Albert just shook his head and thought, To bad I can never tell anyone about this.
Albert tethered Jim’s horse to his and followed the truck to town.
In town everything stopped. Suzy was in the kitchen with Victoria when it stopped. She knew Jim might bring back the truck so she headed to the feed and seed. On her way time stated. Walking by Mable’s shop Suzy saw Edna coming out of the store. Edna had George and Charles with her. The boys where caring supplies to their wagon, as Suzy dashed into Mable’s dress shop. Looking out the window Suzy heard Mable say, “What you looking at Suzy?”
Without turning around, Suzy replied, “I’m just watching Edna Hanson coming out of the store.”
Mable commented, “I saw her earlier with her boys. This is her shopping day.”
Edna and the boys drove off in the wagon and Suzy turned around. Then she questioned, “Oh that looks nice. It must be Helen’s dress because it’s purple.”
Mable apologized, “I sorry Helen’s dress was so much more than the lager girls, but purple material cost so much more.”
Suzy insisted, “It’s got to be purple. I’m planting a memory that this little girl well remember for a life time.”
Mable insisted, “White lace it is then.”
Then Mable froze in place. Suzy stomped her foot and cursed, “Damn it Jim quit starting and stopping the truck.”
Jim drove the truck out to the road and headed to town. One on the road he shifted into second gear and let the truck idle a long at ten miles an hour. Jim thought, This is going to take over an hour and a half to get to town. Looking in the mirror Jim saw Albert was keeping up, so Jim just kicked back.
Back at town Suzy left the dress shop, and went down to the feed and seed. She realized it was going to take Jim over an hour to drive the truck back. That is if he was letting Albert keep up. Then it came to her. How can Jim touch Albert if he’s driving? They might need someone to bring back the horses, or Albert is frozen there waiting to come back. Suzy decided to check it out, so she went to the Livery. Then she went in a stall and saddled up a horse. The horse came in and out of a frozen state, as Suzy touched it. Then she got on and rode it out of the stall. Riding down the road to Lambert Suzy thought, Thangs just take too long to get done in this time.
Jim was coming upon the back of a wagon headed to Dention. It was fully loaded with goods, and right in the middle of the road. Jim had to drive off the road to get around it as he mumbled, “Looks like Hank’s getting a delivery today.”
Jim looked in the mirror as Albert went around the wagon. Then he saw a rider coming at him. Jim’s head started to spin and he thought. How can this be? No one can move around. Then it hit him it must be Suzy. Jim slowed to a stop, and sure enough it was Suzy. Riding up to Jim’s window Suzy exclaimed, “You screwed me starting the truck. I’m going to be disappearing in front of people.”
Jim insisted, “Will just have to work it out.”
Albert rode up and Suzy questioned, “What the hell why isn’t Albert and the horses frozen?”
Albert put his fist in the air and insisted, “Because I got the power baby.”
Suzy shook her head and replied, “Oh great now you’ve got Albert doing the babe thing. Get going I’ll ride back with Albert.”
Soon they had made it to the old Feed and Seed building. Jim got down from the truck and Albert met him at the door with the skeleton key. Inside they went and opened the bay door. It didn’t want to move at first, so Albert pulled up on the door with all his might. Then Jim pushed as the door drug on the ground. Albert complained, “Crap, I’m fixing that. We can’t have a door we can’t open. After the door was open Jim backed the truck in. Then they gathered in front of the truck. Suzy explained about diapering in front of Victoria at the boarding house then again at the dress shop.
Jim gave Suzy and Albert the plan, “We’ll move our horses out back, as Suzy puts the horse she stole back at Henry’s. Then she needs to go to the dress shop, as Albert watches from the street. When Albert see Suzy go in he tells me to turn off the truck. Then Suzy tells Mable she has to go, and goes out the door. When Albert sees Suzy out of the dress shop he will tell me to start the truck. Then Suzy will go to the Boarding house and stand by the outhouse and watch through the kitchen window. I will give Suzy about ten minutes to do that, as Albert and I close the door. Then I’ll turn off the truck. Suzy can head into the house and apologize saying she had to go. That is the best I can do. Do either of you have a better idea than that?”
Albert replied, “Works for me.”
Suzy informed, “I’m taking the horse back so Albert won’t have me hanged for a horse theft.”
Albert replied, “What horse?”
After they put everything back in motion Albert and Jim snick out back to their horses. Then they rode off heading away from town. Making a big lope and ending up at the boarding house. Setting on the porch Albert confessed, “Tomorrow I want to make another hitch for the tongue of your wagon. You know like the one on the plow.”
Jim question, “So I can hook up the wagon like I did the plow.”
Albert replied, “Yep, I want to try something.”
Victoria and Suzy came out and sat on the porch with Jim and Albert. Victoria questioned, “I thought you guys were supposed to be out chasing bad guys?”
Albert replied, “We are, we had to check here to make sure they didn’t come here. If they kidnap you and Suzy we’d starve to death. We already covered the west half of the county. I don’t think their around here.”
Victoria insisted, “If you find them bring them back here. Suzy and I could use a vacation. We could put them to work doing the cooking, cleaning, dishes, and laundry.”
Albert laughed, “If they knew how to do that stuff. They wouldn’t be running around robbing people, making them cook for them, and whatever else they need.”
Albert stood up and announced, “We better go Jim before they have us doing all that stuff.”
Walking off Jim informed, “You wouldn’t want me to cook anyway, but on the other hand if you need some food turned into charcoal. Just let me know.”
The road down to the Blacksmith shop and opened it up. Albert insisted, “The clock in my head is all messed up. I’m thinking it is two or three hours later than it is. Go ahead and start the fire. I’ll dig out what I need for the hitch, and to make new hinges for the Feed and Seed door. I got to fix that.”
An hour later the ringing sound of Albert pounding iron echoed in the air. Throwing a hot peace of iron in the water bucket Albert announced, “That’s parts for one hinge. Soon he had made another, and was working on bending the hoop for the hitch. Jim pumped the bellows a few times, and went out and looked up and down the street. It seemed to be a slow day for town. There were not a lot of people moving around. Looking across the street he saw Rebecca was the only one in the Horseshoe. Witch was normal, it was too late for supper and too early for dinner.
Waiting for a peace of iron to heat up Albert questioned, “What do you think about spending some time with the Iron Horse in the morning.”
Jim replied, “I’ve been trying to think of way’s we could use it, but I haven’t been able to come up with anything. I hope Suzy is doing better with her Crow.”
Albert added, “I was thinking of making a neck shackle for the Witch. I just don’t know if that will be an option. I could never take her to court for casting a spell, and I have no proof that she has killed anyone.”
Jim replied, “That’s why Suzy and I believe we have to kill the Witch. If you said we had to kill her to stop her from killing someone. That would not be a lie, and everyone takes the word of a lawman. A lawman does not have to explain what happened. That’s what a witness does, but we would be the witness. Does that make any since to you Albert?”
Albert agreed, “I think we can work with that, if I was the one to do it to protect someone. Then it would never be questioned, because that’s my job.”
Jim went on, “Now we’re still stuck with the fact that to kill her we have to hang and burn her.”
Albert pulled the hot iron from the fire and picked up his hammer. Ponding the steel Albert mumbled, “I didn’t hear that. My ears are ringing.”
Jim agreed, “Let’s try it. Let me see I never use the low range shift leaver. I’ll take the knob off that.”
Jim got out and pulled the seat forward and took out a plastic tool case. Albert’s eyes opened wide when Jim opened the case and set it on the seat. Albert scanned all the sockets, ratchet, pliers, screwdrivers, nut-drivers, wrenches, hammer, and crescent wrench. Albert reached out and ran his finger over the needle nose pliers. Then he questioned, “You know how to use all of these?”
Jim replied, “Sure, this is nothing compared to what I have back where I came from. I told you I put every part on this thing.”
Taking the crescent wrench Jim loosened the lock nut on the shifter knob. He set the crescent wrench on the case, and screwed off the knob. Sliding back he saw Albert spinning the adjustment on the crescent wrench. Albert insisted, “Oh yes, I’m inventing this.”
Jim took the crescent wrench and snapped it back in the case and barked, “You can’t do that! It won’t be invented for another forty years or so.”
Albert wined, “Yah but something like that could make me rich.”
Jim insisted, “No, it’s going to make some immigrant rich in forty years.”
Jim requested, “Here put this ball in your pocket. Then go stand by your horse.”
Then Jim started the truck and Albert didn’t freeze. Jim yelled, “Yahoo! You’re a genius Albert. Now touch your horse.”
Albert took the rains and nothing happened, so he touched his horse on the neck and it came to life. Then he held his fist in the air and bellowed, “I have the power.”
Albert questioned, “What about your horse James? I can’t ride my horse and keep one hand on your horse all the way to town. That’s not posable.”
Jim assured, “I have an idea.”
Jim unfastened the back flap of the truck cover, and folded it up. Then he laid it over his horse. His horse came to life and Jim yell, “Oh yah baby!”
Albert questioned, “Are you having delusions of being an Angel?”
Jim responded, “You bet yah baby.”
Albert just shook his head and thought, To bad I can never tell anyone about this.
Albert tethered Jim’s horse to his and followed the truck to town.
In town everything stopped. Suzy was in the kitchen with Victoria when it stopped. She knew Jim might bring back the truck so she headed to the feed and seed. On her way time stated. Walking by Mable’s shop Suzy saw Edna coming out of the store. Edna had George and Charles with her. The boys where caring supplies to their wagon, as Suzy dashed into Mable’s dress shop. Looking out the window Suzy heard Mable say, “What you looking at Suzy?”
Without turning around, Suzy replied, “I’m just watching Edna Hanson coming out of the store.”
Mable commented, “I saw her earlier with her boys. This is her shopping day.”
Edna and the boys drove off in the wagon and Suzy turned around. Then she questioned, “Oh that looks nice. It must be Helen’s dress because it’s purple.”
Mable apologized, “I sorry Helen’s dress was so much more than the lager girls, but purple material cost so much more.”
Suzy insisted, “It’s got to be purple. I’m planting a memory that this little girl well remember for a life time.”
Mable insisted, “White lace it is then.”
Then Mable froze in place. Suzy stomped her foot and cursed, “Damn it Jim quit starting and stopping the truck.”
Jim drove the truck out to the road and headed to town. One on the road he shifted into second gear and let the truck idle a long at ten miles an hour. Jim thought, This is going to take over an hour and a half to get to town. Looking in the mirror Jim saw Albert was keeping up, so Jim just kicked back.
Back at town Suzy left the dress shop, and went down to the feed and seed. She realized it was going to take Jim over an hour to drive the truck back. That is if he was letting Albert keep up. Then it came to her. How can Jim touch Albert if he’s driving? They might need someone to bring back the horses, or Albert is frozen there waiting to come back. Suzy decided to check it out, so she went to the Livery. Then she went in a stall and saddled up a horse. The horse came in and out of a frozen state, as Suzy touched it. Then she got on and rode it out of the stall. Riding down the road to Lambert Suzy thought, Thangs just take too long to get done in this time.
Jim was coming upon the back of a wagon headed to Dention. It was fully loaded with goods, and right in the middle of the road. Jim had to drive off the road to get around it as he mumbled, “Looks like Hank’s getting a delivery today.”
Jim looked in the mirror as Albert went around the wagon. Then he saw a rider coming at him. Jim’s head started to spin and he thought. How can this be? No one can move around. Then it hit him it must be Suzy. Jim slowed to a stop, and sure enough it was Suzy. Riding up to Jim’s window Suzy exclaimed, “You screwed me starting the truck. I’m going to be disappearing in front of people.”
Jim insisted, “Will just have to work it out.”
Albert rode up and Suzy questioned, “What the hell why isn’t Albert and the horses frozen?”
Albert put his fist in the air and insisted, “Because I got the power baby.”
Suzy shook her head and replied, “Oh great now you’ve got Albert doing the babe thing. Get going I’ll ride back with Albert.”
Soon they had made it to the old Feed and Seed building. Jim got down from the truck and Albert met him at the door with the skeleton key. Inside they went and opened the bay door. It didn’t want to move at first, so Albert pulled up on the door with all his might. Then Jim pushed as the door drug on the ground. Albert complained, “Crap, I’m fixing that. We can’t have a door we can’t open. After the door was open Jim backed the truck in. Then they gathered in front of the truck. Suzy explained about diapering in front of Victoria at the boarding house then again at the dress shop.
Jim gave Suzy and Albert the plan, “We’ll move our horses out back, as Suzy puts the horse she stole back at Henry’s. Then she needs to go to the dress shop, as Albert watches from the street. When Albert see Suzy go in he tells me to turn off the truck. Then Suzy tells Mable she has to go, and goes out the door. When Albert sees Suzy out of the dress shop he will tell me to start the truck. Then Suzy will go to the Boarding house and stand by the outhouse and watch through the kitchen window. I will give Suzy about ten minutes to do that, as Albert and I close the door. Then I’ll turn off the truck. Suzy can head into the house and apologize saying she had to go. That is the best I can do. Do either of you have a better idea than that?”
Albert replied, “Works for me.”
Suzy informed, “I’m taking the horse back so Albert won’t have me hanged for a horse theft.”
Albert replied, “What horse?”
After they put everything back in motion Albert and Jim snick out back to their horses. Then they rode off heading away from town. Making a big lope and ending up at the boarding house. Setting on the porch Albert confessed, “Tomorrow I want to make another hitch for the tongue of your wagon. You know like the one on the plow.”
Jim question, “So I can hook up the wagon like I did the plow.”
Albert replied, “Yep, I want to try something.”
Victoria and Suzy came out and sat on the porch with Jim and Albert. Victoria questioned, “I thought you guys were supposed to be out chasing bad guys?”
Albert replied, “We are, we had to check here to make sure they didn’t come here. If they kidnap you and Suzy we’d starve to death. We already covered the west half of the county. I don’t think their around here.”
Victoria insisted, “If you find them bring them back here. Suzy and I could use a vacation. We could put them to work doing the cooking, cleaning, dishes, and laundry.”
Albert laughed, “If they knew how to do that stuff. They wouldn’t be running around robbing people, making them cook for them, and whatever else they need.”
Albert stood up and announced, “We better go Jim before they have us doing all that stuff.”
Walking off Jim informed, “You wouldn’t want me to cook anyway, but on the other hand if you need some food turned into charcoal. Just let me know.”
The road down to the Blacksmith shop and opened it up. Albert insisted, “The clock in my head is all messed up. I’m thinking it is two or three hours later than it is. Go ahead and start the fire. I’ll dig out what I need for the hitch, and to make new hinges for the Feed and Seed door. I got to fix that.”
An hour later the ringing sound of Albert pounding iron echoed in the air. Throwing a hot peace of iron in the water bucket Albert announced, “That’s parts for one hinge. Soon he had made another, and was working on bending the hoop for the hitch. Jim pumped the bellows a few times, and went out and looked up and down the street. It seemed to be a slow day for town. There were not a lot of people moving around. Looking across the street he saw Rebecca was the only one in the Horseshoe. Witch was normal, it was too late for supper and too early for dinner.
Waiting for a peace of iron to heat up Albert questioned, “What do you think about spending some time with the Iron Horse in the morning.”
Jim replied, “I’ve been trying to think of way’s we could use it, but I haven’t been able to come up with anything. I hope Suzy is doing better with her Crow.”
Albert added, “I was thinking of making a neck shackle for the Witch. I just don’t know if that will be an option. I could never take her to court for casting a spell, and I have no proof that she has killed anyone.”
Jim replied, “That’s why Suzy and I believe we have to kill the Witch. If you said we had to kill her to stop her from killing someone. That would not be a lie, and everyone takes the word of a lawman. A lawman does not have to explain what happened. That’s what a witness does, but we would be the witness. Does that make any since to you Albert?”
Albert agreed, “I think we can work with that, if I was the one to do it to protect someone. Then it would never be questioned, because that’s my job.”
Jim went on, “Now we’re still stuck with the fact that to kill her we have to hang and burn her.”
Albert pulled the hot iron from the fire and picked up his hammer. Ponding the steel Albert mumbled, “I didn’t hear that. My ears are ringing.”
