Under the Wire

The shiny new four wheel drive pickup rolled into the yard. As Rancher Smith walked up to the driver’s side window he was greeted by a big jovial smiling face.

“Howdy, I’m your new neighbor across the road and I just wanted to stop in and say Hello,” the obviously happy fellow beamed. “The Misses and I have wanted to move out here in the country for years and we’re just tickled pink we finally got to do it,” he went on. As he got out of the pickup it was obvious that if he was tickled pink or any other color for that matter, it would take a heck of a lot of paint to do the job.

“Yep, we're goi...