Murphy's Law must have been in full force here today. This law states that if it can go wrong, it will. We have a new work camper who is a rather young guy but a good worker. He works for us three days each week and goes to college three days. Today JD was mowing with the John Deere tractor when a bolt sheered off and one of the cutting blades shot off. We put the tractor up to see exactly what had happened, and it had to go visit the nearby John Deere sales dealer. They will remove the remaining piece of the bolt, sharpen the three blades, and we will go to return the tractor to our place of work. Fortunately, no one was around, and no one got hurt when the blade shot off from under the tractor.
Later in the day JD and I got an urgent call from the boss to drop everything and hurry to the pond area. We did not have any idea what had happened but did as requested. What we found was that Gordon, another work camper, had been driving our large Grasshopper mower on the flat down by the river and was attacked by a swarm of killer bees. He left this tractor and ran to get away from the bees but was stung 20-30 times at least. He finally returned and shut off the tractor, and we all left the area. Tonight at dark the Terminex guy will return to immobilize the swarm. Gordon took Benedrel and then had his wife remove the stingers. Fortunately, he is not terribly allergic to bee stings and suffered but did not really get into a fragile medical state. His right ear did swell, and he iced it down. He was a good sport about the whole thing, but you know all those stings hurt. For sure, Murphy's Law was in full swing here today. Happy travels.
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