A Good Day to Kill (2014)
“Susie fed the men and put them up for the night. Sarge, as usual, was gone on a drive to Navajo Land and he wanted her close to help if and when she went into labor—so her plan to camp at the Windmill in a tent wasn’t taken serious.
The next morning, Tom came by and Chet sent for John to talk windmills with them. John, his chief mechanic, arrived in the living room looking smiley faced.
“What do you fellows need now?”
“Windmills to pump some water. We have some homesteads we bought with already... dug wells. Some are pretty strong. What do we need to put up windmills on them?” Chet asked John.
“We’d have to order the mechanical parts. Takes me too long to make them, and I don’t have the milling machinery to do it. Then we’d have to get the lumber cut and buy some pipe, connectors, and faucets. When we had them set, then about all we’d need is water in the well and wind.”
“Let’s go to pricing everything. I’d like several set up this summer, especially up at Reg’s.MoreLess
The next morning, Tom came by and Chet sent for John to talk windmills with them. John, his chief mechanic, arrived in the living room looking smiley faced.
“What do you fellows need now?”
“Windmills to pump some water. We have some homesteads we bought with already... dug wells. Some are pretty strong. What do we need to put up windmills on them?” Chet asked John.
“We’d have to order the mechanical parts. Takes me too long to make them, and I don’t have the milling machinery to do it. Then we’d have to get the lumber cut and buy some pipe, connectors, and faucets. When we had them set, then about all we’d need is water in the well and wind.”
“Let’s go to pricing everything. I’d like several set up this summer, especially up at Reg’s.MoreLess
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