The fate of this old hay rake is symbolic of the fate of all technology. We can wring our collective hands about how technology is constantly changing, but who is ready to go back and use the technology represented by this hay rake? The interesting thing about this hay rake is that it was abandoned where it probably broke for the last time before it was repaired and re-used. Because of the dry conditions of the desert Southwest, there are probably thousands and thousands of such items of abandoned technology lying around on old farms.
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