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I was in the Denton Walmart this morning and noticed that they had Riverside brand whole "young turkeys" for $.40 a pound; liimit of 2 per customer. I wasn't sure we had enough room in the freezer, so I waited until I got home and found we did have room for them. So I went to the Hickory Creek...

I know you folks up north have to be concerned with such things as preparations to prevent water pipes from freezing, getting everything in shape for moving snow, and such. Well, it's a little different down south. Last month, I got at least some rain on 20 of the 31 days, but then the sun...

We've talked about pistols and ammo, so I thought I'd mention something else for which there seems to be differing opinions. When I started in law enforcement 45 years ago, we were issued revolvers and I think nearly all law enforcement agencies used revolvers. However, our officers were...

Does anyone know of any retail stores that stock the little desiccant packets that you find packed with new electronics and such? I've been to Office Max, Pack 'N Mail, Walmart, and Outdoor World (BassPro). BassPro has really big ones to go in gun safes up to 13 cubic feet in capacity, but I'd...

If a fellow wanted to buy a Sig Sauer P226 pistol, where would he find the best deal?

One month ago yesterday (Aug. 5), I filled both vehicles with gas that cost $2.449, on Aug. 13, I paid $2.429, on Aug. 18, I paid $2.389, on Aug. 29, I paid $2.379. Aaah, yes, prices slowly coming down. So yesterday, prices had dropped another dime, yep, figured I better fill up before it goes...

I was looking for a different photo today when I ran across this one of our back yard, our two daughters, their German Shepherd, and our first motorhome from January, 1975.:D

The Dallas Police Department got their first helicopter (Bell 47) in 1969. I spent a couple of nights in it over Dallas that summer as a sergeant in the burglary and theft section. By 1973, when I, as a lieutenant, became Commander of the Helicopter Section, we had 6 Bell 47s and a 1951...

Yesterday, just after sundown but before it got dark, I started to the grocery store and a couple of blocks from the house, I saw a lady on a riding lawnmower. When I first saw her, she was going straight away from me, so I was seeing her from the back and the thing that attracted my attention...

I went to Home Depot this morning and before I got back, my wife called me on the cell phone to tell me the electricity just went off. So I called to report the outage, and fortunately, it was only a little over an hour before they had it fixed. Then just before noon, I noticed a puddle under...

A house a couple of doors from us is a rental house and new renters moved in this past week. I haven't met them, but we've been told it's a couple with 5 little kids, then the husband's parents are living with them to take care of the kids while the younger couple both work. I went to Walmart...

Being back in town with no garden, I just take care of the lawn. But my wife wanted some tomatoes and she had a couple of big old flower pots, so I got a big bag of potting soil, a couple of wire cages, and some little Big Boy tomato plants at Lowe's this Spring. The first, and second, times...

When we bought this place about three and a half years ago, the hinges on one bathroom door squeaked. A little shot of WD-40 fixed that. But it's never stayed open since then without a door stop. It swings almost, but not quite, shut. It stayed open before I fixed the squeak. The door fits into...

The young couple next door to us have twins who are 2 years old today. Last year they had a birthday party and rented one of those inflated bounce houses for the day for the kids to play in; $200. So this year, he was out there yesterday assembling a swing set; probably much more practical. But...

I don't know how many of you play the game and try to fool friends and relatives. I don't, but my wife sure does. She spends a lot of time thinking up ways to pull that trick on others and she usually succeeds. So she's very careful to keep them from reciprocating.:rolleyes: But our...

So yesterday was the "official" first day of Spring. Of course, I've already mowed my yard 3 times this "spring".:D And I've applied fertilizer. And my wife already thinks I need to spray for insects. About 10 more days and my younger brother and his wife will be hooking up the RV to go to...

My wife was watching Fox News this morning and while they were talking about the attack on Pearl Harbor, she said one of the young newsmen made a comment about wondering what people thought when they got up that morning and turned on their TV.:rolleyes: Of course, she said he appeared to be...

My mailbox is in a 2' x 2' brick pedestal. I want to glue some 4" numbers on each side. I know I could drill holes with a masonry bit, put in anchors, etc., but I'd rather not do that. So what would be the best adhesive to use?

The pictures show how I spent the morning, getting ready for tomorrow. I fried two turkeys.

I've always loved pickled okra. If there's enough pickled okra, I'd throw away all the pickled cucumbers, and unpickled ones, too. The trouble is that it's usually hard to find pickled okra in the grocery stores. When we lived on the farm, we pickled our own (or maybe I should say MY own since...

As some of you know, I visited the Power Trac factory a few years ago, when we were in the southern end of West Virginia visiting my wife's family. It was an interesting visit, but I don't think I'd seen any Power Tracs in my part of the country until day before yesterday. Apparently my own...

Of course we've had a number of threads and discussions about chainsaw safety equipment, hard hats, gloves, chaps, hearing protection, and eye protection, and no one has recommended doing it the way these guys do it.:D This is about a 60 foot tall cottonwood tree next door. A lot of big roots...

I just got back from my wife's family reunion in West Virginia; 2400 mile round trip. Been gone a week, so I went to "Since My Last Visit" (after I had looked at some of the posts which I'd received e-mails about) and found 758 posts.:rolleyes: Too many to read, so I just used the "Mark All...

Well, we've been talking in that other thread about obesity, fat, etc., so now I've got another question. I used to think that folks who exercised just for the sake of exercise just didn't have enough work to do, but I'm afraid I now find myself in that position.:o I'd like to have a...

I went into a pawn shop in Denton, TX, this afternoon and just inside the door was an easel with a hand lettered sign "30 hp Kabota with 3-pt hitch" (and listed three 3-point implements) "all for $3,750". Then a line had been drawn through the implements and price and a new price of "$1,995...

In view of the damage many folks have sustained recently in Texas and several other states from tornados, hail, and wind, I guess I really shouldn't complain (wouldn't do any good to complain anyway, would it?:D ), but I still hated to lose half of that little Bradford Pear tree about 3:30 this...

Last night and tonight, TBN seems slow, and when I've clicked on the "Submit" to post a message, I frequently get The "back" button is not an option, but when I go back to the thread in question, my post is there.:confused:

Thought some of you RVers might like to see a couple of pictures of my youngest brother's RV. You don't have to be crazy to rig one like this, but it helps. And yep, that's a wood burning smoker he bought in Waco and is taking to Ellensburg, WA, along with mesquite and pecan wood to do the...

I think everything has been said, and repeated, and repeated, and repeated enough for this thread and it's time to close it.:D

I have a Motorola V551 cell phone. I also have the USB cable to connect it to the computer. So what's the simplest, easiest to use, and preferably even cheapest software for Windows Vista Home Premium to transfer photos from the cell phone to the computer?

My old Dell computer with Windows XP seemed to be on its last legs; doing number of funny things (actually not very funny), the monitor was getting hard for me to read, the printer had developed some new and loud sounds, and a host of other little things. But it did still work. Anyway, I decided...

I was by this place yesterday evening and it doesn't look good for them. The following is from the Denton Record-Chronicle yesterday: I guess the place was best known for the truck accessories, but they've always had quite a number of Branson tractors lined up at the front of the lot. At least...

We've been gone all day about 125 miles south of here at the Texas Air Festival at Texas State Technical College (TSTC), formerly an Air Force Base, at Waco, TX. Last year was the first time we had gone, so we went again this year with my brothers. It's a good air show with a lot of WW II...

We have one little bedroom and this room where my computer, desk, file cabinet, etc. are that have no ceiling fans. I have ordered fans that should be delivered tomorrow. But today I was looking at the remote controls for ceiling fans at both Lowe's and Home Depot, then looked some on the...

My son-in-law has a 1991 Ford F150 standard cab, short bed, Lariat pickup with the 5.0L EFI engine and automatic transmission. Friday (a week ago yesterday), he said it leaked its transmission fluid out in a bank parking lot while he was waiting in line at the drive-through window. He left it...

I've never owned a drywall screw gun or any other kind of corded power "screwdriver" until today, although I've used regular drills; 3/8", 1/2", corded and cordless, as screwdrivers. But my son-in-law recently had his drywall screw gun stolen in a burglary (along with a lot of other tools, of...

I guess there're really nothing unusual about it, but this story is in the Dallas Morning News about a 6 year old kid killed by a pit bull pet that the family has had since it was 4 weeks old. With the things I've seen personally, as well as what I've read, it's just inconceivable to me that...

I really feel like it would be too expensive, but I sure would like to have a sprinkler system instead of moving these garden hoses and sprinklers around. I know I need to contact some of the people in the business and get some estimates, but naturally, I don't know anyone in the business so I...

I guess everyone knows by now that, after two years of drought, Texas has had lots of flooding problems this year. The Denton Record-Chronicle has a story this morning about the problems folks have been having with their septic systems. I don't know whether this link will work or not without you...

When I was a kid, we occasionally found double yolked eggs; not frequently, but often enough it wasn't considered to be any really unusual thing. However, I don't think I've actually seen one in many many years since we get our eggs from the grocery store. Double yolked eggs were usually...

As of this moment, I-35E northbound is shut down at Exit 460 (Corinth Parkway) which is my exit, just south of Denton. It's about 3 blocks from my home and there are two news helicopters buzzing around overhead because traffic is backed up for miles. Fortunately, I don't have to go anywhere...

I use Quicken Deluxe 2004 and, as with some other versions, each box in which you would enter a number has an icon for a calculator. My obsolete Dell did some weird things today. My DVD burning software wouldn't work at all, I tried to shut down and restart Windows XP and it never did shut...

We finally got a day without rain, so I've been mowing. Both daughter's places first, then mine. As I was going around the shop building with the string trimmer, I saw a snake go behind the concrete steps. Then when I was mowing with the lawnmower, I found the snake in the pictures at the end...

We got to talking about baking and bread, etc. in jinman's garden thread in the Projects forum and I didn't want to completely hijack his thread, so I decided to start a new one here. I'm wondering how many of you use bread machines, which one, and how good they are. Many years ago, we had a...

I've been getting a lot of e-mails that read: "Thank you for your loan request, which we recieved yesterday. We'd like to inform you that we are accepting your application. We are ready to give you a $272,000 loan (Approved refinance) for a low month payment. Approval process will take only 1...

Well . . . not really . . . but it sure looks like it lately. Of course, it's just that big old cottonwood tree next door and it's amazing the amount of white stuff it sheds. One of those brief, but severe, thunderstorms finally hit us last night. It hit about 5 minutes before 9 p.m., the...

My 21' x 25' shop building has 8 light fixtures in the ceiling. Each one has two 48" florescent tubes (see first attachment). Half of them are on one switch and half on another switch. All are on the same 20 amp breaker, but nothing else on that circuit (as far as I can tell). They all had...

After 2 years of drought, during which time we occasionally got a little rain when others occasionally got much more, I guess it was our turn. So far, over 5 inches this afternoon and it ain't over yet. We've had some pretty strong winds along with the rain. I haven't seen any damage to my...

I know, in the past, we've discussed building retaining walls by simply stacking unopened sacks of concrete, but I'd probably never find the old threads. Anyway, I happened to remember to take the camera with me today when I knew I was going to be at the wall in the pictures. The first picture...

I've barbecued lots of briskets by first cooking them in the oven, and then on the gas grill with mesquite chips in a smoker box. They're good, we like them, but they just don't get "smoked" enough; at least not like I used to smoke briskets, fish, even oysters on a Cookin' Cajun charcoal...

Last year, it seemed that we almost had no winter; stayed warm and dry (drought conditions) all winter. Years like that will make you a believer in global warming, but then we have weather like the present; 81 degrees yesterday afternoon and 31 this morning.:eek: Just over 2" of rain since...

A neighbor has one of those cheap little metal storage buildings in his back yard for his lawnmower, string trimmer, etc. It's getting pretty rusty. If I wanted to do things the lazy way; i.e., just spray paint over the rust to make the little building look better, what paint would you...

Youngest daughter, Holly, got another promotion and pay raise today from Benefits Manager to Human Resource Manager with her company. The kid already makes more than her old man ever made.:D

The Dallas Morning News has a short story this morning about a trailer, carrying a car, coming loose from a truck on I-30 east of Dallas. It crossed the median and hit an SUV, killing two young ladies (college students) and injuring a third. I would think the driver of the truck that was...

I have an uninsulated 4 panel steel overhead garage door (7' x 16'). What would be the best way to insulate it without making it too heavy for the garage door opener? Sheets of styrofoam? Fiberglass? Glued in place? Or metal straps or mesh to hold it in place? The rest of the garage is...

Has anyone had any experience with vinyl siding sold and installed by Sears or Home Depot? Our house is brick with a hip roof, but 2' eaves. And under the same roof is a 12' x 21' breezeway to the 21' x 25' shop. The shop is brick on the front but I'm guessing it's T1-11 siding on both sides...

Like many of you, I suppose, I had heard of the traveling Vietnam Wall but did not know that Dignity Memorial funeral company was the one who did it. As you can see in the first link, it travels around the country and the local funeral homes handle all the arrangements. Our son-in-law, Gary...

Thompson\'s Water Seal There have been some posts in the past about the best finish to apply to decks, fences, and wood floors in trailers. I seem to recall some who didn't think too much of Thompson's Water Seal. Now many of you probably already know about the different types of Thompson's...

Can anyone identify the critter in the attached picture? Our Chihuahua found it in the grass in the backyard and was trying to play with it.

A couple of days ago, my computer automatically downloaded and installed the latest security updates from Microsoft. I don't know whether that's what caused the current change or not, but something changed in what's required in the "Address" bar. I used to be able to enter a partial address...

I have a live oak tree in the back yard that is literally covered in small holes (see the attachment). My wife even mentioned this morning that when she goes outside at night, she can hear something eating on that tree. We have another live oak in the front yard that's about the same size and...

Now I'm a believer in having a big enough trailer to safely handle the load, especially if the load is a tractor, but this is one I saw today in Ardmore, OK, and I think it might be just a tiny bit of overkill.

I mow with a little Toro ZTR with no grass catcher. There are times I'd like to collect the clippings, and in the Fall I'd like something to pick up leaves without having to rake. Some parts of the yard also appear to need dethatching. Has anyone used one of these Lawn Sweepers and do they...

I wonder whether anyone has had any dealings with CSP Outdoors. I actually know nothing about them, have no personal or financial interest, etc.; just found them on the Internet when I was looking for a particular item, and I've ordered things from them twice in the last month, via Internet...

Oh well, off topic I guess, but reading the thread "NEED A NEW TOILET" and seeing brands of Kohler, Eljer, American Standard, etc. reminded me that I'm gettin' too old for some of these fancy gadgets. When I was inspecting this house we just bought, I noticed that the American Standard kitchen...

I had an interesting caller at the door this afternoon. We're now living in town in a residential neighborhood. Our lot, and many others in the immediate vicinity, is 70' x 130' although there are several in the neighborhood that are easily twice that large. And we're new in the area; only...

We're considering the possibility of getting an LCD television to set on the fireplace mantel (very likely never light a fire in the fireplace). This Magnavox looks about right; that is, everything except the price. What are the opinions about the reliability of something like this?

I may be buying a new air-compressor in the near future. I know what I want in a compressor, but am undecided as to whether to go with the 120 volt motor or the 240 volt. I like the idea of being able to plug one in almost anywhere, but the fact is that I'll very likely not move it around...

I've used Norton SystemWorks a long time, and have been happy with it, but yesterday, I ran the "Liveupdate" which downloaded and installed two updates of some kind. I run it frequently with no problems. However, this time was different. Outlook Express no longer works unless I turn off the...

Has anyone had any experience with having HVAC equipment (evaporator, blow motor, etc.) in the attic of their home instead of in a closet at floor level? Any pros and cons would be appreciated. In the past, I can only remember talking to one person who had that arrangement and he said they had...

Can\'t Get Into the Attachments Forum All I get when I try to get into the Attachments forum is the above attachment.

I don't know whether this would be better in this forum or in the safety forum, but . . .. My wife just got off the phone with our old rancher friends and neighbors. Their 12 year old grandson took his little 3 year old brother for a ride on their 4-wheeler Friday evening, with the little guy...

I know a few of our members are living in manufactured housing, and we've had some discussions in the past about the quality, etc. I'm going to suggest that, if you live in a manufactured housing, you keep a close eye on your water heater, and now I'll tell you why. We bought a new double wide...

I happened to be driving by one of the bigger boat dealers on I-35 north of Dallas this afternoon and noticed that they have 3 little tractors for pulling those boats and trailers around; one John Deere, one Kubota, and one New Holland. I didn't stop to talk to anyone, but it made me wonder...

I'm considering buying a very small fire safe (or perhaps more correctly, a fire resistant safe). I'm trying to decide between that and a safe deposit box, but it's an awfully long drive to the bank I use that has safe deposit boxes. My concern is not with security and valuables; i.e...

I've been using TurboTax Deluxe for quite a few years with no problems or complaints, but last year I simply could not get it to install and work on my computer, even after a lengthy phone call to Intuit's technical support. Both I, and their technical support folks, thought perhaps I just had...

Sometime in the next couple of months, I intend to buy a new string trimmer. And contrary to what we usually look for, I don't need wide swath, lots of power, thick, heavy string, dual strings, etc. In fact, the $50 Black & Decker electric with the single .065 string that I already have does...

I know Ken Sweet sells the Dixon mowers, but unfortunately, he's a long ways from me. I'm wondering whether any of you have a Dixon ZTR and, if so, what you think of it. Specifically, here in town, with a few tight spots to get into, I'm curious about Dixon's smallest ZTR, a 30" single blade...

I suppose most folks have heard about Microsoft's latest update; Service Pack 2. And of course, I'm sure most of you know more about computers that I do, but for any of you computer dummies like me that are using Windows XP and Norton SystemWorks or anti-virus, I thought I'd mention a couple of...

My mother is hard of hearing, but lacks the manual dexterity to manage conventional hearing aids. She has hard wired "over the head" headphones for watching TV and that works fine for that (we tried a couple of different wireless ones first, but she was unable to manage them). But I've been...

This is a new problem to me. I've tried half a dozen times to go to the NH Buying/Pricing forum and just get "The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser...

We had an unusually wet Spring, but then it finally turned hot and dry lately, as expected. And now we're supposedly in the middle of our hot, dry season, but instead we're now in the middle of a slow moving frog stranglin' gulley washer. The rain gutter on my little 10' x 24' patio cover is...

I was watching some PRCA bull riding on ESPN2 this afternoon and noticed Mahindra's TV commercial. Anyone else seen it with the Mahindra lifting a Kubota with the 3-point and a John Deere with the front end loader? I didn't catch the model on the Kubota or Mahindra, but the John Deere was a...

What won\'t we do for kids and grandkids Grandson's 15th birthday today, but he's been out of town on a church retreat since Wednesday, and will return in the morning. He's been wanting a good place to "work out" with weights, so while he's gone, my daughter came up with the plan and I just...

I have an outdoor water faucet that protrudes through the vinyl skirting of this mobile home and every time it's turned on, I get a cup or two of very rusty water first, then it runs clean. The old hose bib also leaked pretty badly around the stem when the water was on, so I bought a new hose...

Has anyone bought one of the little Neuton lawnmowers from Country Home Products? If so, what do you think of it? My wife thinks I ought to buy one, and of course, they're offering a 6 month money back trial period, but I really don't want to take advantage of that and have to send it back...

Yesterday, I noticed a chipper/shredder in use like nothing I'd ever seen before, but I was just passing by and didn't have the camera with me. So today I went back over there, and wouldn't you know it, it was down for service. They were replacing some of the "hammers". So this picture is of...

I was wondering whether anyone else is using Norton's Personal Firewall as I am. I get dozens of "security alerts" daily; some days more than others; probably more than 25 in the last hour, that some IP has tried to access this computer via a "Backdoor/SubSeven Trojan Horse". I've read on...

I still cannot get my computer straightened out and working right all the time. Basically, it's working, but does a few peculiar things that it used to not do. One example is that every time it booted up for the last couple of months, it popped up a dialogue box “Welcome to Windows XP Setup...

We have quite a number of ceiling light fixtures with a small globe around a 60 watt light bulb. I would like to put the fluorescent bulbs in them instead of the current incandescent bulbs, but don't know whether that's really safe or not. The fixtures are labelled for a maximum of 60 watt...

There have been lots of messages posted about convincing the CFO (wife) of the need to buy tractors and attachments. I read the following on iwon.com this morning; their daily "humor" blurb provided by The Reader's Digest. </font><font color="blue" class="small">( Many years ago my father's...

My Computer\'s Gone Berserk! I'm not sure what's happened, but Saturday, my computer started doing many weird things. An unbelievable number of pop-ups (I've always gotten some on some web sites, but now I get them on any and all web sites, and even get some when, as far as I know, my browser...

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Related Sponsor Links: (Based on this thread's topic) )</font> That little feature at the bottom of the page is a very neat feature; don't know how you do it, but I like it.

My vote for the worst invention of the century has to go to the automated telephone answering systems where you play telephone roulette. If you want this, press 1; if you want that press 2, and on and on. And eventually you either get cut off or you get "All our customer service...

Has anyone used one of the little electric Neuton mowers that Country Home Products is selling now? My wife seems to think I ought to buy one since it has the mower/edger/trimmer all in one.

I tried to get into CountryByNet about 6:09 p.m. (CDT) and just got a blank screen, so after a minute or so I tried TractorByNet and only got a blank screen there, too. I waited two minutes, then went to several other sites and all were working fine. When I tried CountryByNet at 6:17 p.m. (8...

Hope everyone had a good Easter. We brought my Mother from the nursing home to our apartment and had our kids, grandkids, and my brothers here for dinner. Beautiful weather and a good Easter. However, I’ve had a bit of a head cold lately. So I went to bed about 9 p.m. last night, then woke...

Muhammad, it appears that someone's computer clock has drifted again. My computer, and the official U.S. time on http://www.time.gov/ are 10 minutes behind TBN's time so I'm getting new posts 10 minutes before they're posted.

We sure don't have the pretty snows like you folks in the north have, but all those little white specks in the picture are actually snow. Light rain earlier this morning turned to snow about mid-morning, but it hasn't been sticking because the temperature dropped from about 40 early this...

I'm not much of a photographer, so the picture doesn't do justice to the real thing, but when I walked out of my room on the back side of the motel in Princeton, WV, Tuesday morning and saw this, I had to snap a picture.

I guess this is about as far off topic as you can get, but we think it's about time to replace our mattress and don't know what to buy. We sure like the hype on the TV, videos, brochures, etc. for the adjustable air mattresses, but there are so darned many brands (each with several models) and...

I only started keeping my own records of rainfall at my place seven and a half years ago, but it looks like this year will be a new record for summer rain and cooler temperatures and that's great! I can hardly believe that we haven't had a day over 95 degrees here yet, and we've had some amount...

Son-in-law's Ryobi Plate Joiner quit, so he sent it to me to see if I could fix it. The obvious problem was that the red wire from the stator to the front brush got against the rotor, rubbed the insulation off and frayed the wire. Wasn't hard to cut the little bad spot out and splice the wire...

I've seen pit silos and lots of round vertical silos, but when this thing was built in my neighborhood 3 years ago, it was the first one I'd seen of this size and type (although it may not be unusual to some of you). I've been intending to make some pictures ever since then and today they are...

Does anyone know where the following originated, or whether it's factual or not? I received it in an e-mail today, but I've also received it in the past. <font color=blue>The Organization Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following...

I assume that most of the folks on this forum know enough to not get under a car, tractor, or other heavy equipment on jacks, or otherwise inadequately blocked and supported, but a fellow living about a mile from me was under a car this afternoon when it fell on him and killed him. Just seems...

Is the rest of the south expecting another grasshopper plague this year? We've had one that Moses would have been proud of the last two years, and now it appears that it may be even worse this year. A neighbor had told me that he had already sprayed his garden twice this year, so Sunday I was...

Anyone bought a Ford truck lately? For some inexplicable reason, my wife never has liked the '81 F250 I've been using the last five and half years, and I'll have to admit it was getting a bit ragged, and she's been fussing at me to get one "with a back seat". So last week, I noticed a clean...

Forget the calendar; Spring has arrived. The garden's up, grass had to be mowed, but the real way I know is I noticed the Bluebonnets blooming alongside the highway this morning.

I got this e-mail today and thought it was pretty cute: Could this be the missing section from Genesis 1? "And God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach and green and yellow vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives. "And Satan...

Well, I finally decided it's time to think about shifting gears and doing something different, so I have an ad in The Thrifty Nickel starting today to see if I can sell my B2710 along with the implements, attachments, accessories, manuals, trailer, etc. If anyone in the Central Texas area is...

Off topic, but no fun. Our youngest daughter has been going to visit some old friends of ours and doing their income tax return for them each year, and she did that Saturday morning. Sunday was her birthday, so my wife went up there, also, to meet her and the three women went out to lunch...

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This morning, our electric power flickered on and off, and I didn't think too much about it since it's not that unusual, except today there was no unusual weather. Then this afternoon, I went to visit a neighbor who was vaccinating and ear tagging some additional cows he bought yesterday, and...

Has anyone used both Microsoft Works Suite 2001 and Suite 2002? 2001 has a number of "bugs" I can work around (and it appears that Microsoft is aware of them and provides a number of "fixes", some of which do not work), and I'm wondering whether 2002 is any better, or maybe worse.

Aaah, so many of you talking about playing in the snow and it was in the high 60s here this afternoon. And while most things have pretty well dried out from the heavy rains last month, the road is still closed - under water - at the creek below my place; been that way for over 3 weeks. This...

Paul Crume was my favorite newspaper columnist for many years. The Dallas Morning News has repeated this column every Christmas since his death in 1975. It expresses my sentiments very well. <font color=blue>This essay, first published on Christmas morning 1967, is considered one of the most...

Betcha Asplundt never saw a rig like this.

Just another reminder to everyone to keep your antivirus software up-to-date. I got an e-mail this morning that Norton AntiVirus says was just discovered on 11/24/01. I think (not sure) that it came from one of our members who probably doesn't know his computer has it. You can read about it...

I know we have a number of members who are cowboys (or cowboy wannabees) and I can't remember whether I've mentioned it before or not, but you might enjoy http://www.cowboyfun.com. I signed up long ago for e-mail notifications when they have something new, but I particularly like their "Rules...

Letter to the DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE from Dwight Crawford Sr. of Sanger, Texas: TERRORISM-WHAT IS THAT? I get a big laugh at the dialogue of ***** bin Laden, the Taliban, the politicians, and the news media. They say terrorists will hit us again in the oncoming weeks and months. What a...

Someone just tried to get me with an e-mail virus. My Norton Anti-Virus said the incoming e-mail had a virus and in the "details" showed it to be a subject of "right.bat" and a virus named W32MAGISTR.39921 and said it had "repaired" it. Then the e-mail showed to be a subject of "This extracts...

Where could I get the best deal (price and quality) on an 8' to 10' flail mower? I'm asking for a neighbor who wants one to run behind an 85hp tractor. Bird

Our state fair starts Saturday. According to the news media, it's the biggest one in North America. Anyone interested in information about it can find it at http://www.bigtex.com Bird

If anyone missed our Attorney General's press conference on TV, you might want to look at http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.nimda.a@mm.html. Apparently this is a real virus; not a hoax. Bird

Someone (Alan L, maybe) recently posted a picture of his brush hog and asked about pictures of others. I didn't have a picture of mine at that time. And there was recently some discussion about windrowing. Naturally, I'm too lazy to try to look up the old discussions, but I mowed the pasture...

I just got a big postcard in the mail today from John Deere offering $300 off of a loader and $150 off every other implement you buy (no limit on how many), plus 5.9% financing and no down payment if you buy a 4200 through 4600 tractor. But only until September 21 - on the implement deal (some...

Dear Diary: May 30th: Just moved to Dallas, Texas ...Now this is a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. Mountains and deserts blend together. What a place! Watched the sunset from a park lying on a blanket. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home...

If anyone is thinking of buying a new computer, wait until next month because prices will drop dramatically. I know they will because I just ordered a new one and every time I've bought a new computer prices fell rapidly immediately thereafter. The new one is only going to cost twice as much...

Don't know where this one originated, but it does seem appropriate. TEXAS PRAYER Bless this house, oh Lord, we cry, Please keep it cool in mid-July. Bless the walls where termites dine, While ants and roaches march in time. Bless our yard where spiders pass, Fire ant castles in the grass. Bless...

ORIGIN OF THE INTERNET And lo, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot. And Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she had been called Amazon Dot Com. And she said unto Abraham, her...

Just read the following on iwon.com this morning. MEDINA, Ohio (Reuters) - An antique steam-powered tractor exploded on Sunday at a county fairground here, killing four men and injuring about 35 to 40 people, including children, officials said. Four men were killed by the blast and dozens more...

The following is from The Dallas Morning News today: "A construction worker died Tuesday afternoon in Irving after his head was stuck between a support beam and the bucket of a backhoe, police said. The 31-year-old Grand Prairie man, whose name was withheld until relatives were notified, died...

Ain\'t Ranchin\' Fun The neighbor behind me had 5 donkeys (one of them a Jack) that ran with his cows. They were all 5 pretty gentle and no problems; however, about a year and a half ago, he decided the donkeys were just eating hay and grass that the cows could have, so he sold all 5 at the...

I got most of the yard mowed today when the charge light lit up on the instrument panel, and the temperature gauge started climbing at an amazing rate. Of course, I shut it down quickly. The fan belt didn't completely break in two; just badly chewed up and jumped out of the pulleys. Only 298...

Ever have a problem with trash and/or water in your fuel? Is this the answer http://www.mrfunnel.com I know I've seen such funnels mentioned somewhere on the forum before, but don't remember when, where, or whether it was the same brand. I just got mine today, so don't know yet how good they...

There's been discussions in the past about getting the blades off rotary cutters to sharpen or replace them, and the fact that the manuals usually call for some ungodly high torque values, so I thought maybe I should post what I just found with my Howse 500 that I bought a year ago last August...

There's definitely a kink in the line somewhere between here and yonder. Am I the only one who has time to go get another cup of coffee every time I change screens this morning? Bird

I had something new happen today. I was in here on the computer when my wife came rushing in all excited and worried to tell me something was wrong with Buster (the rat terror we rescued from the animal shelter a year or so ago - and I know some folks spell it differently but that's 'cause they...

This evening, my local newspaper, the Corsicana Daily Sun has a story from St. Hedwig, TX (just east of San Antonio) that says a 6 year old boy was playing in a field Sunday afternoon while his grandfather was mowing with a tractor and shredder (frequently used term in this area for a rotary...

In case anyone missed it, NBC news (at least NBC5 in Dallas) is telling of a new computer virus today, so I don't guess this one is a hoax. If you want to read about it, try http://www.msnbc.com/local/kxas/341176.asp?cp1=1 Bird

Hydraulic Tip \'N Tilt - OK, Top \'N Tilt Decided to start a new thread because the other one got too long. If anyone has read it, and looked at the pictures of the "tip 'n tilt" job I did and intended to try to copy it; WAIT! It looks like the old man goofed again. When I finished it, I...

This is an experiment; don't waste your time going any further. Folks said the old man wasn't smiling enough, so I'll see if I can "fix" it. Oh well, the experiment worked, but like they say, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. On second thought, Harv and Muhammad probably could...

I need help from one of you computer experts. If I scan a page from my tractor manual on my HP printer/fax/copier/scanner, and save the image, what suffix would I use to be able to attach that file to a message to post on the forum so others could read it? Bird

My smart-aleck brother called tonight and said he saw an ad for a tractor that he thought I ought to buy. He said the ad read "LOOKS AND RUNS GOOD, BUT HAS NO STEERING WHEEL OR SEAT. PERFECT FOR THE GUY WHO'S LOST HIS A$$ AND DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO TURN." Bird

Hydraulic Tip \'N Tilt Time to revisit an old topic. A long time ago, this topic was discussed at some length and I had decided that I really only wanted a single spool valve and hydraulic top link. Well, I changed my mind and want a hydraulic top link and the lower left link to have both tip...

We've discussed a lot of things about our vegetable gardens in the past, but I'm curious about what some of you do with your gardens in the off season. I know some folks who just leave theirs alone until time to plant in the Spring. Of course they usually have a lot of weeds and grass to mow...

Does anyone know what's become of Mark Chalkley? Sure hope he hasn't succumbed to the heat again. Or poisoned himself with his home brewed sports drinks. Bird

Am I the only one for whom the site is very, very slow today? Bird

I just got a bit off topic in the feedback forum about speed (talking about computers first and then tractors), but I've always wished my tractors had a "road gear" that would do 25 mph. How do the rest of you feel about it? And what do you think the chances are of any of the manufacturers...

Today Dallas passed the 1934 dust bowl days record for the longest stretch without measureable precipitation since they began keeping records in 1898; 58 days, and no relief in sight. Tractor's parked in the shop; dirt's too hard and dusty to plow; nothing growing to mow. Grass fires...

We have a local mechanic off out here in the country, and I happened by there Sunday and noticed what appeared to be a nearly new, but dirty M6800 cab model in front of the shop. I stopped by today to ask who it belonged to and what was wrong with it. The owner was baling hay and his...

I was passing by a Kubota dealership today and just had to stop for a few minutes and look around. Besides a lot of of the smaller compact tractors, they had the L4610, M4900, M6800, and M8200s both with and without cabs and a couple of M120s with cabs. That 4610 with a cab was a neat looking...

94 degrees again today; hate hot weather. But there are a few bright spots. Had the first cold, sweet, juicy, yellow meated watermelon from my little patch today. In fact, I think I'll just go eat another plate full. Bird

Has anyone tried making your own chain guards for a brush hog (rotary cutter)? If so, I'd be interested in a description of how you did it. 5 years ago, I had some old tire chains that came down from up north, and since they weren't needed in this part of the country, I cut them up and made...

Some gardener I turned out to be this year. I don't know how many varieties of cantaloupe there are, but I like to try out different seed, so this year I planted "R. Ford" cantaloupe. The picture on the package didn't look unusual, but lately, I've noticed several cantaloupe that appeared to...

Some sorry, lowlife character stopped just past my driveway about this time yesterday evening, dumped two pups out, and took off. So I had to make a 50 mile round trip into town this morning to take them to the animal shelter. That happens a couple of times a year around here. Do you rural...

This B2710 is the first tractor I've used with a retractable seat belt and I really like it, but lately it's been getting a little contrary and would hang up when I tried to pull it out, and I'd sometimes have to pull it up, let it back, and try again 2 or 3 times to get it come out far enough...

Anybody ever look at http://terraserver.microsoft.com to see an aerial photograph of your property? I first learned about the site a couple of years ago, but my immediate area wasn't mapped at that time. And I just learned from a friend today that mine is on there now. The odd thing is that...

Undoubtedly, everyone knows I was probably the biggest complainer about the slow speed of the new forum. In fact, I've probably been a real pain in the butt for Muhammad. Well, I still don't know why TractorByNet would have been slower than most other sites (actually wasn't the speed of the...

Since typing a URL in the body of a message doesn't turn it blue and make it "clickable", how do you do that now? I read the "Instructions" and "FAQ" and figure I must be missing something. And I have no idea what a "Mozilla 4+" compatible browser means. Bird

Muhammad, I'm having a real problem with this new forum and don't know whether it's my computer, my phone lines, my ISP, or what. Sometimes it pops up pretty well, but it frequently takes forever to get the initial screen or to change screens. The indication I'm getting is that the...