I ran into Corkey Hooper and Harold Parkey at the post office yesterday. Corkey said he’s lost 100 pounds and his overalls are too loose now. Corkey is pushing 80. He drove the tractor plowing the day before. Harold says he can’t see well enough to do that.
Back in high school, Corkey was strong as a mule and agile. He could stand in a doorway and kick and hit the top of the door frame with his foot.
One time Corkey decided he’d clean out the muddy pond by his house. He put together a bomb of fertilizer and oil and rigged it up to a detonator. He got behind something and set it off. It blew out several windows in his house and left a small hole in the mud in the pond.
--Harold Powell
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