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I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked me for a couple of dollars for dinner. I took out my wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked," If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of dinner?" "No, I...

The time has come to bury some water and electric lines. I got the electric and the actual lines covered. My googled and found almost zero on the well manifold. All the water lines will be poly... starting with 1.25 then to 1 then to 3/4 inch I have 100 ft 1.25 300 ft of 1 and 200 feet of...

A GREAT EXAMPLE OF TOO MUCH GOVERNMENT Some of YOU BEING HUNTERS, I thought you would enjoy this Read and these attachments. The first is an official report to the TCEQ and EPA about a hunter who DARED to use the woods as his potty while out hunting. But the response from the County Judge of...

For the snake lovers: GARDEN SNAKES CAN BE DANGEROUS... Snakes also known as Garter Snakes (Thamnophissirtalis) can be dangerous. Yes, grass snakes, not rattlesnakes. Here's why. A couple in Sweetwater, Texas had a lot of potted plants. During a recent cold spell, the wife was bringing a lot...

I am very excited.... going to pick up the new one Friday morning. :thumbsup: I made the mistake of just riding in a M6040 cab tractor 2 weeks ago ..just around the lot. But decided on the M7040HDC-1 for the extra HP. It seems that everything just fell in place...

I got the bug to get my own dirt. My best friend has 150 acres west of Houston. I have going there like family for 8 + years. I am talking about a family member that works. So I had to get my own place and found what is the perfect little place for my Sweetheart and me. It is a little...

Welcome home Commander! Family reunites with fallen Vietnam vet Family reunites with reamins of Vietnam veteran who went missing during war in 1966 | abc13.com

I should be closing on the below 37.5 acres in the next few weeks. I am past pumped! I will start a thread when we close to show the improvements and ask for advice. Maybe I just did. I have several issues that I need to handle pretty fast: There is an erosion problem that I think was...

Dreams can and do come true. I have the best sweeheart in the world. We get along wonderfully. She loves the country, can drive a tractor, and loves to bow hunt. The best part is we are madly in love. We have been together a little over 3 years. My best friend owns a 155 acres west of...

It was a few months ago.. but took delivery of a MX5100 4x4 hst with FEL, draft control and 1 rear remote, 6 ft shredder, 6 ft disk, 6 ft box blade and front hay fork. Upgraded from a almost new Mahindra 2816 .. Just needed more room and HP. I bought it new, lucked out and sold it for close...

I saw one of these and thought I could improve on what I saw So bought a used trailer hitch cheap ... got some more steel If I keep it, I should be able to do many things with this. Still have to weld the tab, ends etc .. going to use double tabs on the bottom to make it stronger...