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We hardly ever see a road grader any more. In case you don’t know what a road grader is, it’s a road leveling machine that smoothens out gravel roads. Many years ago, when all our roads were gravel or dirt, the grader was very important. Without their work the road would be full of pot holes washboards and washouts to make them very rough. The early graders were a horse drawn machine pulled by 3 horses, with a man standing on the grader between two large wheels that controlled the height of the blade. The object of the grader was to push dirt from one side of the road to the other filling up all those potholes and washboards to make the road smooth. The work was heavy for the horses, and they had to be rested occasionally. I remember a day long ago when we were driving along watching a grader with 3 horses. My grandfather asked the man to stop. He then said that horse in the center should not be working that hard. He is skin and bones. And the driver said I just can’t afford to buy feed for him. Gramp told the driver I want to buy that horse. Ok I will bring him over this evening, and Gramp said, no I want him now, he is in no condition to work. He unhooked the horse and brought it over to the house where we had a small pasture. The horse immediately started eating and the next day we gave him a pail of oats. That horse gained weight and was so excited about a pail of oats every day that he came toward me so fast he scared me. But my friend and I rode him even though he was not a smooth rider. However, more and more roads are hard surfaced and fewer graders are now needed. That is one of the slowest movers in this area, and we are acquainted with most of them. Light is the fastest movement we know of. When you turn on a light bulb it comes on instantly. There is no delay. Years ago when we had kerosene lamps, it took a couple of minutes to get them going. They were the best we had. Now let’s talk about speed. My friend Ole said his wife’s nephew got so many tickets for speeding, they gave him season ticket. Now in this digital age we have the speed of light to contend with. But first the speed of sound. Here on earth sound travels at about 750 mph that’s why you see lightning and hear the thunder a minute or two later depending how far away it is. We can count the seconds after we see the lightning and tell how far the lightning is from us. And then we have the speed of Light. That’s the big ma--moo. Light travels 186 thousand miles per second. Can you imagine how far light travels in one year? It is estimated that our universe s about 93 billion light years in diameter. Mind boggling??? Just think about that. Uff DAA We are a 5 star bank, our service is fast, we are thorough and precise with our work and we are accurate. All that is necessary in our business and we are proud of our service to you our customers. We always think about you and help you in every way we can. Just ask us. We are always on your side. Right Dave?
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