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[masscity]

When my Dad bought our farm in 1950 it had 8 or so milk cows, because it wasn't modern the milk prices were low. He sold

the cows except one. He bought some beef cows and we farmed until the end of 1962. We logged poplar trees every spring

to make extra money for the farm. I went into the USAF in '64 and got out '68, I didn't care what I did when I got out as long

as it wasn't farming or logging. I ended up starting as a laborer in residential construction.

 

[Renze]

When my Dad bought our farm in 1950 it had 8 or so milk cows, because it wasn't modern the milk prices were low.

Thats not that different from here. Because of fertilizer, pellet feed and silage (instead of feeding bone dry silage in winter from which you couldnt milk much) these old farms put the heifers in a different barn so they could milk a few more cows in the main building, but 8 to 12 cows was average here in the 50s.

I remember Herman Nijboer an old farmer, with Marie his wife, never had children, never had a mortgage. They farmed like it was the 60s, he had an IH 434 but when one winter the block cracked and his contractor found him an identical one, just on 36" tires instead of 32" he rather not used it because he couldnt look over the fenders as easily.

Their car, an Opel Kadett, came out of the barn on saturday to go grocery shopping and on sunday to make the 2 mile trip to church. He milked 13 cows on the gutter stable, built under the same roof as the house, traditionally. The house was a museum, they had electric light but the manual coffee grinder was still screwed to the kitchen wall.

When he retired, he cancelled the contract with the milk factory, sold 6 cows and kept milking the other 6 or7 to use the milk himself or sell to his next door neighbour. All the excess was fed to the calves he reared for beef. Oh, and LOTS of cats ! all the neighbours cats found his milk supply.

He and his wife lived a simple yet mortgage free life. In hindsight i should have made some video of them before they passed, and the old farm was sold to city slickers who made some hideous glass panels in the traditional reed covered farmhouse...

 

[Dftodd]

You've heard of "F-you money", referring to someone who is wealthy enough to be able to afford to screw you with it. Well, beyond that, there's "F-me money". That's the guy so wealthy, that they afford to screw themselves, just to make a point.

I remember one vacation island home we rented a few years back, a $3M house in a nice neighborhood, was next to a family who owned several supercars. The mere fact that one of the sons owned a $250k Lamborghini wasn't nearly as impressive as the fact that he was apparently so wealthy that he didn't mind leaving it out in a severe hail storm. That's "F-me" money.

I wouldn't even take any nice car to this island, everything gets salty and crusty very quickly there, especially anything aluminum. But I grew up cash-poor, and probably value "things" too much.

Wife's car came with one of those racks, plus a few other goodies that people usually order as an add on.

We have the rack, but never installed it. We'll probably never use it

 

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Wife's car came with one of those racks, plus a few other goodies that people usually order as an add on.

We have the rack, but never installed it. We'll probably never use it

Yeah I haven't installed the rack in my Lambo either

 

[groundcover]

Yeah I haven't installed the rack in my Lambo either

Me either, I went with the tool carrier from Tractor Supply !

 

[flyerdan]

This was in today's paper, happened this morning on the back way from Salem to Independence.

 

[ptsg]

Evidently the rear end of a forklift is slightly on the heavy side.

 

[WinterDeere]

This was in today's paper, happened this morning on the back way from Salem to Independence.
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If only there were a sign, to tell him how high the overpass was.

 

[BackRoad]

Interesting how the first thing done was remove "SWIFT" from the side of the trailer under the overpass!

 

[LouNY]

We have several low overpasses around here and they get stuffed into quite frequently. Several have flashing lights and other warning devices but the idiots just plow right into them.

 

[ultrarunner]

A bit of a stretch, but snapped this on my way to work today. Technically not hauling anything,but prepared to.

Who puts roof racks on a quarter million dollar Lamborghini?

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Bring home a Christmas Tree?

 

[Runner]

We have several low overpasses around here and they get stuffed into quite frequently. Several have flashing lights and other warning devices but the idiots just plow right into them.

11 FOOT 8 – The Canopener Bridge

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[Jstpssng]

A few years ago a loaded log truck struck a bridge, knocking a few logs off the top of the load as well as damaging the bridge. I happened to be in a nearby restaurant a few weeks later when the driver was in, complaining about getting caught... When he was buying replacement straps.

 

[Grumpycat]

If only there were a sign, to tell him how high the overpass was.

There is! But it is on the wrong side of the bridge!

 

[Grumpycat]

Some years ago a semi hauling a massive crane struck an overpass on I-565 in Huntsville, AL. Knocked the overpass off it's foundation. Believe it was Research Blvd, a 4 lane limited access road into Redstone Arsenal.

That prompted a high priority rebuild of the bridge, bigger and better than the original. If memory serves, 3 months to re-opening.

Another in past 20-30 years was a fire on or under an overpass in Birmingham in the I-65/I-20/I-59 area. A month or two to rebuild that one.

 

[goeduck]

We tend to get a new kitchen refrigerator every 2 - 4 years, they just die in our house. Now, I haven't weighed any of them, but I'd not be surprised if they all close to this 200 lb. number, rather than 400 lb. I suspect some might be lighter than that, the way I'm able to pretty easily muscle them in/out of their installed location.

tip... don't buy the fancy ones. I have never had to replace a refrigerator in over 40 years. Moved twice, so 3 refrigerators total, leaving appliances in place. I've had to do minor repairs here and there, but no big deal.

 

[bcp]

Bruce

 

[WinterDeere]

tip... don't buy the fancy ones. I have never had to replace a refrigerator in over 40 years. Moved twice, so 3 refrigerators total, leaving appliances in place. I've had to do minor repairs here and there, but no big deal.

Yep. My 40 year old refrigerator is still running just fine, too! As is my 1953 GE! Even our 1995'ish refrigerator up on the 3rd floor is still running just fine. It's only the new ones that seem to die, anything made after 2012 or 2013.

If you have an old one, hang onto it, since these new ones never even make the decade mark.

 

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tip... don't buy the fancy ones. I have never had to replace a refrigerator in over 40 years. Moved twice, so 3 refrigerators total, leaving appliances in place. I've had to do minor repairs here and there, but no big deal.

We got a fancy-ish fridge in 2000 but it's not I've of the modern lightweight ones. About 7 years ago I had to epoxy something in the motorized vent between the freezer and fridge because it was broken and part no longer available, but it's still working today. Just replaced the compressor fan last week.

Our good sized but definitely not fancy fridge we'd bought new at a ding& dent store in 1992 is also still going strong - and I've never had to fix anything on it.

 

[Renze]

This was in today's paper, happened this morning on the back way from Salem to Independence.
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On my way to work there was an overpass with 4.05 meter clearance, any legal height truck can pass. Yet every eastern European machinery hauler hits it, because most overpasses have 20cm clearance above the legal trailer height limit.

Assumption is the mother of all f-ups...