TractorByNet.com - Related Topics http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ No politics, religion, joke lists or personal/legal advice threads. Keep it clean and friendly! en Thu, 23 May 2013 00:05:24 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/images/styles/tractor/misc/rss.png TractorByNet.com - Related Topics http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ <![CDATA[Just joined the ranks of "official geezers....."]]> http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/280618-just-joined-ranks-official-geezers.html Wed, 22 May 2013 11:13:38 GMT Filed for Social Security benefits online two hours ago, I will hit the mark of 62 years old in 3 months. The positive side of things is, I don't FEEL anywhere near that age most mornings.

Did one final recalculation of collecting benefits at age 62 versus my full retirement age of 66, and I can collect an additional $427 per month if I wait four more years. The downside of waiting the additional 48 months is that I can collect enough benefits from ages 62 to 66 that it would take me until the age of 78 to catch up if I wait for my full retirement age to collect...since most males in my family history never make it to 70, it was a no-brainer.

One more thing...according to my earnings statement from SS, at the rate of my proposed benefit payout to begin in September, it will take me less than 3 1/4 years to "earn back" everything I paid into SS over a 36 year period...no wonder the system is having financial problems.

Disclaimer: The above information does NOT take into account any factors such as cost of living increases, changes in the laws regarding Social Security, etc, and any risks you take should you use and apply this thread as "financial advice" are just those: Your risks....:laughing: ]]> Related Topics JDgreen227 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/280618-just-joined-ranks-official-geezers.html Any CPAP users? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/280511-any-cpap-users.html Tue, 21 May 2013 11:58:22 GMT I just completed a sleep study and CPAP titration study, and I expect my Dr. to be in touch with me in the next few days to recommend that I go on a... I just completed a sleep study and CPAP titration study, and I expect my Dr. to be in touch with me in the next few days to recommend that I go on a CPAP machine. I really dread it, since I don't like the idea of being constricted, and the CPAP was not too comfortable during the test. Just wondering how many on this forum might already be on a CPAP, and looking for any recommendations. Thanks! ]]> Related Topics westbrooklawn http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/280511-any-cpap-users.html 20 May 2013, Oklahoma http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/280471-20-may-2013-oklahoma.html Tue, 21 May 2013 01:39:04 GMT I'm so fatigued by under-educated journalists referring to the tornado damage in Moore as a 'war zone". This is, of course, from people that have never been to a war zone...whatever that is. To be clear, unless you discharge a nuclear weapon, there are no bombs that create this level of devastation. Perhaps one day, war journalists will say, "This looks like Moore, OK." And they'll be exaggerating. ]]> Related Topics Dan Hunter http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/280471-20-may-2013-oklahoma.html READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279789-read-instructions.html Tue, 14 May 2013 10:25:54 GMT This label was attached to a jug of Wet & Forget siding cleaner. I thought it was pretty clever.

Failure!

This product is only
effective if you read the
instructions thoroughly

Failure to do so will result in
you moaning ad groaning
that the product doesn't
work and generally being
a pain in the bottom. Make a
positive change in your life
will you, and read the
instructions ]]> Related Topics dave1949 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279789-read-instructions.html My Tribute to the Great George Jones http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279504-my-tribute-great-george-jones.html Sat, 11 May 2013 05:59:47 GMT I was in Arkansas with my parents when I woke up to the announcer on the radio saying George Jones had died. I wasn't sure if I heard it right or not.

Sadly I had heard it right. The great George Jones who me and my dad listen to a lot had passed on. He will forever live on in our hearts and his music. The heavens are sounding great now.

R.I.P George.

I bought a backing track from karaokeversion.com and decided to try my hand at the song "He stopped loving her today".



Chad ]]> Related Topics chad22 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279504-my-tribute-great-george-jones.html Never Urinate on an Electric Fence http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279495-never-urinate-electric-fence.html Sat, 11 May 2013 03:58:28 GMT A friend recently sent this to me.......tough lesson! Ouch!!! snopes.com: Penile Burn from Electric Fence... A friend recently sent this to me.......tough lesson! Ouch!!!

snopes.com: Penile Burn from Electric Fence ]]> Related Topics jerrybob http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279495-never-urinate-electric-fence.html Girls fastpitch softball anyone else invovled? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279422-girls-fastpitch-softball-anyone-else.html Fri, 10 May 2013 05:04:38 GMT I have a 11yr old daughter who has played softball for a few years now. Last year our team ( I'm the head coach) was just pathetic. We won one game and my daughter shared to pitching duties with one other girl. ( no other girls could even throw it that far)
My daughter got absolutely hammered every time she pitched. I think she only sturck out like 8-10 girls all year but the walks were more than plenty. She would hear the other team with their girlie chants about the pitcher being bad, you know the usual banter.. She was not happy about failing at this so badly. SHe could have given up and decided to never pitch again . To be honest I wouldn't have blamed her. lets just say she was lost on the mound and I didn't know enough about pitching underhand to help her.

SO, once the season was over we hooked up with an OUTSTANDING pitching coach and he worked with her for 8 straight months 3 times a week in the gym. She worked her tail off in that gym to get better. SO this year I ran her out there on the mound for our first game. None of us were really sure exactly were she was in her development but we quickly found out. She looked like a totally different girl. She was miles from where she was last year. She ended up throwing a no hitter. with 18 k and only 3 walks. I was super proud of her and felt that she needed to see the fruits of her labor, that is why I didn't pull her after getting a lead. I also only have one other pitcher and she was a no show. SO, putting in the only other girl that has ever pitched ( and that was just 2 innings last yr.) was not a real good option.

I posted this on a fastpitch softball forum and I got absolutely hammered for not pulling her from the game. I heard everything from i am a bad sport to I am stroking my own ego though my childs success. I just wanted her to see that dedication and hard work does pay off. She was estatic when she came off the field and the first person she called was her pitching coach to thank him.
Am I really in the wrong here? ]]> Related Topics scesnick http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279422-girls-fastpitch-softball-anyone-else.html $136,000 PER YEAR AVERAGE SALARIES??? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279097-136-000-per-year-average.html Tue, 07 May 2013 02:15:54 GMT Todays local newspaper had an article about how employers are monitoring worker productivity to reduce costs, and one of the employees mentioned in... Todays local newspaper had an article about how employers are monitoring worker productivity to reduce costs, and one of the employees mentioned in the story was a nurse required to wear a badge around her neck with a tracking device so the hospital could see where she was at all times. Sutter Health, who runs the hospital, says that full-time nurses at it's San Francisco Bay area hospitals earn salaries of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR ON THE AVERAGE, NOT INCLUDING BENEFITS. (emphasis added here)

Many of them probably work overtime, but for a standard 7 day, 40 hour week, that averages out to $65 an hour....nice income. I worked in skilled trades for 31 years before retiring and was making less than $20 an hour then. ]]> Related Topics JDgreen227 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279097-136-000-per-year-average.html GoPro Camera http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279085-gopro-camera.html Tue, 07 May 2013 01:13:56 GMT Hello all! I have been looking for a camera that would stand up to life on the farm. I had been using my iPhone 4s in a Lifeproof case, but it... Hello all!

I have been looking for a camera that would stand up to life on the farm. I had been using my iPhone 4s in a Lifeproof case, but it wasn't doing everything I wanted.

Last week I settled on a GoPro Hero3 Black edition. It is a very cool camera with lots of accessories such as mounting brackets, has a waterproof housing and can be operated remotely using an iPhone app via its own wifi signal.

I've been playing around with it learning how it works. I now have the taking pictures, videos and time lapse shots part about figured out. What I'm struggling with is finding software to edit and upload this content. There are plenty of options but some of them are WAY over my head. So, does anyone have experience editing this stuff with a program that is idiot friendly?



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]]> Related Topics DT86 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/279085-gopro-camera.html Newest Member of the Month http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278974-newest-member-month.html Mon, 06 May 2013 01:39:53 GMT Congratulations Mike R for being selected the newest Member of the Month:thumbsup: Congratulations Mike R for being selected the newest Member of the Month:thumbsup: ]]> Related Topics creekbend http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278974-newest-member-month.html Android Phone GPS for farming???? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278775-android-phone-gps-farming.html Sat, 04 May 2013 07:29:33 GMT It seems like there are aps for everything. It would be nice to optimize my route for watering 125 new trees in random locations among the... It seems like there are aps for everything.

It would be nice to optimize my route for watering 125 new trees in random locations among the thousand+ in the orchard. Presently, looking down or across the rows doesn't work that well because mature trees block view of the occasional new ones.

GPS- based mapping and real time route directions would help optimize my route and most important, assure that I didn't miss watering a new tree.

Are there libraries of Android GPS applications for farming? Is anyone using this? Is the GPS precision sufficient to take me to the general area of a previously-defined tree? The orchard grid is 20 ft x 20 ft and the new trees are usually visible among the mature ones when I get within 50~100 ft so I don't need surveyor-level precision - just an advisory to 'look over there', and a map showing all new trees/trees visited.

Thanks in advance for any comments! ]]> Related Topics California http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278775-android-phone-gps-farming.html <![CDATA[Mom's Wood Pile Stolen...]]> http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278541-moms-wood-pile-stolen.html Wed, 01 May 2013 22:44:34 GMT Earlier this year I took down a monterey pine and one oak behind Mom's house... she is 78 and has lived in her home close to 50 years.

I cut the rounds to fireplace size even though the Bay Area seems to have burn bans whenever you would want/need a fire.

Over the last few months, Mom split the wood and stacked it a little at a time... she enjoyed it and only did as much as she was comfortable doing at any one time... had it all stacked thinking she would be in good shape winter after next and was quite proud she was still able to do it!

Last night she called and said the entire stack is gone... sure enough, I found the chain cut and tire tracks though her backyard up to the woodpile.

The last couple of years I have seen a lot of things... this has to take the cake.

Mom misses the wood and is even more concerned that someone would come into the yard with her being home all the time... ]]> Related Topics ultrarunner http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278541-moms-wood-pile-stolen.html tub sprayer noise? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278437-tub-sprayer-noise.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:34:57 GMT We bought my wife a fancy slipper bathtub a few months ago. The hand sprayer has started making a noise - - like, ra-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat, etc. ... We bought my wife a fancy slipper bathtub a few months ago. The hand sprayer has started making a noise - - like, ra-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat, etc.

Any ideas how to cure that? I have a similar hose on my walk-in shower that works fine.

Thanks,

Jack ]]> Related Topics Tdog http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278437-tub-sprayer-noise.html How do YOU keep track of passwords? http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278401-how-do-you-keep-track.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:08:33 GMT I added up all mine today, and the final total is 22 separate passwords !!! Needless to say, every one is different, and it's a real struggle at my age to remember the ones used only monthly. I keep a copy of all of them in the memo pad function of my Droid, password protected of course...:laughing: and have a hard copy of them all stored in a folder in my budget book and another hard copy in my safe...

Sometimes I wish it wasn't such a headache trying to keep track of them all, and I recall working with somebody back in Y2K who told me he used the same password for everything, it was a stream of pure profanity with the first, third, and last letters capitalized with the number 1 prefacing the first word in the month of January, the number 2 prefacing the first word for the month of February, etc. He said if anybody could guess his password they were a lot smarter than he was...:laughing: ]]> Related Topics JDgreen227 http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278401-how-do-you-keep-track.html Shed roof not hooked to building http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278338-shed-roof-not-hooked-building.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:23:07 GMT Thinking of building a tractor - equipment shed that has a shed roof that just goes down a slight hill with not much pitch to the roof. Anyone tried... Thinking of building a tractor - equipment shed that has a shed roof that just goes down a slight hill with not much pitch to the roof. Anyone tried this in the days of building codes? My dad built one over 50 years ago and it worked well. ]]> Related Topics Ed of all trades http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/related-topics/278338-shed-roof-not-hooked-building.html