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Sometimes I have the same problem... I have the stuff I am supposed to be doing, instead I come here. I think it is a combo of fatigue and depression at the state of affairs (mine and the worlds). Basically escapism... Don't be too hard on yourself. Be well. David

Raindrops just fell on my head! David

Agreed sir! He is only 9+ and he is already blending in and mellowing. He was hand trained, but has not been played with in ages, so we will need to re-train him. He is a good boy. David

Guys & Gals, My Kioti needs 1100 lbs of ballast in addition to the loaded rears to fully use my loader capability. I need a way to haul my chainsaws, and tools back and forth, and I'd LOVE to be able to also haul some wood etc. back with me. Pic 1 is an old ballast from a small backhoe...

AMEN! I like the way you think! David

Just Yesterday I learned Ballast on the flat does not equal ballast going downhill. I was just doing some general seat time stuff and I decided to move that small back hoe weight I picked up for my ballast box project down to the "barn". It is only 350-450 lbs, and the grapple is only 660, and...

Happy Dad's Day to all Dads! If you are not a Dad (yet) I hope you have a good Dad & go do something with him today, not just flipping dinner in a restaurant. Go hang out, go work on the car/tractor/boat/etc. Love is a VERB, it is what we DO not what we SAY. Especially with Men. We NEED to DO...

55 headed to 81 should be perfect for TRACTORING! We shall see what I manage to actually get done... Be well all! David

Mousefield, Agreed, it can be crazy. We've been giving the 1-winged duck anti-biotics also :confused2:. I did manage to get the Mare medicated this morning. David

PS - Yesterday my newest fiacso was I tried to give my 2 horses their wormer... Harley (the paint) he was difficult but I got it done, Lolly on the other hand was Mare-from-h3!! !! Good grief! My horse lady neighbor is coming at 7 to assist me. I better go get grubbys on... 61 heading to 80...

LTF, I'll be right over! :licking::licking::thumbsup: My personal #1 is Guinness (of course), but I LOVE Sam Adams Irish Red. I keep a cold 12 pack of Yuengling Black & Tan in the fridge at all times for myself and visitors. It is a danged fine & inexpensive beer... My favorite kid from my...

Will do. Incubator is set to 99.5, and humidity is good (I hope) due to the water troughs are not empty... It will take me 2 hours at least to drive home... David

Randy, I'm going to try pecking a hole when I get home... They were due to start Monday night, it is probably too late... 100% failure is depressing me... David

I paid $3.229 but I saw $3.199... Diesel was still $3.759 though... David

Bill, That is BRILLIANT! Post me a pic, i'm stealing this idea. David

Howdy Blue Team! I'm really just curious here. I understand the Boomer 1025 SCUT was a Shibuhara unit and NH dropped it and now Kioti is selling it. My question really is, was it a good SCUT and what years was it available? What was good about it, what was bad? I would only be looking for...

Guys & Gals, Our 1st batch of 32 Guinea eggs we did not pay close attention to, we did not roll the eggs often enough, and we had 16 fertile eggs out of 32, and only 9 hatched, and 5 had a birth defect on their legs like hip displacia (we called them swimmers) in the end 4 weeks later we have...

Morning all, The weather is great but what is getting me is my Incubator full of eggs. Last batch we did not pay close attention to, we did not roll the eggs often enough, and we had 16 fertile eggs out of 32, and only 9 hatched, and 5 had a birth defect on their legs like hip displacia (we...

Gents, I suspect the long and short of my situation is the old JD STX-30 (or STX-38 according to the name-plate) for sure will get sold soon, and the LX266 is giving me fits, not because it is not a great mower, but I fear because my property is killing it. I am currently mowing 2+ acres of...

BRING IT BUB! I've never met a PUxxY I can't handle! :laughing::laughing: David

Bill, You are so mean... When I do come to MI, I'm just going to stop by your place and plbbbbbt you and leave. All the beers will be for the other guys. Humpf! :D David

Guys & Gals, My LX266 has developed a new issue. Just yesterday when parked on a slight hill and left overnight (same spot as it always parks in), it rolled forward until it stopped in a dip. :smiley_aafz: When stopped you cannot push it backwards, but forwards you can push it easily. Prior to...

Guys, Mostly I am curious, because I have NO PROOF, I am simply concerned... But... I cannot put my finger on it as to when it occurred, but my HST in medium feels sluggish, like it used to be faster, and now it is not. Honestly, I am almost NEVER in Low, and only slightly more often in High...

Rained all night, supposed to be nicer for the rest of the week. 69 now headed to ~85. Not sure I like the "new" TBN yet, but I'm sure it will grow on me as I learn where everything is and how to navigate it. I will try not to complain too much. Be well all, David

Dude, BRAVO! I'm proud of you sir, if I lived closer I'd buy the first beer or three... Well done! David

White Space here too... I was up at 0430 and driving by 0530 so I could get here by 0730... Supposedly it will rain and T-Storm today. I believe it, then the next 5 or so days will be nice. Dreaming of seat time as I listen to marketing BS about the newest server lineup... zzzzzzzzz.... 30...

I tried that... but now I'm only 1.5 years older than my eldest... he called BS... 39 plus interest seems to work... :D David

Happy Birthday Mousefield! 39 with interest, right? :D David

Randy, Yes, I was a sailor in the US Navy, so maybe you could refer to me as a Knot-head. But I was also a SGT in the US Army National Guard, so I also am a Knuckle-Head like you. Mostly I'm just hard-headed... Actually I'm more of a hard-azz... But now we all know YOU are a Used Car Salesman...

69 at 0410 when I got up early. been very sticky and humid outside lately. I have all day training classes up near Dulles airport for the next 2 days.I'm not sure how bad traffic will be so I'm leaving early. Tonight I will have a dinner after class also so I will have a LOOOOONNNNGGGGGGGGG...

I will never be able to retire... I have a 3 year old so #1 I must work for another 20 years regardless... #2 My retirement accounts are largely toilet paper still. They have basically made nothing in the last 10 years mostly, in fact the biggest one has lost more than it is worth today. #3 I...

63 headed to 92. Had to turn the AC on again yesterday... It was sure nice while it lasted. Yesterday was awesome, heck out "today's seat time"... In addition to what is there I also smoked a righteous rack of ribs over sherry and I loaded an old concrete surfacer into the bucket and delivered...

Morning all. Been up since 0445, but did not get back here to post until now. 76 headed to 90, going to have to turn the AC back on :( Actually, last night was a bit warm... Wife and oldest off again most of the day to the Home School conference, I think Middle and I will do some mowing...

Nay nay moose-breath! You are the designated CROTCHETY OLD FART! :D David

Randy, You are an old fart, how come you don't stand there with the hose and water the grass like other old farts do? :D David

1 team??? Who do you play? :) David

Morning All! Wife and oldest are off to the Home School conference. Typically we all go, but this year is a bit odd, we forgot to book our favorite hotel, etc... So I get the middle and baby daughters all day. I'm still going to haul off the scrap mostly because I need to get my truck and...

Roy, What's status on WV Govvie gig? Best of luck on the interview sir! David

Ron, I am THRILLED she is doing well. Praying it countinues. My most recent surgery is still giving me fits and my hand is not 100% (more like 80% with some pain and discomfort still). I'm taking the day off. I'm going to get some more seat time today WOO HOO! Later guys. David

Amen and Ditto! I appreciate your Dad (& the rest) saving the world sir! David

Took the words right outta my mouth... I could not have said it better! :laughing::laughing: David

53 with showers predicted, high of 73. this is heavenly! I LOVE sleeping with all the windows wide open... Fresh air ROCKS, so do "country noises" like frogs and birds etc. I'm going to try to get my CCP today... Again!.. I was 1 minute late to the Clerks office on Monday. But I did vote...

Ron, EXCELLENT NEWS! I hope her therapy goes well also. You both are in my prayers sir. David

And a cranky old F A R T! :D David

Randy, "Last Crash" makes it sound like there might have been MORE than one... Hmmm... David

Bill, I have not seen Gizmo2 in a LOOOONG time. I do not mind the wee laddie on this thread much, because it is really more light hearted and chit-chat like. You make a reasonable point. I do not want to sound like a curmudgeon... I leave that spot to YOU!!!!! :D David David

Do YOU REALLY Miss him? He is a nice kid and all, but not sure what he brings to add to the conversation here. But many probably think the same of me, so... Be well Bill. David

The last two nights have been awesome for sleeping with all the windows open. Simply Heavenly! Another nice day coming here in VA today High of 70 with a small chance of evening showers. Very Nice! Have a great day all of you! Be well, David If it were not for paying 1st half of property...

Ron, You and your wife are in my prayers. May it go very well and heal very fast. Here's to full recovery! David

Y'all are my buddies and I think this thread is the only place on TBN I've shared about my duckling's hard-core right-wing escapade... :D Here is a pic of Syrrus mothering a guinea keet (you can see kind of her shoulder socket or wing-pit where the wing missing from in this pic. I think it was...

"That which does not kill you makes you stronger" "Trials and tribulations builds character..." I respond that I am enough of a character already, and that if I get any stronger I'll need to shower 3 times a day. The only one which gives me any comfort is "God will not give you more than you...

Front rotors, calipers and pads, rear pads, brake line fill/flush and an oil change... grrrrr

Yesterday was good and bad. I went to my dealer and got a filter and some cool metal for my ballast/tool box idea, plus a homebuilt carry all. I also went to a JD dealer to get belts for my mower deck I had welded on Friday. Friday evening I had noticed the passenger front wheel on my F-150 was...

Congratulations to Beppington for being June Member of the Month! WOO HOO! Awesome write-up and great pictures! Check it out! Enjoy the celebrity sir! You deserve it! You have been VERY helpful to me and others very often! Congrats Bro! Be well, David

I slept in until 0522... I did not turn on the alarm last night. It is supposed to be a nice day today, but it is still soaking wet from the massive rain and t-storms yesterday. Driing home from work I was in some seriously heavy rain, so hard that you could only see maybe 2 car lengths ahead...

Morning all! Saw Lightning at 0422, little bit of rain. Going to be damp today... Today after work I need to pay a speeding ticket, and go visit my dealer LaVoie Equip. He has a homebuilt carryall I said I'd buy as the start for my ballast/tool box. I've already got a 400-500 lb steel weight...

Ma'am, Please tell me more about this Blue Leopard dog you have. Let's just say I am curious and maybe interested... :thumbsup::D David

I think she will become our mascot... She kind of make the "water off a ducks back" seem like an understatement. David

Solly, I just looked up Floyd, VA on Google Maps and it is a LOVELY area! In amongst all of your foster dogs, please PM me if you have a Great Pyrnee or a farm dog type that I could adopt to protect my chickens and ducks etc. Something that would keep the foxes and coyotes and raccoons off my...

65 heading to 85 and hould be a nice day without T-Storms. Today is my baby Brother's 44th birthday... I intend to celebrate it by taking the Remington 1100 semi-auto 12 gauge and Marlin semi-auto .22 I inherited from him, and shooting them for the first time. Both will find use in my war...

Syrrus (silly me for spelling it wrong according to my oldest daughter...) made it through surgery at 2:21 today. They had to amputate the stub of her wing all the way to the shoulder, as the raccoon seemed to have broken it and destroyed the elbow. Her bill also should heal, it is not stopping...

BARF!!!! It is a stoopid SNOWMOBILE with wheels!! I HATE those things! But tell us more about the rodeo... David

Thomas, When you wife says you need to sell it, PM me and we will chat... When I "retire" I want to start a biz building custom bikes, but ridable ones, Not OCC or West Coast junk... As long as I can stand on 2 legs, I will ride on 2 wheels, I plan to avoid the trike forever... That is my...

LtF, Thank you for the encouragement, and of course I ageee 100%. This afternoon Syrrus (I spelled it wrong the first time) will have the rest of her wing amputated to effectively the elbow. Her bill is very weakened, but should heal, and there is nothing preventing her from eating at this...

Last night in the storm or something a critter attacked our pen full of young birds and managed to get ahold of my daughter's beloved duckling... it damaged her bill and ate the end of her right wing off. I am sitting at a vet 40 miles from home hoping they won't put her down... my daughters...

69 headed to 85. It rained and T-stormed all night and was still light rain at 0515 when I checked the next generations of birds in their small pens outside. I've rolled the guinea eggs for the next generation after that, these should start hatching June 11-12... Today in and amongst...

Thomas, Is that your chopper!!! What model trike you got? I will say the charges for service on my HD's have gotten OUTRAGEOUS in the last 2 years. But that is not even at the dealership, that is at local unafilliated shops or greasy biker shops even. David

Roy, Roy, Roy... I call BS. Not since the AMF days of the 70's... Got any stats to back you up? I've owned many brands, and my Harleys have better quality, fit, finish, lower maintenace, etc... Sorry but this time I dissagree strongly... David

Actually they started buying BMW's due to the anti-lock brakes... BMW had them first... I've talked to motor cops who like the BMW's better, and those who prefer the Harleys. To each their own. David

Wow. You seem like a nice guy in "Real Life" Bill. What a good neighbor. David

Pop & Robert, Robert, PM me, I'm always open to learning something new... I forgot about the potassium... I don't do sugar very much, so I never buy gatorade, but I did guzzle water alll weekend... My wife put a banana in my lunch today also. Tonic Water is supposed to help (the quinine I...

Did not sleep well at all. Cramps in my leg rudely woke me up... I think it will have a chance of T-Storms today, but I will be in my truck driving or sitting at the customer until evening. Y'all have a nice day out there! David

Same here. I went through 4 t-shirts today and my jeans were soaked almost to dripping and all I was doing was building fence and digging ditches... The humidity just wipes me out. I never knew my face could sweat that much... Be well, David

Affffter the stttttickyyy... ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzz.......... ;) David PS - Just inflating the post count for you Billy boy...

Or was it ****? David

AMEN! David

Memorial Day 2012 God Bless the families of all those fallen, MIA, or POW. I thank all veterans, especially those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. The tree of Liberty requires watering at times. Be well all. David

Man, oh man that first sip of coffee is pure Heaven on Earth... This humidity is killing me, it is early and I've not adjusted yet at all. I've also got ticks up the wazoo due to #1 mild winter, and #2 all my birds are dead or locked up so nobody's eating at the tick buffet. Therefore I'm not...

I won't be there... :cloud9: I will miss y'all, and think of you fondly... I will compose a blues toon in your honor (Can you play the blues on a harp?)... :D David

Yesterday I reconnected the TSG-50 stump grinder and I noticed there was seepage gear oilcoming out the filler hole on the side of the transmission. While I was grinding my neighbors little stump for him, he is a retied mechanic, he said my vent was not working and that caused the seepage. We...

Thanks Bill. I've been a member since August 11th 2011 I think... Not too bad of a pace... David

67 headed to 89+. Going to be VERY Humid again today... Ron's idea is better than mine, I will be working on chikn run and tractoring all day. No beers until dinner time for David. Be well all, David

I had a nice post written ad an odd keystroke and it vanished when my IE jumped to "My Home"... Odd... Morning all! It was a bit foggy at 0500 but it is supposed to be nice, sunny and clear until Tuesday I believe. I'm hoping for LOTS of seat time this weekend! Actualy I am considering...

Sunny and a bit humid. Dr says I'm doing great and ahead of schedule healing from surgery. Tonight my 2 older daughters perform in a chorale. No commute tomorrow, planning lots of seat time and finish chikn run for weekend... Be well all, David

62 headed for 82 with scattered T-storms. T-storms in middle of the night gave the baby (she's 3 not really a baby, but she's my baby) bad dreams and she would not go back to bed due to she has recently decided she is afraid of spiders (but there are no spiders in her bed) so my wife let her...

I think we need to delete that link but I can't from the android app...

:laughing::laughing::laughing: You are not Bill, and I CANNOT click that! :laughing::laughing::laughing: David

Now I KNOW Bill does not like me! I did not get any :ashamed: links from him... David

GASP!!!!! Say it is not so! Oh No! That mean Roy has been out and about two-timing us all here! Galavanting around with "Other" Websites! :shocked: David

Not just you. It is WAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY worse. Can't attach, can't open attachments. Hard to navigate. I love TBN, but if they do not fix this ASAP, TBN will die... Right now this site is useless except to chat with folks I already know/trust... Useless... Sad, very sad. David

Muhammad & crew, Dudes, you need to roll TBN back to the last known good code and start over. The "white space" issue is 100% something swanky you tried to do with automatic ad stuff and it is killing this forum. The simple fact that when the problem occurs I cannot attach pics makes the forum...

About the white space... I am 1000% positive it is in the HTML code for the ads. Yesterday from work, where the ads are basically blocked for security reasons, the web page was always perfect... They are trying to do something swanky with the ads and it is backfiring. Just sayin... David

62 Heading for 80 with 40-50% chance of rain. I am still adjusting to my new work schedule, and the weather. I too need to mow, and run the bush hog, and... Weekend looks like it will be nice though! Happily I can report that my hand is getting better! I just wish the tingles/pins & needles...

Guys, I am trying to rebuild an old and overgrown tractor road. Clearly I have a bigger tractor than the other guy had and I'm having issues. My biggest problem is that I have wet spots. The ground slopes and the road runs alongside a pond. when it is dry and has been for a while the road is...

Raining and 63, gonna be 75 and 50% t-storms. That seems to be the forecast for M-F this week... Just as well, my commute from **** starts this week and I'm less than thrilled about it. I have tossed my hat into the first ring, and I will actually go looking for jobs now... I got the door for...

Tell her she should have let you stay home when I said so so you would not spread the strep! ;) David

52 headed to 81, sunny and lovely today. And, yeah, yeah, yeah, I took it easy yesterday no need to nag me... David

Did I call it or what... I spent all day agreeing to do it, discussing whatit would do, getting it approved by wife (can't have it looking all redneck), buying the supplies and getting started. Not a second of seat time except I used the LX266 with a trailer to move a couple hay bales from the...

And here I though all-o-y'all were my friends! :laughing::D No white space today... someone seems to have fixed the problem... David

I know, I know... They can be slave drivers too... Sometimes... But we love them... Still, Strep sux and I hope you are better soon. David

'Scuse me? ZzZZzzZ What did xxXXxxXxX say? Seems vvVVvVv static on this line... Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Call in SICK! Stay Home! Go to bed and rest dude! Hope you get better soon. If it is Strep you MUST get RX to fix it, antibiotics etc. because if you don't it becomes something much worse... Please take it easy. David

Guys, My LX266 has ~211 hours on it. Last weekend mowing when I engage the PTO for the mower it makes noise like there are rocks in a gearbox, or like something is loose and hitting something else. At first I thought the bleds were hitting each other, but I've checked and that seems impossible...

49 heading to 79! Simply a beautiful weekend day ahead of me. I'm gonna get some seat time! Unless I have to build an outside chicken pen all day (very likely possibility). Regardless it looks like a lovely day full of potential at the moment. My hand does not hurt as bad, typing is slightly...

G'nite Bill... I gotta go read bedtime story (we are reading all the Narnia books now, Voyage of the Dawn Treader" is the current one. Then I'm gonna crash too. Be well all my friends. Happy Friday David

I'm trying not too... BUt I'm addicted to TBN... David

So I'm not sure if what I am seeing is the same whitespaceitis, but al I need to do is scroll WAY WAY Down and all is fine. Based on my 30 years of computer geek experience, I believe the problem is entirely a bad ad in the rotation. This looks suspiciously like someones bad html code... But...

Mornin' All! I appreciate the wishes for speedy recovery... Hurts like the dickens & typing is rough... This too shall pass... Having massive inflammation issues. But on a HAPPY note. I just watched 2 guinea keets hatch! the incubator is next to my office. Yesterday an egg was peepeing and...

Up at 0500 and I actually SLEPT last night. I am having massive issues with inflammation on my left hand requiring many 20 minute ice sessions that HURT! Sunlight was just barely hinting at 0520, that was nice. I checked on the chicks we are raising (the next generation) on the front porch in...

I do not think I slept a wink... I had to remove the splint & wrap due to inflammation making it too tight... pouring rain this am. found a new leak in the attic... be well all, david

Surgery was at 4:00, and I was released by 5:30. Hurts like the dickens now though... OOF! G'Night... David

Thomas, Sorry... I will try to clean up my 'tood... It does feel gloomy here, I suspect mostly because I've only been home a couple days, and it is too soon for my girls to be gone all day when I have nothing (except for work) to do... I will get off my pity poy... Honest... David

Up at 0500 (trying to get back on schedule). On my 3rd (?) cup of coffee. Pouring rain since 0630. Wife and daughter's are off on a Homeschool fieldtrip to Colonial Williamsburg regardless of the weather (non-refundable tix). House is suddenly silent. I need to report to outpatient surgery...

Personally, I like my methods better... One should not be TOO obvious. But the wee laddie is persistent. Now if he would just get a tractor... c'est la vie... Be well, David

Bill, Shame on you! None of this Color-ist behavior here! Brand-bashing is tacky. Here is a BETTER version... "It's a true American pasttime, right up there with drinking beer, girl watching, hot dogs, baseball, and apple pie, and of course, driving a tractor." Be well, David

Excuses, excuses... :D David

Yes it is! Especially when it is inane, trivial, off-topic, and obvious. But if you simply have a lot to say on a wide varaiety of topics, and a number of posts to reply to, each meriting special attention and due respect, why that is not post whoring, that is merely being a prolific poster...

One can only hope! Be well, David

60 headed to 80, simply a lovely day... I'm hoping for some seat time, but I must pay my respects to Mom & my wife. They also will be adding mine and Dad's Birthday's into the mix to sweeten the pot. The good part is I love them very much, so it is all worth it in the end. It is nice to be...

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers... :D David

My sub was in Dunoon Scotland (Holy Loch) in 1984 or 83 for like 65 days. I too visited Edinburg and toured the castle, and drank way too much with some of my shipmates and a couple limey's we met... And I still love Guinness more than any other beer... But back then I drank mostly Harp... David

My son and I are at PDX airport awaiting our flight home. It has been a hard week, but rediscovering my sibs, and candidly my own adult son, has been, and will be a huge blessing. I wish it had not taken tragedy to make this so... Be well all O y'all David

IrvingJ, Thank you sir! So far so good. Getting closer with my family is a good thing. Tomorrow will be harder. Today we are trying to process his "stuff"... I thank you and all for the support. David

Third! Learning2Farm please have a good recovery. My outpatient carpal tunnel surgery is Monday, so I will be in this boat soon also. Be well, David

Hmmm...

Bill, My bad... I have 2 brothers and a sister. The one who passed has no family. I am the oldest, and I left Oregon in mid 1999 and had no plans ever to return Wes is closest to me in age, he and I were both in the Navy. He married in 2001 or so after I left Oregon. He now has 3 kids who I...

Thanks for the prayers, flight was fine. met with the pastor who will do the service Thursday. Met my other brother's wife and 3 kids for the first time, they were fun and awesome. Had a long talk driving back to hotel with my sister... She is awesome too. I'm on my 4th beer and I've been up...

I did not sleep well, and I need to start driving to beat traffic into DC so I won't miss my flight. seems ridiculous to get to the airport more than 3 hours early, maybe there will be internet there... I'm off to Oregon. The Memorial service looks to be on Thursday, I am meeting with my other...

Rained hard last night until past my bedtime, so no super moon for me either. Today my brilliant eldest daughter gets confirmed and her first communion. Be well all! David

1st cup of java is half gone. Rolling for Hay at 0730. 65 headed to 85, humid as heck (I really hate sweating like a pig). The only really bad thing so far about getting older is my head suddenly developed sweat glands and I hate it when it drips off my eyebrows onto my glasses... It is unfair...

I got 47 bales of horse hay today... Felt good to do something simple and honest hard work... TODAYS SEAT TIME - Page 191 - TractorByNet.com Enjoy your Friday night folks. David

Thanks Jamie. Be well, David

Bill, My situation with ym right was much the same. he said when he cut it it POPPED like an over stressed rubber band... I was developing tendon issus across the back of my hand because it was so tight. My left is not as bad, ad I'm not letting it get as bad. I was suppsed to do this in Dec...

Top, My DR is the best Hand guy around my area, and he is actually darned good. In 2009 he operated on my left middle finger twice to fix a long neglected injury from when I was like 14 and we had no insurance. He did the traditional carpal tunnel on my right last oct and he said it was one of...

Bill, I agree 1000%. We are all in this together. Be well sir, David

64 and 98% humidity now headed for 89-90. I'm going to get a load of hay today at lunch time before the threat of rain gets bad. I have a buddy coming over this afternoon/tonight to help me. And I think I've got 1 or two coming tomorrow also. I will get a couple loads of hay tomorrow. I will...

61 heading to 89 or so. It was VERY HUMID yesterday (yuck). I cancelled the first load of hay pickup yesterday because of 50% chance of rain/T-storms 3pm to 8pm, which of course means they did not happen... I will try to get the first load today so I can put up my hay before I leave for OR. I...

Top, This too shall pass... Life (& the weather) will go on, fields will need to be mowed, etc... Thanks to you (and all) for the prayers... David

Light flashes of cloud lightning awoke me in time to shut some windows. I was not sleeping well, probably more due to the whiskey honestly. I can hear the thunder booming now even in my basement office... 66 headed to 85 with intermittant thunder storms. Of course I was SUPPOSED to go get a...

Thank you. Pray hard, I seem to need it at the moment. David

And it only got worse. I got a call at 1:30pm that my baby brother had killed himself very early Monday morning back in Oregon at my baby sisters house... I feel like an IED just went off in my life today... He would have been 44 the end of this month, and I loved him dearly, troubled as he was...

Morning all. Crazy weather today, high winds and pouring rain for 15 minutes, then calm. That was the 6 am hour, today will repeat randomly. Got an angry wife (long story) stressed out oldest daughter (another long story) and a crappy day at work coming. Maybe I should try JMurray's Vodka...

Wahoo! Blue it is YOU! Congrats Todd! Awesome writeup and family! Great Pictures too! Thank you for sharing with us sir! Be VERY Well, David

Bill, If we ignore him, maybe he will go away? David

Good Morning all! I'm having a dreich day with 90% chance of T-storms. My boss is in town so today and tomorrow will be long and meaningless days of standing around "team building"... I've been an executive and a manager and this ain't how to do it... REALLY glad I tractored yesterday, looks...

Good Morning all! I decided to sleep in today because it is my Birthday & I've taken the day off. I'm going to go get some seat time on my freshly serviced tractor today! WOO HOO! Have a wonderful day all of you. David

I keep getting stuck not owning the right tools. Today I got the oil drained, only to break my filter wrench. I've been looking for a 22 MM boxwrench for the hyd lines. The Oil drain is 19 MM (I have a socket, but no box wrench). One of you guys with nore hours than me, you MUST have a list...

You will survive I suspect... Worst is it might cut into your TBN time... Besides, I'd MUCH rather have a real live woman in the house vs. skin flicks anyday... David

Yesterday I decided the maintenance could wait for today in the rain and I got like 4 glorious hours of seat time until the rain started about 4pm. Then my wife took me shopping for my birthday later this week (she bought me a nice new Pulsar watch). Today it is gonna rain, and rain, and rain...

I think the answer is buried in one of my old threads, but I'm going to ask again because... Well because I'm a n00b and that's what I do... TSC has husky branded chaps and a hard hat with ear pro and a flip up metal screen eye pro. both approx $50 each. Stihl wants more $$$ like $65 for hat...

56 now and T-storms brtween 4pm and 9pm folled by rain for more than 24 hours. I'm planning to do some maintenance on my tractor stuff and get some seat time before the rain hits. Safe travels to Ron, an a great day to all! David

I love my MS-290 with the 20" bar. But recently I was cutting down a large cherry tree and I borrowed my tenants 14" Stihl for the limbs I had to climb up the tree to get, and it was nice and light. I was cutting down brush and shrubby stuff on the side of my large pond with my 290 and I was...

If I were retired, and lived closer, I'd join you both a couple times a week just for the BS and good company. I love living out in the sticks, but my friends don't come over as often and I'm a people kind of guy. Thank God for TBN or I'd be stir-crazy... David

The easiest way to boost your post count, without being annoying, is to just go and say "welcome to TBN" to the new members... That can take you all day. Just a thought... David

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NO It is NOT! David

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Good Luck Roy! 49 and clear here today. Gonna rain for the weekend (of course)... Be well all, David

...And they are off and running... It must have been too quiet here... Dear Lord, Please send Jamie a tractor... :D David

Rainy yesterday, clearer (20% rain) and 72 today. My left hand carpal tunnel is giving me fits... hard to sleep. Got my first tick yesterday... I was going to take a couple days off next week for seat time, only to discover it will rain all weekend and beginning of the week, and it is...

More importantly, have you gotten a tractor yet? :D Glad you are well. David

60 here, no rain even though it was forecast... I am aching and creaking like I'm ancient, good grief, I am not THAT old... :mad: All I did yesterday was go walking in the woods looking for the fox or its lair and finish the "chik'n shak" Chicken Tractor or Chicken Tank? - Page 4 -...

Yesterday it was close to 90 and the AC is on very early in the season :( I love sleeping with the windows open, the wife does too (but her allergies do not) It was 64 outside at 0430 when I got up... I'm not ready for 24x7 AC season... :( David

BINGO! My day went to @#$% today... Came home late from the luncheon only to discover the fox had snagged the favorite pet chicken of all my daughters right in the center of the backyard. BOOM! that was the rest of my afternoon exploding into a crisis... Pretty much I'm getting no seat time...

Thursday a large Fox snatched a leghorn right in front of my oldest daughter, 30' from treeline in our side yard at about 1pm. Today while we were at a lunch at Church, it seems to have snagged my duaghters FAVORITE chicken {they trained her to answer to her names and jump for peanuts) right in...

39 and mosly clear at 0530, gonna be very nice this weekend. :thumbsup: I've got chick days at the local H/W store where we've got 6 red pullets to pick up, then we are going to TSC to hopefully find some femal muscovy ducks for our drake. Then I've got a lunch pot-luck thing at Church...

Me too! I've learned I'm addicted to paychecks... I hear 51% of American's have this same affliction.... :D Glad you are back sir!:thumbsup: David

The weather here is beautiul lately. Cool and clear i the evenings, warm and sunny during the day. But it is drying out rapidly. I am shocked at how dusty the crushed recycled concrete of my driveway has suddenly become. Have a great day everyone! David

44 and clear, the moon is awesome. Suddenly it is VERY dry here. Snuck up on me. The duck swamp between the two main ponds has dried out to the point I can walk across it with no boot prints, and maybe I can mow it even. everything is brittle and the weather is warning us of high fire danger...

Truckstop yesterday off I-95 exit 102 in VA had $3.79 (But I had just filled for $3.85 at my local place). Safe Travels sir. David

Looks like it might hit 70 here today, 68 at work. I think I will ride my Harley today. Yesterday was a BEAUTIFUL Easter, and the weather was nice too! Be well all! David

HAPPY EASTER! He is RISEN, the Tomb is Empty! 38 and crystal clear here. Going to be a beautiful day, sadly I will miss the sunrise service but it is because my daughters are performing. Violin for one, and both singing. I'm so proud of my ladies. Mom was in the Flutes, but the trumpets...

42 and clear. The full moon was awesome last night. Supposed to be a beautiful day today. I'm gonna get something done for sure! Even if it is wrong! David

You would be very welcome here sir. PM Me for directions if you're interested anytime. Be well, David

Hey all you Hay guys... So... Here is the next thing clearly I need to consider in my quest and questions about starting up a haying operation. Pole Barn. The guy I am buying from has a very cool (I think) pole barn. It is big and dry with NO SIDES. He stores all the hay in the center, and...

39 here at 0600 (I slept in). There was this funny sound that woke me up, it was the furnace coming on! Today will be online training classes for work, a meeting with my new tax accountant late afternoon, and Good Friday service at Church tonight. I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Friday. Be...

Well then... Just so you know, I am way, WAY out of your path, and I don't have water or electric you could hook up, but there is plenty of level parking up near the pasture and you would be most welcome to drop by here and say howdy an have a beer or a cup of coffee (Maybe some kind of meat...

Ron, When do you head North again? Drive safe sir when you do! David

52 and partly cloudy here this morning. Should be a good day of sunny and 70 later today. I need to fire up the mowers soon. One of them I want to sell simply because I do not need 2, and the other one I need to put slime in the right front tire because it keeps going flat. My middle daughter...

Sorry man... I drank it all... David

Congraulations Roy! This is wonderful news and I am VERY happy for you sir. David

55 and a few clouds here, should be a nice day to ride. We shall see... I don't want to go in today... In addition to not liking my job, I just learned the guy I work with is two faced (says great stuff to me, then tells my boss something else), and it is speed trap H3LL on my commute. I just...

Ford/NH folks, Please help me out here. My elderly neighbor (he is a good dude too) bought this tractor a couple years ago for $5,600 and he used it to coean up and put in an extensive back/side yard and he is done with it. He had a guy who wanted it, and was gonna give him $5,600 for it, but...

Mornin y'all! I was trying to think of a good April Fool's joke and then the sidebar ad was for a Chevy Volt and I decided The joke was already here. I managed to fire up the tractor for a few hours yesterday and it was heavenly... Be well everyone! David

Thunder Snow? I've heard of it, would love to experience it... David

I need to check the book for Spring Turkey season here. I know I've got them on the property. I've been wanting to try wild turkey (not the kind in a bottle) for a while... Happy Hunting (or napping :D ) David

53 and cloudy, might rain a littel between now and 8am, but should be nice the rest of the weekend. This is my 1982nd post. Same year as I graduated HS :laughing: Be well all. David IrvingJ - I hope you have an awesome weekend sir. I rode my Harley in the rain yesterday also...

Packmate, PLEASE DO! Where do you think I got it? (Motor7 I think) :D:thumbsup: AWOOOOO-OOOOOOOOO :D David

Guys, I've got a number of threads in the past that cover this, but in brief, I had ~5 acres clear cut by loggers, I had a 300hp Franklin with a big 10.5' mulcher head come in and mulch much of it to burn pile sized stuff and smaller. I've been turning it into horse pasture slowly. Winter was...

James, I'm just gonna say this once. I'm looking forward to the NEW signature block and picture "coming soon" :thumbsup: :D David

WOW! I hope & pray all turns out ok! That is a SERIOUS storm! I hear "everything is BIG in TX"... All is fine here in VA. 40 degrees clear now, 70 and clear later. Lovely day for a Harley ride! I'm gonna try to get home early so I can tear out a goofy man made pond and start building the...

Spring has sprung and the chickens are laying again (Yeah!) but Good Golly I've fallen in love with the duck eggs! They are HUGE and very YUMMY. I am about to seriously dive in and order some prolific laying Campbell ducklings but I'm curious if the market is there. I have a number of people...

44 and slightly coludy at 0500, mid 70's later. I'm tired and depressed already... I was planning on riding my Harley today, but the computer parts I need to haul are too big, so I'm caged again. Did I mention I hate my job? Don't worry I will buck-up and put on a happy face and kick azz at...

The counselor was fine. I love my wife and kids very much and if I need a tune up I'm going to cooperate regardless. Better than the alternatives... Job review stank. I'm getting skewered for some stuff that is simply not right. I'm only getting 75% of my bonus for the year and a 0% raise...

Frank, I honestly hope this hay thing works out and we do get to meet. I was thinking about asking you to go over and look at it before I commit to buy, but I'm getting no response at all. Not to my PM or post. I assume he is having second thoughts. I have a line on some equip in NY also, and...

Guys, Can any of you tell me how heavy this old counter weight in the pix might be? My neighbor got it off of his old backhoe, it has been sitting at the base of a tree in his yard for a long time. That is my size 10 boot for reference. I grabbed it with my grapple and hauled it home...

39 or 40 here at 0500 depending on where you read the temp... It was supposed to hit 34,possibly even frost, but I think it will not. Should be a nice day. Yesterday was interesting & exciting. TopPop52 has identified my problem, turns out both my Grandmothers were not nice people. One was...

58 at 0515 and clear, spring peeper frogs are still going at it... Tonight is supposed to hit 34-35 for a low, so we will have to close the windows, MIGHT even need to turn on the heat for a day. I have my first appointment today to talk with a counselor about my issues (anger? communication...

Guys, I have already hauled over 4,000 lbs of various kinds of iron, aluminum, and copper wires to the scrap yard for cash, but now I am getting down to the good stuff I suspect. I have a large assortment of chunks of angle iron, steel cable, iron pipe, and maybe some 1/2" bar stock, some rebar...