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    A Hunting Retriever In Manhattan

    They say each person is allowed one great dog in their life. Here is the story of mine. I was single, in my 30ç—´ and living in a Manhattan apartment. My weekends on tghe Beaverkill River had grown hollow and I got the inspiration to buy a dog. I ran across the book Water Dog by the late Richard...
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    Solo Voce

    Solo Voce Fly fishing, like riding a bicycle, is something you do by yourself. Unlike activities that embody boredom like solitaire, or loneliness like eating alone in a restaurant with a pathetic half bottle of wine, fishing solo is a natural and happy state. Growing up in Indiana and...
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    The Goose Chase

    Last fall my daughter and I returned to a farm that had been central to her childhood. Many had been the pumpkin pickings, hayrides, the perfumed local strawberries so unlike their waxen California cousins and visits to the petting zoo. I cannot count the pounds of corn Alice must have fed...
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    FS Case 100 Series 34" Deck, Bagger and Seeder/spreader

    They came off of a Case 108xc and were purchased new with the tractor - I have all the paperwork. It is my daughter's tractor and she isn't interested in mowing. $300 for the 3 attachments They are in Fair Lawn, NJ 07410
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    Another JD 111

    " brakes are a little weak and could be replaced and the PTO only engages under low throttle (but stays running as you throttle up). " Includes rear bagger and plow. What will a tuneup/service cost with blade sharpening, brakes and a PTO repair? Is $375 too much in this condition? I don't...
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    Buying Advice  Yard Man

    I have never owned a tractor, plenty of old cars, trucks and motorcycles. I have a 3 acre lawn that will need mowing. Someone offered me a 2003 Yard Man for "best offer." Are they any good? If I am buying used, should I try to stick with Joh Deere, Toro or some other make. I thought I would...
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