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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=215 BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="0440eb82ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <div> "MEMORIES"</div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-478/memories.mid" autostart="false" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> sound control</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="food for thought 3 homepage"><B>BACK TO HOME 3</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="guestbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GUESTBOOK"><B>VISIT GUESTBOOK</B></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>BACK TO MEMORIES</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>SELECTION PAG</B></A><B>E</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=95 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#999999" TEXT="#080000" background="043b85f1ermwup.jpg"> <bR> <div> <B>FOOD FOR THOUGHT MEMORIES</B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=385 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#A0A0A4" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>LOOKING BACK</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>LOOKING BACK</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="242" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1693 WIDTH="238"><bR> <div> I often wonder while in thought</div> <div> How progress changed our ways,</div> <div> And all the difference that it brought</div> <div> From since my childhood days.</div> <div> Like on dad’s spread of yesteryear,</div> <div> Where yet I see him now,</div> <div> Trudging along in awkward veer,</div> <div> Behind a mule and plow.</div> <div> Carefully working down each path</div> <div> As he plowed back to and fro,</div> <div> Running into a little wrath</div> <div> To make that old mule go.</div> <div> At one end was the shady end</div> <div> Where dad would stop the plow,</div> <div> To take some time to catch his wind</div> <div> And wipe his sweaty brow.</div> <div> And he often mumbled at that time....</div> <div> When resting in the shade,</div> <div> "Lord, there’s got to be another kind</div> <div> Of tool besides this blade!"</div> <div> Dad never knew the twirling tines</div> <div> That came to till each row,</div> <div> And never saw the huge combines</div> <div> That reap the crops below.</div> <div> And I suppose in all his dreams</div> <div> He’d never see the day;</div> <div> That all those fancy farm machines</div> <div> Would ever come his way.</div> <div> No, they were the years of the Model "T"...</div> <div> Hard work, the only rule,</div> <div> The only farm tool dad would see...</div> <div> Was the rear end of that mule!</div> <bR> <div> William E. Hardison</div> <div> copyrights recorded</div> <bR> <div>   <div align="center"> <div style="padding:0px; border:1px solid #999999; width:235px; margin: 0px;background-color:#F2F4FA;"> <form action="http://pub2.bravenet.com/elist/add.php" method="post" style="margin:0px;"> <div style="background-color:#DBE0F5;padding:3px;font:12px arial;color:black;"><b>Join the Mailing List</b></div> <div style="margin:10px; font: 11px arial; color: black; text-align:right;"> <div style="margin-bottom:5px;">Enter your name and email address below:</div> Name: <input type="text" name="ename" size="25" maxlength="60" /><br> Email: <input type="text" name="emailaddress" size="25" maxlength="100" /><br> <input type="radio" name="action" value="join" checked style="border: 0px;"/>Subscribe  <input type="radio" name="action" value="leave" style="border: 0px;" />Unsubscribe  <input type="hidden" name="usernum" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="126720699" /><input type="hidden" name="cpv" style="border: 0px solid black; height: 0px; width: 0px;" value="1" /> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="GO" /></div> <div align="center" style="margin-bottom:5px;"><a title="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" href="http://www.bravenet.com"><img src="http://assets.bravenet.com/cp/bn-elist.gif" alt="Free Mailing Lists from Bravenet.com" border="0"></a></div></form> </div></div>   </div> <div> * * * * * * * * * * </div> <div> <A HREF="memories.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MEMORIES"><B>RETURN TO MEMORIES SELECTION PAGE</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>