Think of the frontier doctor who took a chicken and a sack of potatoes for delivering a baby.

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Bernie Fernandez chokes up remembering how he boarded the plane in a shirt and pants cut out from a sack of potatoes.

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Hauling a sack of potatoes around is cumbersome, and you have to find someone who has something you want who simultaneously wants a sack of potatoes, or the deal won't work.

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