When I was a kid growing up on the farm, one of my least favorite jobs was picking up the nuts in the orchard. Now really, it's not that bad of a job, but you know how kids are! Well, now that us kids are gone, my Dad got this handy, dandy, go-go gadget, and the grandkids get to use it.....
It reminds me SO much of that old Fisher Price Corn Popper Toy we used to play with when we were kids..
Here are some photos of Levi and the go-go gadget in action....See the Filberts on the ground?
Here he comes to get them....
There they go, into the go-go gadget...
Oops, he missed a few...I guess he didn't push down hard enough....
Try again, Levi....
Now you're getting the hang of it!
Okay Levi, now try some English Walnuts....
Look over here....
That's right, come and get it....
Keep your eye on the Walnut...
There it goes!
Look, he's making a "gulping/gobbling/munching/noshing/nom-nom" noise with his mouth here...
And then, just like a man, once he got the hang of it he had to test the limits of the go-go gadget and see how many nuts he could pick up at one time!
Yes, Levi....that's truly amazing....very impressive.
Once the go-go gadget is full you empty it by wedging it onto another gadget that is hooked on a bucket...
As you push down the wires spread apart and the nuts fall into the bucket....
That's a lot of nuts!
Levi thought this gadget was the greatest thing ever......he helped my Dad pick up all the nuts in the orchard.....
And he even acted like he thought it was FUN!!!!!
You should've invented that thing when you were a kid...you'd be a millionaire now!
ReplyDeleteThere's a gadget that spreads apart the wires to empty out the nuts?! I've only done that one time, but I had to split the wires myself! That kid has it easy... ;)
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