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Pick me!' is one of those people who absolutely MUST answer the question posed by the teacher-- before anyone else in class can do it. They can be identified by their arm wav- ing, finger snapping, 'pullleeeeze pick me or I'll burst' persona. They glow with excitement when they're 'picked' to do some job. I've become quite an expert on the species-- after all, The Sidekick is one. Whenever I'm working on something at home, she MUST be involved, she will get in front of me to look at the thing I'm working on, and she will almost run to grab that special tool before I can pick it up. Now I am NOT complaining here-- she's a A Ted Bit We've all known a 'Pick me! Pick me!' person By Ted Brown tedbit@hotmail.com huge help. But she gets a little over exuberant at times. Apparently she's the same at her office. The minute someone says 'we need someone to drive over to pick up….,' she's standing at the door with her car keys in hand, secretly cheering 'Road Trip!' inside her head. She's also an eternal optimist, and will take the most simplistic view of a problem. The an- noying part-- at times she's right. Last Friday was one of those days. I took the round baler out to bale up two fields of hay. A perfect day, I was making great time, working my way across the field. At 5 p.m., as I was almost finished the first field, I discovered one of the huge rubber belts that rolls up the hay into round bales, had al- most come apart at the seam where it is 'laced' together. It was on the verge of breaking so I called my mechanic Bill Brooks for advice. He suggested I remove it, and try baling with only five belts while repairing it. I removed the belt, and returned to the field. Amazingly, it worked. By 8 p.m. I was almost finished the second field, when I suddenly heard a thump behind me. It seems operating with one belt off put more strain on another belt with a slightly torn lacing as well-- it broke. I was done for the night. The next morning, The Sidekick and I went to the shed to survey our options. The first belt was repaired, ready to be re-installed on the baler, but we had to get the second one out of the baler and repair it too. I tugged on it, pushed it, tried every way pos- sible to remove that belt. By now, The Sidekick was in a veritable fren- zy, like a puppy dog waiting to chase a ball. If she had a tail, it'd be wagging. "Let me get inside to pull it out," she said, her 'Pick me! Pick me!' look on her face. "I'm 'littler' than you, I can crawl right inside and pull it out." "Nope, it's too dangerous," I said, "You could get hurt." Actually, it wasn't dangerous-- the tractor wasn't running, there was nothing moving, and all she had to do was squeeze through the eight- inch opening between the belts. Being 5 foot 2 inches, fitting into a bale chamber which is four feet by five feet inside- well, she could actually fit. "Puullleeeze let me do it!" she pleaded, "I can fit!" In she went, like a mongoose after a cobra. After re-installing both belts, the baler was again in running order. I had to admit having a resident 'Pick me! Pick me!' onboard can be handy. But there's another aspect about having a 'Pick me! Pick me!' in your life. They're also a 'I told you so!' person...