Atomic Power, Hay and Old Neighbors
When I was a teenager, we used to sell some of the hay grown on the farm to our neighbors. It was usually my job to haul the hay from the field to the barn. This was in the days when the hay was in small square bales. Many of the neighbors were somewhat elderly. They would frequently walk out their respective barn and entertain me with stories while I transferred the hay from a trailer to the barn.
One of the neighbors was Claude Manley. He had been a good friend of my maternal grandfather (Ben Wann) and would sometimes have stories about him or the two of them. He always reminded me, on each of the many occasions we met to get as much education as possible. Don't think he had much, but seemed to appreciate the doors it opened for you.
The other subject that always came up was his prediction I would live to see atomic powered farm tractors. We are still tending our crops with diesel power with no atomic power in site almost 50 years later. It occurred to me recently that while we do not have atomic powered tractors, we do have atomic powered cars. This depends on where you live, but if you live in the greater Dallas area where electricity is provided by a nuclear power plant, the new all electric cars derive all of their power from nuclear energy.
Wonder what Claude would think if he were alive today? His old farm is less than ten miles from where nuclear power is being produced at Comanche Peak. If not already, there will soon be an occasional all electric auto silently passing his old home.
One of the neighbors was Claude Manley. He had been a good friend of my maternal grandfather (Ben Wann) and would sometimes have stories about him or the two of them. He always reminded me, on each of the many occasions we met to get as much education as possible. Don't think he had much, but seemed to appreciate the doors it opened for you.
The other subject that always came up was his prediction I would live to see atomic powered farm tractors. We are still tending our crops with diesel power with no atomic power in site almost 50 years later. It occurred to me recently that while we do not have atomic powered tractors, we do have atomic powered cars. This depends on where you live, but if you live in the greater Dallas area where electricity is provided by a nuclear power plant, the new all electric cars derive all of their power from nuclear energy.
Wonder what Claude would think if he were alive today? His old farm is less than ten miles from where nuclear power is being produced at Comanche Peak. If not already, there will soon be an occasional all electric auto silently passing his old home.
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