“They just don’t build things to
last like they used to.”
If there was ever an All-
American lament, that’s got to be
But I’m nost sure that the
problem with our “Everlasting
Gate” was all the fault of the
manufacturer.
We never seem to have enough
gates around here. Ideally, we’d
have all tough gates made of
sturdy pipe, like those home
designed ones that hang here and
there, but soxhetimes due to
emergency needs, we purchase
those of different construction.
Like “The Everlasting Gate.”
That’s its name, the letters
On being
a farm wife
-And other
hazards
Joyce Bnpp
neatly stenciled across the top of
the flat metal cow lot divider.
Laurie and our young bull were
on one side of “The Everlasting
Gate” one afternoon not long ago.
Laune is one o! those problem
breeder cows, who’s met so often
with the artificial insemination
process that we should apply for a
bulk rate. In disgusted
desparation, the farmer sent
Laurie beyond “The Everlasting
Gate” to visit with the gallant sire.
Still on the near side of “The
Everlasting Gate” was Gent,
another cow turned out into the lot
to check for signs of interest in
renewed motherhood. What Gent
displayed was more than a little '
interest in the great beyond of The
Gate, where Brat, the bull, (what’s
in a name?), was strutting his
masculine handsomeness.
“The Everlasting Gate” had our
firm trust that it would
everlastingly divide the two lots.
And that was a mistake.
Gent was not to be kept from the
gate’s great beyond.
Just as the farmer had assured
our little farmer that the gate
would indeed keep a pacmg Gent
on her own side, the big cow took a
flying leap. Her 1,600-plus pounds,
spurred by amorous intent, landed
squarely on top of “The
Everlasting Gate,” crinkling the
neat rows of gray metal Idee a
discarded piece of junk mail.
“Gee, all that was left was the
“The,” chuckled the little fanner
at the dinner table.
Diligent pounding and
straightening returned the gate to
a more respectable condition for
the remainder of its everlasting
days.
But I don’t think this was a case
of false advertising.
More like consumer abuse,
wouldn’t you say?
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