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MAUDIE AND THE SUPER BOWL

Reading a small-town newspaper over the weekend, I learned that Nebraska has proudly sent many competitors to a big farm machinery show in Louisville, Ky., which was defined as “the Super Bowl of tractor pulls.”

That event just has to go on my list of things to do and places to see before my expiration date, right along with Hawaii, Paris and the Masters at Augusta.

I was wondering if maybe our antique tractor, Maudie, might qualify for some kind of an event down there. You know, like masters swimming has a fogie bracket and big prizes for senior citizens who participate, like a lifetime supply of denture cream or whatever.

Somehow, I doubt Maudie could cut the mustard there, though. Maudie, a 1948 International Harvester Farm-All Cub, has 9.4 horsepower. The pro stocks in these tractor pulls can put out anywhere between 600 and 1,200 hp, the article said, with the modifieds generating up to 3,000. Wow! Imagine that power.

I don’t know, Maudie. ‘Course, you could always try for Miss Congeniality.

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Prayer request: Lord, thank you for inspiring my brother Danny and family to come home for a weekend visit from Boston for a family wedding. Grant them a safe return and a suitcase full of good new memories. Families may be separated by miles, but we are grateful that in Jesus, we are all in one. (John 10:30)