Author Topic: Proud of my Spouse (Read 1694 times)

whitepe · « **on:** December 02, 2003, 06:51:01 am »

Becky got an early Christmas present.
See an excerpt from a Nov. 25th announcement.
For me, this translates as,
"A Hydraulic Mill is closer in the future"

It also translates into the fact that Jeremiah and
I will have to improve our cooking skills.

Way to go Becky!

We are pleased to announce the
promotion of Becky White to replace
Wes Hohulin as Market Development Consultant
in the Global Pleasure Craft Division.
In this role, Becky will be responsible
for leading Caterpillar’s worldwide
pleasure-craft marine market presence.
Specific responsibilities will include:
New Product Introduction support,
competitive analysis, pleasure-craft
product expertise, and North American marketing,
promotion, and trade-show support.

Mark M · « **Reply #1 on:** December 02, 2003, 06:54:41 am »

Way to go Becky

etat · « **Reply #2 on:** December 02, 2003, 07:08:05 am »

Sounds like a great little gal ya got there. Congratulations

OneWithWood · « **Reply #3 on:** December 02, 2003, 07:27:29 am »

Congratulations Becky!

I hope this doesn't mean more time away on the road. It is probably not advisable to leave the boys alone for too long

whitepe · « **Reply #4 on:** December 02, 2003, 07:36:05 am »

OWW,
I didn't look at it that way. We can buy lots of new
toys while she is traveling.

She will be attending lots
of boat shows worldwide.

Thanks . Sounds like you got a nice family
that you are real proud of. Our one and only
son is 14 a freshman in high school.

Norm · « **Reply #5 on:** December 02, 2003, 07:38:05 am »

WTG Becky,

(If you have to leave town for any amount of time you might want to hide the CC's)

Jeff · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2003, 11:50:29 am »

WOW! And ta think, we were just shopping at goodwill together just a couple months ago...

Congratulations Becky!

Bro. Noble · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2003, 12:51:59 pm »

Hey Perry,

Tell that gal congrats for me.

whitepe · « **Reply #8 on:** December 03, 2003, 06:54:32 am »

Jeff,
She will still shop at goodwill... Once a farm girl,
always a farm girl. Heck, she will even pitch in
and help other forum members milk the cows.
Isn't that right Bro. Noble?
Now if I could only get her to run the LT15 while I
pull boards...

When I asked her if we could get a boat now,
she answered with a resounding no and said
that boating was her business not her pleasure.
I guess I should consider myself lucky that I've got
the John Deere and the LT15.

Besides, I don't know of anyone who drowned while
running a sawmill. Harold's son has had some
close calls around water with gators though. Yikes!

Jeff · « **Reply #9 on:** December 03, 2003, 11:41:04 am »

Well, tell Becky next time you come up Tammy has got some new GW stores scoped out now and even a couple Salvation Armys. Are you guys going to try for Cedarville for Santa?

Patty · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2003, 11:50:16 am »

Way to Go Becky!

Since we are all one big family here, I can say that we are ALL very proud of you indeed.

BTW, I love shopping at Goodwill, you meet the coolest people there, and I simply can't pass up a bargain when I see one.

And the stuff you can find there....it is always a treasure hunt. Way more fun that Walmart.

Corley5 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2003, 04:27:24 pm »

Sounds like an awesome job!!! Congratulations!!!!!

Chet · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2003, 09:17:01 pm »

Are we goin' ta be seein' a lot beeeger tractor parked in front of yur garage. Congratulations Becky!

whitepe · « **Reply #13 on:** December 04, 2003, 08:26:43 am »

Patty,
Thanks.. Stop by some time if you are in Peoria
and you and Becky can check out Goodwill in
Peoria. Goodwill is actually located in a building
which used to be a CAT dealership. Right on U.S. 150
on the west side of Illinois River.

Chet,
Thanks... I am sure proud of her and she is really
a great wife and Mom.
I hadn't thought about the
tractor thing.. That's a great idea!

Right now I am just working on the boat thing
and I would settle for a little 16 or 17 foot aluminum
boat so I could use a 10 hp outboard that I obtained
when my father passed away in 1998.

Thanks also C5, I would love to see some of your
old tractors in person some day. A few years ago
I enjoyed going to the Old Threshers Reunion
in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa

Gus · « **Reply #14 on:** December 04, 2003, 10:24:27 am »

good for the whitepe outfit. Congrats!

Jeff · « **Reply #15 on:** December 04, 2003, 01:13:07 pm »

Perry, when you go to the cabin you pass within 10 minutes of Corley5's old iron mega museum.

Corley5 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 04, 2003, 03:59:48 pm »

Stop in any time

and I'll give you the tour. I-75 exit 301 and west 6+- miles gets you here.

Minnesota_boy · « **Reply #17 on:** December 04, 2003, 04:23:25 pm »

Congratulations to Becky!

I really think you need a different tractor in your driveway. You should support the company that supports you. Get a Cat Challenger to park in front of your garage!

OneWithWood · « **Reply #18 on:** December 05, 2003, 06:16:36 am »

M-boy has a good idea there. You could send me your current tractor to ease your guilt

whitepe · « **Reply #19 on:** December 05, 2003, 07:40:06 am »

Mboy and OWW,

I take a lot of flak at work because
the dealer that I bought the JD tractor
from in Morton, Illinois gave my a lightweight
green jacket with a JD logo on it and I wear it
to work in the fall.

OneWithWood · « **Reply #20 on:** December 05, 2003, 08:15:54 am »

I would be willing to take the jacket also

Did you hear about the pepsi driver who got fired when an empty coca-cola can fell out of his cab?

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2003, 03:07:31 pm »

WOW. Some promotion. Won't even start to list the options available when yer wife leaves town.

Congratulations to her and you.
Send yer son down next year and we will get him "Baptized" in real fashion.

whitepe · « **Reply #22 on:** December 08, 2003, 06:09:40 am »

OWW,
We could trade the JAG for the Deere

OneWithWood · « **Reply #23 on:** December 08, 2003, 06:12:20 am »

Hmmm. . .
I think I would get the better of that trade

whitepe · « **Reply #24 on:** December 08, 2003, 03:38:54 pm »

Well on second thought....

whitepe · « **Reply #25 on:** December 08, 2003, 03:44:18 pm »

Harold,
Maybe the underwater logging will get my kid
interested in logging in general.

A few years
ago there was talk about CAT making an underwater
crawler tractor. Yep, they built a prototype but it never
made it to market. It was powered by hydraulic motors
with an above water engine connected by umbilical
cord hydraulic hoses. The target market was for harvesting
cultured pearls in an underwater oyster farm on Japan.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #26 on:** December 08, 2003, 04:04:10 pm »

What happened to the prototype??? I'd like to play with that sucker a while

Furby · « **Reply #27 on:** December 09, 2003, 03:29:36 pm »

whitepe · « **Reply #28 on:** December 11, 2003, 05:21:00 am »

Harold,
They probably scavenged parts off of it for sumthin.
Who knows?
Did anybody see mega machines last night?
They had some guy taking a CAT D6 and running
over what looked like an old camaro or firebird.
It was a real hoot! When they were done,
the folks at IHOP couldn't have made better pancakes.

Fla._Deadheader · « **Reply #29 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:31:22 am »

Didn't see that, but, DID see the "Swamp Rat", the floating backhoe. BOY, did I get some visions dancing through the old gourd

Tom · « **Reply #30 on:** December 11, 2003, 06:48:34 am »

Perry,
You reminded me of an incident in Ft. Pierce along about 1969. A company had won a contract to "re-nourish" the South Beach. Tides, currents, storms and the eddies from the Inlet which was lined with jetties had eroded several hundred feet of beach in the past 40 years and the Feds were going to help with the cost to put the sand back.

This company built a crawler tractor that that had a snorkel for the operator and a snorkel for the diesel engine and crawled from the beach to the first reefs which were 3/4 of a mile and better off shore to retrieve the sand. It had a cutter device on the front and pipes out the back where the sand was pumped all the way to the beach. It was being used in 20' or better depth. It really worked.

This was the first time I had ever seen Robalo boats. The crew had two or three open, center console boats on the beach and when it came time for the crew change on the dredge they would hook the bow of one to a drag-line that pulled it across the beach to the surf with the crew in it. They cranked it up, disengaged the drag-line cable and went, hell-bent for leather through the surf, splashing and spraying water everywhere. Sometimes the boat would come back down and actually contact the water.

Changing crews, they flew back into the beach and surfed or jumped the waves and landed in the shallows with such force that they were propelled fully upon the beach. The drag-line then was hooked back to the bow and the boat was pulled above the high tide mark.

These were 25 foot boats with big outboards on them. I think the limits then were in the 80 horsepower class but they would really move. I have always been impressed with Robalo's ever since.

I was working for the newspaper then and took a lot of pictures of this dredge. Unfortunately I can't find a single copy in my collection. This must not have been as economical an adventure as was planned because I haven't heard of anyone else doing it since.

Jeff · « **Reply #31 on:** December 11, 2003, 01:20:21 pm »

I saw it PEW, thats one of my fav-or-right shows.

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Author Topic: Proud of my Spouse (Read 1694 times)