Saturday, December 1, 2007
Chapter 5
This was the most exciting chapter so far. The chapter starts off with the possibility of the Brende’s getting running water. Then the author goes off on a tangent and remembers a time when he actually had fun doing manual labor while using a cultipacker. Then while trying to find the spring himself the author has an encounter with a couple of curious bulls. Ending up at the Miller’s house he realizes that while he was devoting so much time to finding the water he neglected his garden. I think that everyone can relate to this in real life. People are constantly going off on tangents and forgetting what they should be doing instead. This chapter didn’t have too much to do with technology as it did teaching the lesson of two steps forward and one step back.
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Random note: On the issue of the herd chasing him, people don't realize how big bulls really are. Even more amazing is the size of a milk cow (the ones with the black and white spots), their back stood taller than I was when I saw them at a fair once.
Scary to think that a pack of them were running after him.
I would think that trying to find spring water and run tubing all the way back to his house would be one of the most difficult jobs he could have ever done. Did they finally get running water somehow? I forget.
Yea I agree, trying to do multiple things at the same time can get complicated if you are not able to prioritize. That is a bit hard to do in this situation where Eric has so many new things to learn and doesn't really know which ones need to be done first, which crop needs to be taken care of and which house/garden chore needs immediate attention.
Hahaha. Well you just proved that this is a very boring book. If this is the most exciting chapter so far, just because they have the possibility of getting running water...that should be a signal that it is an awful book.
Its true we all forget to do stuff with such busy lives. I intern, work, and go to school full time and I think I do a decent job of time management. In his case, the garden is such an important aspect of his life so he shouldnt of forgotten. Then again... the thought of running water probably seemed really really good to him
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