{"id":1503,"date":"2026-10-31T17:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1503"},"modified":"2026-10-31T17:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T17:28:38","slug":"roling-family-tools-memory","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1503","title":{"rendered":"The same equipment, generation after generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.family-topic-breadcrumb{font-size:.95rem;margin:0 0 22px}.family-topic-intro{max-width:68ch;line-height:1.7}.family-topic-menu{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));gap:14px;margin:26px 0}.family-topic-menu a{display:block;padding:18px;border:1px solid #c9cec8;border-radius:4px;background:#f5f2e9;text-decoration:none;color:#293d30;min-height:52px}.family-topic-menu strong{display:block;font-size:1.1rem}.family-topic-menu span{display:block;margin-top:6px;color:#4f574e;line-height:1.55;font-size:.95rem}.family-topic-related{border-top:1px solid #d8d2c5;margin-top:32px;padding-top:18px}.family-topic-related a{display:inline-block;margin:6px 22px 6px 0}.family-topic-breadcrumb a:focus-visible,.family-topic-menu a:focus-visible,.family-topic-related a:focus-visible{outline:3px solid #98513b;outline-offset:4px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb){max-width:960px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb)>p{line-height:1.7}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) :is(h2,h3){scroll-margin-top:24px}.wp-block-post-content:has(.family-topic-breadcrumb) a{overflow-wrap:anywhere}@media(max-width:600px){.family-topic-menu{grid-template-columns:1fr}.family-topic-menu a{padding:16px}}<\/style>\n<nav class=\"family-topic-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/\">Home<\/a> \u203a <a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">Roling family<\/a> \u203a The same equipment, generation after generation<\/nav>\n<p class=\"family-topic-intro\">Tim\u2019s recollection of tools used across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"family-addendum-story-8\">The same equipment, generation after generation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tim remembers removing a water pump from the Prairie Hill farm for his mother around the time Associated Electric bought the farm, before the company took possession. He places it roughly in the late 1980s. While he was working, Bobby pointed out the equipment&#x27;s family history: \u201cThat is the same well pump jack that your grandfather lost part of his thumbs on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The water pump began a quieter second life as a decoration in his mother&#x27;s backyard, where it stood for years. His sister Mary has it now. Tim imagines the pump jack went back into a cabinet at the machine shop, ready for another job, though he does not know that for certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What stayed with him was how long the tools remained in use. When he was young, much of the equipment around the shop had already served for many, many years. That moment brought the generations together in a particularly vivid way: the same piece of equipment, another family member&#x27;s hands, and a story remembered while the work was being done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Tim Roling\u2019s recollection, shared in October 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<nav class=\"family-topic-related\" aria-label=\"Related pages\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=7\">\u2190 Roling family<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tim-roling.com\/?page_id=1510\">Roling stories<\/a><\/nav>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u203a Roling family \u203a The same equipment, generation after generation Tim\u2019s recollection of tools used across generations. The same equipment, generation after generation Tim remembers removing a water pump from the Prairie Hill farm for his mother around the time Associated Electric bought the farm, before the company took possession. 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