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FUNDING FOR OFF 90 IS
PROVIDED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND
CULTURAL HERTITAGE FUND AND THE CITIZENS
OF MINNESOTA COMING UP ON THIS
EPISODE OF OFF 90. MEET AN ART TEACHER
FROM AUSTIN WHO HAS TAUGHT HUNDREDS
OF STUDENTS ABOUT ART. AND HE CONTINUES TO LEARN
ABOUT ART FOR HIMSELF. MEET A PLAYWRIGHT FROM
ROCHESTER WHO WROTE A PLAY THAT BRIDGED THE GENERATION
GAPS IN HER FAMILY TREE. AND, TAKE A TOUR OF A TOY
TRACTOR MUSEUM IN AUSTIN THAT WILL AMAZE BOTH
YOUNG AND OLD ALIKE. IT’S ALL JUST AHEAD,
OFF 90. ♪ MUSIC ♪ HI. I’M BARBARA KEITH. THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON
THIS EPISODE OF OFF 90. JIM WEGNER HAS
A FAMILIAR FACE
IN AUSTIN. HE TAUGHT ART AT THE
RIVERLAND COMMUNITY
COLLEGE IN AUSTIN FOR
TWENTY-EIGHT
YEARS. AND AT THE JUNIOR
AND SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOLS FOR TEN. THE ART GALLERY AT
THE COLLEGE IS EVEN
NAMED AFTER HIM. HIS LOVE OF
ART CONTINUED
THROUGHOUT HIS
CAREER AS AN ART
INSTRUCTOR. ON ANY GIVEN DAY
YOU CAN FIND JIM
BROWSING ART AT A
GALLERY, ATTENDING AN ART
COMMITTEE MEETING, OR WORKING ON ONE OF
HIS OWN PAINTINGS. ♪ MUSIC ♪ I THINK ARE IS ALMOST
LIKE BREATHING IT’S A PART
OF YOU AND YOU CAN’T DIVORCE
YOURSELF FROM IT I’M JIM WEGNER, AND
I’M AN ARTIST I’VE BEEN AN
ARTIST ALL MY
LIFE SO THAT’S PART OF ME ♪ MUSIC ♪ MY FOLKS ALWAYS
ENCOURAGED ME AND I THINK IF YOU HAVE
REASONABLE SUCCESS IN
YOUR SCHOOLING THAT’S ENCOURAGING I GREW UP IN
PAYNESVILLE. IT’S A SMALL TOWN ABOUT 30
MILES WEST OF ST. CLOUD. AND OUR SCHOOL PROGRAM
DIDN’T HAVE AN ART PROGRAM AND IT WASN’T UNTIL I WAS A
JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT ONE OF THE ENGLISH TEACHERS
WHO HAD SOME ART BACKGROUND FORMED AN ART CLUB. SO THAT WAS
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH ART AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL
KINDA EXPERIENCE ♪ MUSIC ♪ I WENT OFF TO UMD, I DID ALL MY
UNDERGRADUATE WORK THERE AND THEN I DID GRADUATE
WORK AT BOULDER, COLORADO MY WIFE COULDN’T GET A
TEACHING JOB TO KEEP THE WOLVES AWAY
FROM THE DOOR SO, WE HAD CALLED BACK
TO DULUTH, SHE HAD
TAUGHT THERE BEFORE AND SHE WAS OFFERED A
JOB RIGHT ON THE SPOT AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID,
“DOES JIM WANT TO TEACH TOO?” SO I HAD A PART-TIME
TEACHING JOB WHILE I WAS FINISHING MY
GRADUATE WORK AT DULUTH WHEN I CAME TO AUSTIN, I WAS
IN A COMBINATION PROGRAM OF JUNIOR AND
SENIOR HIGH WHEN THE COLLEGE MOVED FROM
THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING OUT
TO WHERE IT IS NOW THEY NEEDED MORE INSTRUCTORS
AND AN OPENING CAME AND I WAS ABLE TO
WALK INTO THAT I TAUGHT 28 YEARS
AT THE COLLEGE AND ABOUT 10 BEFORE THAT IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM AUSTIN ALWAYS LOOKED GOOD
TO ME AFTER I TRAVELLED WHETHER I WAS ON A EUROPEAN
TRIP OR CRUISE OR WHATEVER THE LIFESTYLE IS
WORKABLE HERE YOU DON’T HAVE INTENSE
TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT YOU
DO IN BIGGER COMMUNITIES AND I THINK THE
OPPORTUNITIES HERE… WE HAVE REALLY QUITE A
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT HERE WE HAVE A GOOD
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WE HAVE CHORUSES, I’VE
ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN
MUSIC AND SINGING AND OUR ART CENTER HAS BEEN IN
THE BUSINESS FOR OVER 50 YEARS IT’S A STRUGGLE, BUT WE
STILL HANG IN THERE SO, IT’S GOOD THIS IS A PAINTING THAT I
DID SOME TIME AGO A BEACH FIGURE AND I ENTERED IT AT THE
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR AND
IT WAS ACCEPTED THEY JUST GET THOUSANDS
OF WORKS SO, IT WAS A
REAL FEATHER IN MY CAP TO BE INCLUDED THE SHOW THERE’S STILL PASSION FOR
RECOGNIZABLE SUBJECT AND THAT WON’T EVER GO AWAY BUT THEY EXPOSE ‘EM ONCE IN A
WHILE TO A WORKSHOP OR A CLASS THAT MAKES ‘EM GET
OFF THE BEATEN PATH A LITTLE BIT AND TRY SOMETHING THAT MAYBE
THEY HAVEN’T TRIED BEFORE SOME PEOPLE WORK FOR THINGS THAT
THEY THINK EVERYBODY WILL LIKE AND I THINK THAT SOMETIMES
THAT CAN BE A MISTAKE TO PAINT FOR OTHER PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO PAINT FOR YOURSELF AND IF YOU PLEASE YOURSELF, THEN
HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY ELSE WILL
FIND PLEASURE TOO ESPECIALLY IF IT’S DONE WELL IT WAS A NICE LITTLE
THANK YOU NOTE AND WHEN I OPENED IT UP
IT HAD THANK YOU PRINTED
ACROSS THE BOTTOM AND I THOUGHT OH, I
WONDER WHAT THIS IS I OPENED IT UP AND IT WAS A
NOTE FROM ONE OF THE STUDENTS AND SHE WAS LEAVING THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND SHE FELT IT WOULD BE
UNFAIR IF SHE DIDN’T SAY
WHAT I HAD DONE FOR HER AND SHE SAID THAT MY ENTHUSIASM
FOR ART REALLY AFFECTED HER AND SHE HOPED SHE’D NEVER
LOSE THAT ENTHUSIASM AND IT WAS EYE OPENING
I THINK FOR HER TOO FOR APPRECIATING ART AND THAT WAS AN ENRICHMENT THAT
SHE DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE WITHOUT
SAYING A SPECIAL THANK YOU {OFF CAMERA INTERVIEWER}:
WHAT DID THAT DO FOR YOU? OH, RAISED ME WAY UP KEEP WORKING AND
PERFECTING YOUR CRAFT THERE CAN’T BE ANYTHING
BETTER THAN THAT I THINK IF I HADN’T
ENJOYED TEACHING, I WOULDN’T HAVE TAUGHT TO
THE VERY LAST YEAR THAT I
WAS ABLE TO TEACH AND THERE IS SO
MUCH THAT’S A
REWARD TO SEE SOMEBODY
STRUGGLE IN THE
BEGINNING AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN
BLOSSOM AND PRODUCE WORK
THAT YOU’RE PROUD OF AND THEY ARE JUST BUSTING
THEIR JAWS LOOKING AT IT TOO IT’S JUST SUCH A TREAT AND THEN IF A STUDENT COMES
BACK AND SAYS HOW MUCH THEY
ENJOYED BEING A STUDENT AND WHAT THEY’VE ACCOMPLISHED
AND HOW IT’S ENRICHED THEIR LIFE YOU CAN’T ASK FOR MORE I THINK YOU LEARN ALONG WITH
YOUR STUDENT SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES YOU’RE
BREAKING NEW GROUND THAT IS A LITTLE FOREIGN TO YOU BUT IT’S ON A JOINT JOURNEY THEN AND SOMETIMES YOU DISCOVER
THINGS, OR YOU SEE A STUDENT DISCOVER SOMETHING THAT YOU
HADN’T EXPERIENCED TOO AND THOSE ARE WONDERFUL
BLOCKS TO BUILD ON DEBBIE NEVELLE IS
A FREELANCE WRITER AND
PHOTOGRAPHER
FROM ROCHESTER. SHE HAS WRITTEN,
DIRECTED, AND
PERFORMED IN SEVERAL PLAYS. SHE ALSO HAS A
KEEN INTEREST IN HER FAMILY’S
HERITAGE AND
HISTORY. RECENTLY, DEBBIE
DISCOVERED A
MYSTERY IN HER
FAMILY’S PAST AND DECIDED TO
WRITE A PLAY
ABOUT IT CALLED, THE COMMON THREAD. WEAVING SCENES
FROM HISTORY,
TOGETHER WITH RECOLECTIONS
OF FAMILY PICNICS
AT THE FARM. THE SHOW IS
FILLED WITH
COMEDY AND
DRAMA. BRINGING ALL
THE EMOTIONS OF
A LIFETIME TO
THE STAGE. WELL I WAS A LITTLE BIT
LEARY OF IT TO START WITH BECASUE I WONDERED
HOW IN THE WORLD
IS SHE GOING TO PUT
THIS TOGETHER. BUT KNOWING DEBBIE I
GUESS I DID KNOW SHE WOULD FIND AWAY TO DO IT BECASUE SHE IS VERY
TALENTED THAT WAY AND SHE IS DETERMINED
WHEN SHE SETS HER MIND
TO SOMETHING SHE DOES IT. I’M DEBBIE NEVILE AND I
AM A FREELANCE WRITER AND PLAYWRITE I PARTICLARLY
LIKE WRITING PLAYS. I WROTE MY FIRST PLAY WHEN
I WAS IN FIFITH GRADE AND THE SAME WONDERFUL
TEACHER LET US PERFORM IT IN THE SCHOOL ROOM
AND I WAS HOOKED I MEAN THATS JUST IT. IT WAS IN STARK
CONTRAST TO WHAT
I IMAGINED THE TABLE TO BE… I ACTUALLY WROTE A STORY CALLED ‘THE LAST BROTHER’ A SHORT STORY FOR THE WRITING CLASS
I WAS TAKING AND MY PROFESSOR SHARED
IT WITH EVERYBODY CAUSE SHE LIKED IT SO MUCH. I ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT
THIS INTO A BOOK. THE WHOLE THING ABOUT
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND SO FOURTH AND IT JUST NEVER REALLY STARTED YEARS AND YEARS WENT BY AND I
HAD THIS SHORT STORY AND GODS TRUTH ONE DAY I WOKE UP
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT I SAT UP IN BED AND
SAID OUT LOUD IT’S A PLAY OH IT’S A PLAY IT’S
NOT A SHORT STORY, IT’S NOT A BOOK, IT’S A PLAY. AND I WROTE A PLAY CALLED
A COMMON THREAD WHICH IS BASED UPON MY
MOTHERS FAMILY HISTORY GOING BACK STARTING
IN ABOUT 1886. THE PLAY ACTUALLY WEAVES
SCENCES FROM THE PAST THE 60’S AND BRINGS IT UP
TO TODAY, TO THE PRESENT. THE MYSTRY THAT PUZZLED THE
FAMILY FOR SO MANY YEARS WAS THE FACT THAT MY GREAT
GRANDMOTHER HAD GIVEN UP TWO CHILDREN WE
THOUGHT FOR ADOPTION, A SON AND A DAUGHTER, THE DAUGHTER WAS MY GRANDMOTHER AND WE NEVER KNEW FIRST OF ALL
WHAT HAPPENED TO HER BROTHER AND SHE ALWAYS, TO HER
DEATH BED WANTED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HER BROTHER, SHE WAS ONLY 18 MONTHS WHEN SHE
PLACED IN AN OPHANAGE AND HE WAS THREE AND
WE NEVER KNEW WHY MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER PLACED
THE CHILDREN FOR ADOPTION AND THERE WERE A LOT OF
WHISPERS AND THINGS AND THATS IN THIS PLAY. I AS CHILD, I WOULD SNEEK
UNDER THE TABLE AND LISTEN BECAUSE I’VE ALWAYS
BEEN LIKE THAT AND I WANT TO KNOW
THE WHOLE TRUTH AND AS SOON AS ANYBODY SAW ME, THEY WOULD JUST HUSH UP
AND THAT MADE IT EVEN
MORE INTRIGUING. HE SAID ONE OF THESE
DAYS I WOULD HEAR
THE REAL STORY THEN REALLY WHAT
HAPPENED WAS THE FACT MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
WAS NOT MARRIED WHEN SHE HAD THESE
TWO CHILDREN AND THE FATHER WAS
A MARRIED MAN AND HE SUPPORTED MY
GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND THE TWO CHILDREN. AND WE FOUND OUT THAT HE
DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS WHEN THE CHILDERN WERE
LITTLE AND SHE HAD NO
MEANS OF SUPPORT, SO SHE TRIED AND
TRIED TO WORK AND TO KEEP THEM, BUT IN FACT SHE ENDED UP
BECOMING A PROSITUTE AND THAT WAS THE HUSH, HUSH PART THAT PEOPLE DIDN’T WANT
CARRIED FORWARD. SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS
SHE PUT THE CHILDREN IN A ORPHENAGE WITH THE
PROMISE FROM THE ORPHENAGE THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ADOPTED. WELL IN FACT HER SON WAS
ADOPTED ALMOST IMMEDEATLY. ON HER DEATH BED SHE KNEW THAT
THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY BUT, LITERALLY ON THE DAY OF HER
FUNERAL WE FOUND WHAT HAD
HAPPENED TO HIM. MY CAST CAME FROM A BIG
VARIETY OF SOURCES. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE
PEOPLE THAT I KNOW ARE IN THE THEATRE WORLD IN
ROCHESTER AND AUSTIN AND SPRING VALLEY AND
SURROUNDING AREAS. AND SOME WERE ACTUALLY
FAMILY MEMBERS. PROBABLY THE MOST SURREAL
PART OF SEEING FAMILY MEMBERS PLAY FAMILY MEMBERS
WAS MY DAUGHTER. MY NAME IS MARIAH
MIHM AND I PLAYED MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER,
MARIE MATILDA. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
MARIE MATILDA AND I HAD A SMALL ROLE
AS MY AUNT JUDY. MY MOM’S SISTER. IT WAS EXTREMELY
EMOTIONAL TO BE ABLE TO, TO PLAY PEOPLE
SO DEAR TO MY GRANDMA. IT WASN’T UNTIL YOU
GET UP ON STAGE AND THE EMOTIONS COME OUT AND THERE WERE TIMES I COULD
HARDLY GET THROUGH MY LINES. WE PERFORMED THE PLAY
OPENING IN AUSTIN AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE
BECAUSE MOST OF MY MOTHER’S FAMILY GREW UP AROUND
AUSTIN AND SETTLED THERE. AND MY MOTHER WAS IN THE
AUDIENCE EVERY NIGHT. SHE’S 85. AND SHE CAME FORWARD AND
TOOK THE THREAD BECAUSE SHE’S THE MATRIARCH. AND, I’VE GOT GOOSE BUMPS
TALKING ABOUT IT. THERE WASN’T REALLY A LOT
OF DRY EYES GOIN’ AROUND AT THAT POINT. IT
WAS VERY TOUCHING. IT WAS A VERY, VERY MEANINGFUL
AND EMOTIONAL TIME. THE COMMON THREAD TOLD ABOUT
THE WHAT YOU MIGHT SAY IS SOME SKELETONS IN THE CLOSET. EVEN WAY BACK THEN PEOPLE
WERE HUMAN AND THEY WEREN’T ALL PERFECT. AND THANK HEAVENS WE’RE
OPEN ENOUGH NOW, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, SHE
DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER
DID, AND WE’RE ALL HERE
BECAUSE OF IT. I MEAN AS, YOU KNOW,
GOD BLESS HER. IN THAT SHE DID RECONNECT WITH
HER DAUGHTER YEARS LATER. AND, AND WE COULD PUT THOSE
PIECES TOGETHER IN THE PUZZLE. WE FELT MORE COMPLETE, TOO. IT’S LIKE FINALLY, WE UNDERSTAND
WHAT THAT COMMON THREAD WAS. CARLYLE WAS THE TYPE
OF PERSON WHO ALWAYS HAD TO BE DOING
SOMETHING. THAT’S HOW DOROTHY
GREIBROK DESCRIBES
HER LATE HUSBAND. DOROTHY IS THE
CURATOR OF THE
GREIBROK MINI
HISTORY FARM, JUST OUTSIDE
OF AUSTIN. WHICH ALSO HAPPENS
TO BE HER HOME. CARLYLE AMASSED A
HUGE COLLECTION OF
TOY TRACTORS AND OTHER
MINIATURES. AND THEN TURNED HIS
HOUSE INTO A MUSEUM IN ORDER TO SHARE
HIS PASSION WITH
THE PUBLIC. NOW, DOROTHY IS
THE KEEPER OF
CARLYLE’S LEGACY. PEOPLE THAT COME
ARE SO NICE THEY ARE JUST AMAZED
AT WHAT I HAVE THEY ENJOY IT, THEY’LL
BRING RELATIVES BACK OR
THEIR KIDS BACK I FIGURE THEY MUST
REALLY ENJOY IT OTHERWISE THEY
WOULDN’T BRING
PEOPLE BACK SO THAT’S A GOOD
CONSOLATION MY HUSBAND, HE CALLED IT
AN ANTIQUE FARM GREIBROK’S ANTIQUE FARM HE JUST DID IT FOR
HIS OWN GOOD HE HAD FUN DOING IT
SO, IT’S OK I’M DOROTHY GREIBROK
FROM AUSTIN, MINNESOTA IT WAS MRS. CARLYLE GREIBROK
NOW IT’S DOROTHY GREIBROK HE WAS NEVER CALLED CARL
IT WAS ALWAYS CARLYLE NO NICKNAME OR ANYTHING I
NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE
NAME BEFORE I MET HIM I HAVE A BROTHER NAMED CARL
BUT NO CARLYLE HE WAS A PLASTERER IN
THE 50s AND 60s WHEN
THEY PLASTERED HOMES HE JUST HAD THE
KNACK FOR IT HE PLASTERED QUITE A FEW
HOMES IN ALBERT LEA AND
DIFFERENT ONES AROUND IT WAS RIGHT AFTER
WORLD WAR II SO THERE
WAS A LOT OF BUILDING SO HE WAS PRETTY BUSY
UNTIL IN THE 70s AND THEN PLASTERING
KIND OF WENT OUT WE BOUGHT THE FARM IN 1962 SO
IT’S A LONG TIME AGO AND IT’S JUST AN OLD FARMHOUSE
BUILT IN ABOUT 1890 AND MY HUSBAND DECIDED
TO REDO IT HE ADDED ON 16 TIMES AND THEN IN THE 90s HE STARTED
WITH THE TRACTORS IT JUST GAVE HIM SOMETHING
TO DO, HE DIDN’T DO IT FOR
OTHER PEOPLE HE JUST DID IT FOR HIMSELF WE WERE FARMERS, BUT DIDN’T HAVE
ANY LIVESTOCK SO AT WINTER HE WOULD GO TO
TOY SHOWS AND HE’D HAVE FUN
TALKING TO THE DEALERS AND THEN HE GOT
INTO ENJOYING IT THEN HE JUST ADDED
ON TO THE HOUSE CAUSE HE’D BRING STUFF HOME AND
I THOUGHT, “WHERE YOU GOING TO
PUT THAT?” “I’LL FIND A PLACE”
SO THEN HE’D BUILD A PLACE IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL
BECAUSE THEY’D BE BUILDING IN
THE SUMMER TIME AND IN THE WINTER TIME THEY’D BE
READY FOR PLASTERING AND THEN HE HAD SPARE TIME
SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY GOOD BACK IN THE 70s AND 80s
CROCHETING DOLL DRESSES
WAS QUITE A THING I LEARNED TO CROCHET WHEN
I WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD SO IT WAS A FUN
THING FOR ME TO DO HE WENT TO QUITE A FEW
TOY SHOWS THAT WERE GOING
THROUGH AT THAT TIME AND I’D GO ALONG, BUT I’D
TAKE MY CORCHETING ALONG AND SIT IN THE LOBBY OF
THE MOTEL OR SOMETHING ALTHOUGH WE DID GO ON A CRUISE
ONE WINTER AND MY HUSBAND SAID “I HAVE ONE REQUEST, DO NOT TAKE
YOUR CROCHETING ALONG” HE LIKED TO TRADE TRACTORS AND
ONE OF HIS BUDDIES CAME HERE AND
HE SHOWED HIM THE TOYS AND HE ENJOYED IT AND
HE BROUGHT FRIENDS IT WAS JUST WORD OF MOUTH
THEN FOR A LONG TIME AND THEN THAT’S WHEN WE
STARTED GIVING TOURS WE’VE HAD EVERY STATE
COME THROUGH IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE, BUT
THERE WERE A LOT OF
BUSSES BACK IN THE 90s HE ENJOYED DOING IT AND HE
JUST HAD THE KNACK FOR IT HE TOOK THEM THROUGH AND THEY
ENJOYED TALKING TO HIM BECAUSE HE KNEW WHERE HE
GOT SOME OF THE TOYS BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE
REALLY OLD AND KINDA UNUSUAL SO HE HAD A LOT TO TALK ABOUT
AND THIS WAS GOOD BECAUSE IT
GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO DO HIS HEALTH WASN’T THAT
GOOD, HE’D ALWAYS HAD
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE SO I THINK THIS
REALLY HELPED A COUPLE OF YEARS IT WAS REALLY
BUSY, I THINK 5,000 PEOPLE
HAD COME THROUGH SOMETIMES WE’D HAVE 2 OR 3
BUSSES COME THROUGH IT WAS A FULL YEAR, WE JUST
KEPT BUSY ALL THE TIME BACK THEN WE’D TRY TO KEEP IT
FOR ONE BUS WHICH WOULD BE
ABOUT 40 OR 50 PEOPLE AND EVEN SOMETIMES THEY’D CATER
IN DINNER AND HAVE DINNER HERE AND WE DID HAVE A PLACE OUTSIDE
WITH A BIG TABLE SO THEY COULD
EAT OUTSIDE IF IT WAS NICE ALL TOGETHER I THINK WE’VE HAD
ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE COME THROUGH SOME CAN GO THROUGH IN AN HOUR
AND SOME CAN TAKE 2 OR 3 HOURS IT KINDA DEPENDS UPON, WHAT
YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE, BUT WE
HAD A LOT OF 2ND AND 3RD GRADERS THAT WOULD GO THROUGH
FOR THEIR FIELD DAY AND THEN THEY’D WRITE LETTERS
BACK, THANK YOU NOTES BACK THEY WERE JUST SO NICE THIS ONE LITTLE BOY
HE WROTE BACK “WELL I REALLY LIKED YOUR
HOUSE, BUT I THINK YOU’VE
GOT ENOUGH STUFF” “DON’T BUY ANYMORE STUFF” HE DIDN’T SAY JUNK HE SAID
STUFF, SO IT WAS OK AT ONE TIME I THINK HE SAID HE
HAD ABOUT 800 BUT I THINK HE
BOUGHT MORE AFTER THAT I’D SAY ABOUT 900 TRACTORS THEN HE GOT INTO CARS HE WASN’T GOING TO BUY
CARS, JUST TRACTORS WELL THEN, HE GOT SICK AND
COULDN’T GO TO TOY SHOWS ANYMORE BUT HE GOT A CATALOGUE WHERE
THEY JUST HAD CARS SO HE’D ORDER THEM AND WAIT
FOR THE MAILMAN TO COME AND HE ENJOYED THAT, SO I
THINK HE’S GOT ABOUT 500 CARS THEY’RE REALLY
INTERESTING BECAUSE HE
DOESN’T HAVE ANY ALIKE I EVEN GO THROUGH IT NOW AND
THINK “WHERE DID HE GET THAT?” YOU KNOW, HE HAD TIME TO MAKE UP
A WILL BUT HE DIDN’T REALLY SAY I THINK HE’D
ENJOY KEEPING
IT OPEN AND HAVE PEOPLE ENJOY IT I LIKE A FEW TOURS BECAUSE IT
JUST GIVES ME SOMETHING TO DO I TOLD MY SON BECAUSE THEY
THINK IT’S TOO MUCH FOR ME BUT NOW THEY REALIZE THAT
IT GIVES ME EXERCISE AND I SAID, “WELL I GET
A LOT OF HUGS TOO” SO I’D FEEL KINDA BAD IF
IT STOPPED COMPLETELY BECAUSE IT WAS ONE OF
CARLYLE’S MAIN THINGS I DON’T THINK HE WOULD HAVE
LIVED AS LONG AS HE DID I THINK THIS REALLY
KEPT HIM GOING HE DIDN’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO
WITH IT WHEN HE PASSED AWAY BUT THEY’RE IN A GOOD PLACE SO
THEY’LL PROBABLY STAY THERE THAT’S ALL FOR THIS EPISODE THANKS FOR WATCHING SEE YOU NEXT TIME
OFF 90 ♪ MUSIC ♪ FUNDING FOR OFF 90 IS
PROVIDED IN PART BY THE MINNESOTA ARTS AND
CULTURAL HERITAGE FUND AND THE CITIZENS
OF MINNESOTA