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  1. M

    Women

    A car is just a car. A Russian Lada is just like a Ferrari. I know what you mean.(y):love: Your Oompa Loompa can confirm that. With his bestest buddy I'm sure he can get both.
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    Great lake boats, a good video

    Pa worked for Ontario Hydro in the 50s with a cement crew. They were working up stream of the Kanuckistan Niagara Falls prepping the river bottom for construction of what looks like a partial bridge to the Mexerican side. It has gates that divert water to the holding dam for power production...
  3. M

    Women

    Lot lizards are something I would never touch. Scary just seeing them walking around truck stops. Disease, drugs, pimping, abuse... you name it.
  4. M

    Women

    Bitterness? It suits you somehow. I know enough guys that have been taken to the cleaners by their loving exs. Or stay in loveless marriages because they're afraid to lose their life's work. Couple guys haven't enjoyed the horizontal mambo in more than a decade. Life's too short to play the...
  5. M

    Women

    I saw an Asian lady in Hamilton. After finishing our time together she asked me what I was up to the rest of the day. I told her some grocery shopping and heading home. She asked if I would take her. Sure. The outfit she put on was great. Tight denim skirt white silk blouse that enhanced her...
  6. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Sounds like one of the office managers from The Apartment movie. October wise.
  7. M

    Women

    I order from Toronto. To come where I am there is a minimum 5 hours, $1700 + $400 extra hour and tip if you want. Ethnicity etc are all same rate. Mine are all 20-25. Have some good quality snacks and drinks on hand.
  8. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Yeah. Yeah. Me too. ;)
  9. M

    Women

    I'm living aboot 50/50 between the new to me condo and my hobby farm. The condo is mostly older/seniors with many single/widow women. I ain't so young but to them I'm fresh meat. I've had many a baked good and invite to dinner/coffee brought to my door. I'm a Dinocooter play thing. They watch...
  10. M

    Women

    I met my ex at 20 and she was 17. Dated during my time in University and got married aboot a year after. We lasted 3 years. She changed. The real crazy seemed to appear after the ink dried on the marriage certificate. I won't get into details but everything became extremes, food/diet...
  11. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    We had a few JWs in school like that. One of the guys was the biggest dealer of non-prescription drugs in high school. His female cousin was a great lay.😉
  12. M

    Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

    Why do I suspect you'll be a feature in a You tube video just before Christmas.:eek::ROFLMAO:
  13. M

    Women

    Married once, rolled around with more than I can count and way more than the names I can remember. That the one true love, at least from my side, is the one that always comes to mind. I run into her every year or two and my stomach turns flips and my heart races. My mouth goes to mush.
  14. M

    Dog Hair - Read at your own risk!

    We had a small herd, 7, at one time. Manchester Terror crossed with Chihuahua. If you petted them against the grain all sorts of fur came out. Before fine cleaning the floors and couches I'd first go around with the shop vac in all the nooks and crannies. I'd have to blow the filter out every...
  15. M

    2025 gardens

    Last year all my apples were super loaded. Almost more fruit than leaves. This year the Galas have a good crop. The rest are spotty at best. 10% of last years crop if lucky. We did have a cold rainy spring and a couple late heavy frosts.
  16. M

    Dog Hair - Read at your own risk!

    Said a bunch of old bald guys.:ROFLMAO:
  17. M

    I Thought I Could Smell a Mouse

    I almost cried. There's a video of a Ford GT packed full of rodent crap and nuts. The owner died and the family left it outside for lie 5 years. What kind of money do you have to leave a $500K+ car to let the critters destroy it? Anyways the video is aboot the restoration service done to. Doug...
  18. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Almost forgot this one. I was 10-12 and at the front of the barn at the folks farm. Car pulls into the yard and out comes a JW asking if my father was available. "Yeah." "Can I speak with him?" "Sure," and I go to get him. My father was behind the barn killing chickens. Pa comes out front...
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    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Number of years ago a couple of the neighbors were over for coffee. Door bell rang so I went to answer it. Standing there were 2 Jehova's. Late 50s I'd guess, well dressed. Well I don't know where it came from but I spit out this beauty, "Hey! Great, door to door hookers."(y) Gave them a...
  20. M

    Good morning!!!!

    I don't know how far north you are or your source for peaches. However with the local drought and heat they are coming on very quickly. If it stays the way it is the peach crop could be over fairly fast. Initially it was delayed by the cold and wet start to the season but it's more than making...
  21. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I know what you mean. I had one some years back telling me my driveway needed to be sealed before winter. The driveway was gravel. When they phone and ask if the owner is home I tell them no. I'm just robbing the place and should be gone in the next few minutes but I'll leave a message. Many...
  22. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Mount Kilimanjaro is a gorgeous climb. As long as you're in decent shape there shouldn't be any problem. The fjords are a camera persons wet dream.
  23. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    YKYO when you know how well the meds work and the possible side effects better than your so called doctor.
  24. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Technically I guess the weather persons are off the hook. It rained overnight. My windshield has aboot 2 dozen drop splash spots in the dust. If I ran all over my property and swept it up with a broom into a bucket I wouldn't get enough to properly water my potted hibiscus. So does that count...
  25. M

    Kubota vs Massey advice

    When we were farming, fruit/vineyard, a 50-60 pto tractor was perfect for our implements and acreage. Kubota had an ad for a 4x4 55pto tractor that seemed to check all the right boxes for a great price. I went to the dealership more or less ready to buy. I do give the dealer credit though for...
  26. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Yep. I pay my taxes twice a year even when they're only due quarterly. Somehow I got it mixed up this summer and when I went to pay I had missed the first quarter by a month. Summer, cottage visits etc. Dinged me just over $80 extra. Hot today and the heat warning goes on. They're...
  27. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Don't you miss the good old days when snap, crackle and pop was something your cereal did? And you heard clear as a bell.(y)
  28. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I have nothing to do with his estate and I've been asking the same question.:ROFLMAO:
  29. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Before the parents had a toaster Ma made toast on the electric stove putting a slice of bread directly on the burner. It was an art to toast the bread without burning it. I think that's where I developed the taste for the bitter dark burnt rings.
  30. M

    Sicilian with Pepperoni and "Less Sauce"

    You SOB. I've had my supper. Now I want pizza. Thanks a lot.:ROFLMAO:
  31. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I still like the bitter burnt flavor the wires leave. Use it from time to time.
  32. M

    Dog pics

    Probably smells like trucker piss.o_O
  33. M

    Great lake boats, a good video

    She's already somewhere mid Atlantic.
  34. M

    Worst oil change ever

    My nieces friend had a new Toyota. After the second oil change she was driving down the highway when the engine light came on. By the time she pulled off the damage had been done. The oil plug had fallen out... At first the dealer didn't want to do anything aboot it. Then they said they'd put a...
  35. M

    What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

    I have similar forks for mine. It outlifts my friends Kubota.
  36. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Fork you. :ROFLMAO:(y)
  37. M

    What did you buy this week?

    My neighbor has a 1950s (6, 7, 8) i forget, Buick Road Master. He brings it out every summer for a few rides around the hood. He trailors it to weddings and shows for pictures. Last I saw it has under 3,000 miles. His uncle bought it new and he inherited it. Still on original tires. Only one...
  38. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    Neighbor's tractor was out of commission and he had to spray his orchard. One time only he said. Mine barely had 100 hrs. I told him that because it was a turbo he had to let it idle for a minute or two before shutting it down after heavy work. Lets the turbo cool down and let it come down to...
  39. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    I knew a guy with a landscaping business. I let him dump soil, grass clippings, brush timings... Took me time and fuel to spread this stuff out or burn. Not to mention the garbage that invariably was often mixed in. Stuff like wrappers, coffee cups etc. One day a couple of his workers came...
  40. M

    What did you buy this week?

    ????????????????????? What? Nothing wrong with 2 year old tires unless high milage or ruined by bad alignment etc. My 2006 Ford GT Petunia is sitting on 7year old rubber and I've had her up to 170mph. I doubt your Challenger goes faster than that.
  41. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    That must have been some vibrator.🤪
  42. M

    I Thought I Could Smell a Mouse

    I had it happen in the house. My parents house would get some mice every fall. When I did some renovations to my area I installed a 2/3 size fridge bar area. Did a bunch of electrical work. I ran one plug cover short. I left it off the one behind the fridge until I went to the hardware...
  43. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    YKYO when the pride of your youth is without question a classic car. I was 17 when I bought my first new car. A screaming gold chicken boldly on it's black hood , factory CB in the dash, Trans Am. Just over $8,000. In today's world I don't know if you can buy a good beater car for that money...
  44. M

    I've been had! Well,........ manipulated!

    🥱😴😴😴😴😴😴
  45. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    YKYO when you run into someone you haven't seen for years at the doctors office and they introduce you to their kid who drove them there. The kid you remember with his thumb in his mouth sitting on a smelly nappy. The kid that now has some gray in his receding hairline holding his grandson..
  46. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    As a little guy I liked sardines. In aboot grades 3-8 I had it at least 3 times a week. Other kids didn't want to sit next to me while they ate their P&J. Other days, mostly Mondays, I'd frequently have a thick roast beef sarnie. Just to change it up fried chicken mid-week. My Pa had a friend...
  47. M

    I've been had! Well,........ manipulated!

    :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:(y):ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Just don't tell them that. They think it's all aboot love.
  48. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I had the Flintstones and Tarzan lunch boxes. Good condition. Thermos look good but I managed to break the glass liner at least twice a month. I wouldn't think you can get replacements anymore. Around grade 5 it became uncool to carry a lunch box and I started to use lunch bags. Teachers must...
  49. M

    Strange things your pets do...

    Reminds me of when I was a kid. I snuck up on the cat sleeping on the couch. I screamed in his ear. Cats are fast. I had more claw holes in my head than if I'd been shot with the Phalanx CRWS. Couldn't tell Ma and Pa or I'd have to admit what I had done.
  50. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    That's not fair. I do good work. I'm calling the labor board. You guys are mean. I should be getting a raise. I only missed 2 days last week. :ROFLMAO:
  51. M

    I've been had! Well,........ manipulated!

    You don't have to justify your over compensation with the GKs to try and make up for the lack of attention to your kids in the day. You were busy making a living. Just be happy with the way things are. You have the resources to spoil them and a conscience never forgets.:eek:
  52. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Ahhh! Fresh milk still warm from the cow. I grew up on a fruit farm but Pa was old country and old school. We always had a milk cow or two, chickens and piggies. You could taste the differences in the milk as the seasons and feed changed. The biggest difference was when they first went out on...
  53. M

    Worst oil change ever

    Trucks have a great resale. I don't think any of his have been on the market more than a week. Even though they have some mileage they are almost new by model year. He always gets them when they first come out. So his 2025 got delivered in 2024. He gets top dollar. Has to do zero maintenance...
  54. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Here in Kanuckistan I haven't had milk in a glass bottle since elementary school when they went to the cardboard containers. We are talking quickly closing in on 60 years. I don't have a problem with the plastic bags we have here except that the bags aren't reuseable. The milk in bags takes...
  55. M

    What is some of your Pet Peeve's

    They aren't intended to be inserted anally.o_O
  56. M

    I've been had! Well,........ manipulated!

    You're just glad? I'm F'n giddy you're not here to drag me down. I know too many GPs that spoiled their GKs to the point of useless. Guy I used to know (He's been dead 20 years) his father started a business from a barn most of us would have torn down. Kids all had to work every day after...
  57. M

    Worst oil change ever

    My friend bought a new Dodge Ram crew cab with the 8' box. Long beast and a pain in the a-s to park. When he bought it he had a deal where he got free oil changes for the life of the original warranty. The kid at the dealership who brought it into the shop made too sharp a turn and creased the...
  58. M

    I've been had! Well,........ manipulated!

    What honest and direct? He's just parroting his granny. And you know what she thinks of you. ATM!(y)
  59. M

    I've been had! Well,........ manipulated!

    I find it humorous, GPs that didn't have time for their own kids, can't do enough for their grand evil spawn. Spoiling them and turning them into entitled little monsters. Screwed up the kids and now screwing up the next generation.
  60. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Samsung OLED 77" tv.
  61. M

    The day the music died.

    How was this guy not bigger? At least he made it onto King of the Hill. I could listen to him all day and night. Ozzy? I couldn't reach the remote fast enough to change the station.(n)
  62. M

    Good morning!!!!

    The previous owners of my place had lots of Wisteria around the yard. It's a creeper and you really have to keep an eye on it and keep it trimmed or it will choke small trees, eaves troughs, whatever it can climb. Only reason I don't get rid of it is that the bumble bees love it. The whole place...
  63. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Although illegal to drink and drive it was common for us to drive around with a traveller between the legs. This was long before every vehicle has 73 different cup holders. If you had someone in the back seat it was their responsibility to hand the driver and front passenger fresh beers. The...
  64. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    and then... "were is the pay check?"
  65. M

    Women

    My EX, except not blonde or as shrill a voice if I wasn't "listening to her."
  66. M

    I'll just have water

    With the size of some people now I sometimes wonder how they manage to... clean up back there. If you have a serious injury you just can't do anything aboot it except hopefully heal. However with the size of some of the hippos waddling around it's a self inflicted disability by calories. Long...
  67. M

    Strange things your pets do...

    Ma had a small terror pup who always had to back his bum up to something when he pooped. Until he got house broken you would find puppy poop stuck to different surfaces at his bum level. His favorite was doors and winter boots. He was spotless after being house broke. But even outside he would...
  68. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I used to get paid on Thursdays and my mother who didn't work would take my check in Friday. We had to open a joint account so she could withdraw my money for me. When I started working shift work for a couple years I could go in myself except the weeks I worked day shift. Many of the local...
  69. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Still under a heat warning and 90% humidity. Crappy air quality. I wish the TV stations did the Saturday morning cartoons. Perfect day to plop in front of the tube and see what that Oscar winning Wabbit is up to. Other than that going to do some laundry and dishes. Maybe a bit of shopping...
  70. M

    I'll just have water

    As he drove away in his new Black Forest auto.
  71. M

    Women

    The fish is perfect cover for coming home smelling of fish.:ROFLMAO:
  72. M

    Women

    Run, don't walk. I would of asked her what she thought of it and was it worth giving to your girl friend.:ROFLMAO:
  73. M

    Ground hornets! [emoji2962]

    Ounces? Amateur.:oops::ROFLMAO:
  74. M

    Women

    That's the problem, you can't live with them and you can't legally kill them.
  75. M

    I'll just have water

    I wash it out and hang it on the clothes line.:rolleyes:
  76. M

    Cool Nature Photos

    I've been planting aboot an acre + every year for probably the last 25 years. When I first started I was still farming and had some land left to fallow. I planted sunflowers thinking I'd cut them when they were mature to feed birds in the winter. I have yet to have any for winter feeding.:LOL...
  77. M

    Women

    I have property and tractors. I don't come on here very much for the tractor advice. Much of why I visit is social. What's the weather like in your corner of the world, how's the garden doing... You may not get to know each other directly but you do get to know the character. You pick the...
  78. M

    Women

    They forgive and forget but never forget what they forgave.(y)
  79. M

    Women

    A high school friend of mine works as an industrial electrician in one of the big plants. In the day he bought a new house and paid for it in 3 years. New cars from the company he works for every 2 years. His motto was, "The person with the most toys wins." He never worked overtime. Regular...
  80. M

    Women

    Naive as I was when I got fitted for a ball and chain I genuinely expected the relationship to be a 50/50 partnership. We would discuss the larger issues and come to mutual agreements. The smaller day to day things would be dealt with as needed individually but with an eye on the bigger...
  81. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Old woman or old gay man?
  82. M

    Ground hornets! [emoji2962]

    Neighbor was having issues with Bank Beavers. They were coming into his orchard and chewing down fruit trees. He tried trapping and that didn't work and being technically in city boundaries couldn't shoot them. He dumped almost a full 5 gallon jug of gasoline into their burrows. Put down a trail...
  83. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Ma and Pa's place was at the end of a dead end road with a large turn around area. In the winter the Snow Plow would turn around 15-20 feet across our lawn and take out the mailbox in doing so. He had plenty of room on the road. Just a city dick head. It wasn't so much a lawn thing as much as...
  84. M

    Grease - is there no better way? Can we talk about this?

    Years ago I was doing some tractor work for a local nursey. I was supposed to go and rototill a field for planting. I hitched up and went to get the grease gun to lube everything before starting. Just like I would do on the home farm. When I couldn't find the GG I went and asked the owner. He...
  85. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    A friends MIL just turned a 100 this week. She still cooks and cleans for the family. She's outlived 2 husbands and jokes she doesn't want another because they don't last long enough. She's lost 3 children and a few grandchildren. She's outlived a herd of doctors who said she had to watch her...
  86. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I was going to ask how long did it take all the King's men and how many layers did it take? Could probably get me looking half decent with all that product and technicians working on me.:LOL: I'm thinking there was an air brush involved. The neck doesn't have that lived in look I would expect...
  87. M

    Comparing small tractors (long)

    Here in Kanuckistan we aren't allowed to order them with gun wracks. Actually the way it's going pretty soon we won't be allowed to have guns.
  88. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    If they're over 50 they better have a healthy wallet. After my divorce a friend and I got involved with an escort company in Florida that set up older ladies with everything from dinner dates to cruise vacations. If your conversation was half way entertaining and you could dance their purse...
  89. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    When Viagra came out a lot of the old Dino-dicks tried to get spunky with the wives who weren't that interested in having an old coot climbing around on them. So the old F-rts started seeing "working" ladies. This resulted in a large spike in STDs in the retirement states like Florida.
  90. M

    Tractors are getting more costly every year

    You didn't mention it was used 6 months by the previous people before they defaulted on the payments.
  91. M

    Tractors are getting more costly every year

    My parents first refrigerator was $500. Pa and Ma working brought home aboot $140 a week. Ma worked for the Parks Department and Pa for Ontario Hydro. The fridge was a return. The original owners couldn't keep up with the payments. Store gave them the full warranty because it was only 6 months...
  92. M

    Tractors are getting more costly every year

    From a young age Pa used to involve me with the transactions connected to the farm. It was either 1975/6 in the Fall. One of the local Massey dealers was clearing out his stock of new MF135s. He asked me If I thought he should buy one. What did I know at that age. I was more interested in the...
  93. M

    Tractors are getting more costly every year

    There's a local independent "ethnic" grocery that has an in store coffee shop/pizza fast food area. Their add had a picture of a double stack burger (looked great, Big Mac done right) and fries for $8.99. I was ready to go until I read the smaller print. $8.99 for the single burger. Upgrade to...
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    Comparing small tractors (long)

    Massey Ferguson. Watch review videos of how much faster the hydraulics are at idle. The Kubota couldn't keep up at revs to the GC at idle. Guy I know had a small Kubota for his landscape business. He couldn't get rid of it fast enough. Six roles of moist sod and it couldn't lift it. The...
  95. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    "another STD at your age?"
  96. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Jimmy Dean, "everyday is ground hog day.":p
  97. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    YKYO when you don't have to ask for the seniors discount. I don't ask for it but often receive it anyways. THANKS A LOT!:ROFLMAO:
  98. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    Me and your Ma didn't bring you into this world to watch you sleep.
  99. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    How do city people live like that?
  100. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    You can't make any money being a farmer.
  101. M

    Good vintage utility tractor?

    Avoid the MF250 like the plague. Everyone I've known was junk. The Perkins ran fine but steering components, hydraulics and most of the other things had issues. The Polish built 231 runs great but no remotes and I hate the clutch/brake pedals. My favorite was the MF253. Ran great, very light...
  102. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    More work, less talk.
  103. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    Don't go out tipping cows with your friends tonight, we got lots of work to do in the morning.
  104. M

    Good morning!!!!

    We've reached middle of July and time continues to tic by at an ever increasing pace. Just shy of 9:30am and I've spent close to 3 hours mowing the open field. Hitched up, lubed and fueled last night at dusk to avoid the daytime heat and sun. This morning it was already 74F at 6AM and everything...
  105. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I wonder what causes that?:unsure:
  106. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    Protective clothing is for wimp- and pussi-s.☠️
  107. M

    Strange things your pets do...

    Looks like my Lilly did. She was Chihuahua and Manchester Terrier mix. I miss my little Piglet (her nickname).
  108. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    We had 7 digit numbers. As a kid it always made me wonder on tv shows when they asked the operator to get them a number it would be like Mayberry 555. What my parents had until the 80s was a partyline. Pain as a teen getting calls and having to keep them brief. Or trying to make a call and the...
  109. M

    Tractor Hours/Year

    Between the 4 it sounds aboot right.
  110. M

    Strange things your pets do...

    I brought home a GS from a place I worked. They were going to have her put down because she barked too much and woke the livestock. She immediately bonded with me. I belonged to her not vice versa. She was very possessive. Lady was getting fairly old when I started to date my ex. When we...
  111. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Hey! Hey, hey, hey, hey! Leave me out of this. :ROFLMAO:
  112. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    and consider the runaway beer truck that might get you later today. Check for a return policy so your family can get the money back. Because lets be realistic/sarcastic, who needs 10,000+ of whatever pill?:unsure:
  113. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    They is powerful purdy.(y)
  114. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Cookies? Luxury. Cereal? Luxury. My mother was an excellent cook and baker. A very high percentage of what we ate was from the farm and she cooked it. Groceries were the basics, sugar, coffee, tea, oil and other items we didn't grow or ran out of during the winter. Some oranges and bananas. We...
  115. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    If the pharmacist sees me coming to the back she just gets my next due prescription. They don't have to check my name or my ID. They just confirm I'm getting the right prescription. We know aboot each others vacations, families and even aches and pains.
  116. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Wish this was a bad joke. Young lady I dated in high school died the other day. Parents didn't like me taking her out because I was almost 4 years older. We had to do a lot of sneaking out. I haven't seen her in 3o+ years to even say hello but I remember the good times and the steamy nights...
  117. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    Got to water the bushes.:rolleyes:
  118. M

    Dog pics

    Bigger, but look like my now gone Terror Mongrels when I took a baking tray of chicken out of the oven. They could be soooo good anticipating a treat or something tasty.
  119. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Dropping like flies. Another acquaintance kicked the bouquet day before. Went to High School with him. We had the same birthday so we used to say we were twins separated at birth. It was funny at the time. Didn't know he was ill. The big C got him. Today starting out around 66 and going up to...
  120. M

    Favorite farm life sayings

    Get your a-s out of bed, there's work to be done. You can go out with your friends after work is done. How come we never go on vacations like the other kids? We're having soup tonight, go out and kill a chicken. PE Teacher says I should take it easy on the town kids in wrestling and football...
  121. M

    Good morning!!!!

    That dilation is something. First time I had it I don't know how I got home. Snow on the ground and bright sunshine. Even though I have glasses that darken I could barely see. I know better now but they should really warn first timers.😵‍💫😎
  122. M

    Good morning!!!!

    I'm p-ssed off. Had an appointment at the hospital for some scans. Dr sends me every year, so far so good. It's at 7AM. Half hour drive in, show up 1/2 hour early for registration. Leave home before 6AM. Messed my sleep up. When I used to work on a regular schedule I'd beat the alarm clock by...
  123. M

    Gin and Tonic fans? What's up with tonic water these days?

    My Ma used to can everything we grew on the farm. My favorite "mixed" drinks were chilled vodka with also chilled fruit juices from her canned goods. Cherry juice was excellent as was peach and pear. Couple drops of lemon juice just to Brighten the flavor.
  124. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Happy Kanuckistan day. We're officially 158 years old and still being pushed around by the older bully to the south. Got up around 7AM and already 74F going up to 80F. The bad part is poor air quality and high humidity. Since aboot noon yesterday we've been having periods of fairly heavy rain...
  125. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Over the years I've known 2 people like that. One was my mother's friend. She'd always walk out of bingo up at least $100-200. If I drove them sometimes I'd go in and play a few games. I could get the first numbers but never the last one I needed. I could just see the gremlins laughing at me...
  126. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Not even 8AM and not so warm but humid. Showers predicted for the mid-day. Been a really slow weekend. Kinda nice after the last week and a half of multiple (3) funerals. One more on the near horizon. I don't like to predict for other people. You never know when a tractor could decide to...
  127. M

    What did you buy this week?

    When the Niagara Falls casino opened my old neighbor went with his BIL. BIL initially won at the Black Jack table. He was up like $10K. This was like 30 years ago, so pretty good money. He thought he was Bond, James Bond, and he was going to clean the place out. Then he started to lose and...
  128. M

    What did you buy this week?

    He must have spent more than he admitted to. One of the morning coffee shop guys would get comped at the local casino. He wouldn't go if he wasn't holding minimum $10K. He started gambling after his wife died. Blew his children's inheritance and the last couple years of his life. He went from...
  129. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Scary to say but I was in Vegas 45 years ago with a friend. Back then you could get all the drinks you wanted as long as you fed the slot machine nickels. An all you could eat prime rib dinner was $5. We were comped entertainment tickets because we were there for a business convention. Saw old...
  130. M

    MF 231?

    I've never personally owned one but I helped a friend with a nursery who had a herd of them, mostly for pulling trailers. They were pretty solid machines. Never any big problems. The Perkins was easy on fuel. The 6x2 tranny could have used a couple extra gears and the tractor lacked any...
  131. M

    What did you buy this week?

    I'm thinking of writing a rude letter to the lottery corporation. They've mislead me again (Still). In the commercials everyone wins and buys European Villas, fancy cars, exotic vacations... Me, I can't even win a free ticket to keep me in the game. F'ng defective ticket machine.🤬
  132. M

    Basic theft prevention

    You think thieves can read? Most are... forget it!
  133. M

    Marmot Infestation

    Sprinkle some salt on their tails. They don't like that. :rolleyes:
  134. M

    Marmot Infestation

    I had 6 Manchester terrors at one point. The breed was developed as a ratter and boy were they good at it. The mother came from the local pound. She came out pruning with me in the orchard one early spring day. There still were patches of snow and you could see the mouse runs where it had...
  135. M

    Basic theft prevention

    Mine are insured for replacement value. I run a phoney wire to the PTO safety switch. Looks like it's always been there. Takes like 15 seconds to plug in the real one. Only use it when the tractor might be left outside over night. If someone really wants something they will take it.
  136. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Closing in on 8PM and still a sweaty 88F on my weather station. Weather map is showing a BS 80. Weather people can't even read a thermometer.😎 Supposed to cool down some Wednesday. Or so the thermometer challenged say.🤪
  137. M

    New 1m.25

    At today's exchange rate that's not quite 51K Kanuckistan money.
  138. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    What's with these people wanting to die? Only dying I want to do is tie dye. I want to be 150 in the record book as world's oldest father and breaking the record. "come here young ladies, granddad has some candy for you" :ROFLMAO:
  139. M

    Good morning!!!!

    In the direct sun? I went out around 10:30 in the AM and we were just over 90F. Can't imagine 115.
  140. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Involuntarily...
  141. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Wanna race? My top end is only 212mph.😞 Be gentle.🥺
  142. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Id rather survive and brag to my friends at my 200th birthday party what I was doing as a youngster.:love:
  143. M

    Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

    In the farming days I hit innumerable rocks over the years. 2 standout. I was v-plowing in the orchard. Not deep, maybe 8-10". That ground had been worked for a 100 years or more and most recently when we put the peach orchard in. How did this monster hide so close to the surface for so long? I...
  144. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Good morning... NOT! In my neighborhood anyways. Another neighbor kicked it yesterday. It was overdue in the way doctors had given her 6 months, 2 years ago. Early 80s so not the worst of things. Now her husband is running out of rope quickly to. Another friend of mine is in hospital and I...
  145. M

    4707 massey

    First is usually 50 hrs and 500 after that. Also depends on how many hours you put on annually. Each of mine is lucky to turn 50 a year. I change it every Fall before they go into hibernation.
  146. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    My parents had chickens until I was in my 30s. True free range. I hated the things. Poop everywhere and the more you were dressed up or in a rush to go somewhere the more likely you were to step in some. Any worked ground was an ideal place for them to dig up for dust baths. This included my...
  147. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Divorced parents, brother, aunt, uncle, cousins. He looked to me more as his father figure than the real thing. Missing his morning calls checking in on how I'm doing. He was always willing to do things for me when I was sick etc.
  148. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Since my neighbor and friend died in my vehicle on the way to the hospital Sunday morning I couldn't see myself driving it anymore. Shame as it was less than 6 months old. I get my new replacement Mazda CX90 Friday. Still shock up. Haven't heard the autopsy results yet. Heart related probably...
  149. M

    Good morning!!!!

    The days keep on coming and going. Sunday morning the neighbor called saying he needed a ride to the hospital. I was still in bed. Got dressed quick and out the door, 5 minutes. He was at the door as I pulled up to his house. He walked over and got in and off we went. I was at serious risk of a...
  150. M

    Strange things your pets do...

    If your pus-y climbs on your horse is that still considered beastiality?🤔
  151. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    For a anti=alien nation you sure is picking up their written language.:rolleyes:
  152. M

    Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

    I have 4 tractors also and they can push your tractors around. Don't look on my profile. I haven't updated. I have 2 MF2607hd a GC1725m and GC2310. My tractors are bigger than your tractors, Ha, Ha.:LOL: I'm just bored, so better you ignore me.:cry:
  153. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Beautiful woodwork.
  154. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I thought it was a foreigner sandwich.😋
  155. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    And... I may be old but ?
  156. M

    2025 gardens

    Mmmm...doggie!
  157. M

    Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

    A high school friend and I were working on an old wreck supported on cement blocks. We went in for lunch and when we came out I leaned on the fender finishing my soda before getting back at it. That's all it took. It came down so quick it would have killed us before we could have twitched. It...
  158. M

    Longer bar for Stihl M261 - relative novice.

    I've had a 261 with a 18" bar for years. It's an OK saw but I wouldn't call it great by any means. I don't have any larger trees to cut down so I'll stay with the 18" bar. I don't think the 261 would do all that well with a larger bar.
  159. M

    2025 gardens

    It's OFFICIAL. NO GARDEN 2025. Maybe ever. I'm getting acclimated to the condo I bought. Sorting out the nosey Nellies and gossipers. I still have the "ranch" for the time being. This was going to be the swansong garden year anyways. It has been wet and cold. The ground is still below...
  160. M

    Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

    Agreed. 6+ acres. 2 MF2607 at 65PTO HP plus a GC2310 and a GC1725m. They don't get many hours but it's always nice to have.
  161. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I was more interested in having a body like his girl friends next to me.🥰
  162. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I had long dense wavey hair. Often long enough to tie it under my chin. My barber when I did see him said I'd never go bald. I had a high school sweety that loved brushing it like a giant barbie head. Was I going to argue? Then I hit 40 and it thinned. 50 was the death knell for a full...
  163. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I would love to do it like the scene in The Dukes Of Hazard movie.
  164. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Hey, hey... hey,hey,hey! That's my line.:giggle:
  165. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    I really liked the old car chase movies. Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Vanishing Point... Sometimes driving around I imagine I'm in a car chase as I approach an intersection. There is so much traffic around now that I would surely be wrecked by the 2nd or 3rd stop I blew. My stretch of highway is...
  166. M

    Owning a small tractor is a blessing.

    From the pictures I would say you need the tractor. That's a lot of turf.
  167. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Rosamond CA. Southeast of Bakersfield north of Lala land.
  168. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    It's a weird sort of sensation. Closest thing I can compare it to is climbing into a hot bath. It's way too hot and then you acclimate and it doesn't feel too hot anymore. The piece of highway I've had my runs on is only a little over 10 miles. It isn't enough time to really settle in...
  169. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Friend of mine bought a Mazda Courier pickup in high school for his summer grass cutting business. We timed it a few times. 0 to 60 was almost 40 seconds plus. Enough time to say your prayers as you got on the highway going to the cottage.🫣
  170. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Where there is a will there is a way. I won't name the piece of highway. Pretty well maintained. Limited traffic. My friend will run ahead of me to make sure the coast is clear. I watch from my vantage point the traffic entering the highway behind him. If we both deem the conditions right, off...
  171. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    You go to bed late (10PM) tired but can't sleep, tossing and turning. Get up late (after 6AM) tired. Sit down in the recliner after lunch for 5 minutes and wake up at 5:30PM just in time for supper.
  172. M

    FEL bucket not level (Horizontally)

    Buy a MF product and be issue free.🧐😂
  173. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    Many of my friends are 10-15 years older and they are starting to drop like flies. 4 neighbors inside the last year. Friends wife just weeks ago. He's on dialysis and oxygen. Just a few years ago he was the one showing up at my place early mornings ready to take on any project. It took me...
  174. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    Tell me the small print writers saw discing as a possibility.
  175. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    They rented out a Disc?:unsure:
  176. M

    Great lake boats, a good video

    If only they had made Whitefish Bay.
  177. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    would take an armed Merican to pick a fight with a unsuspecting ape in the jungle.
  178. M

    Good morning!!!!

    I planted mine over a month ago and with the rain and cold they've had a tough go of it. Only maybe 2" at best. With the slow warming I'm hopeful my field will look something like this at some point. There's a lot of local critters counting on it. Yellow Finches for one. They show up by the...
  179. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    I have a number of bushy cedars by the driveway that I was going to trim' I was going to remove some of the ground level branches so the rider cab pass between the trees. However... There's a bunny nesting there and a number of birds higher up so I'm just going to leave it be for now. It would...
  180. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    Hang pictures of Colonel Sanders.
  181. M

    Alternate Hydraulic Oil and Filter

    In the way back machine my father's friend worked at a large oil refinery. He said they did oil for all the big brands and all the oils were the same. He laughed when people said they were loyal Texaco, Quaker State, Valvoline etc. customers. They all came down the same line. What he didn't...
  182. M

    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    They ain't ex girlfriends. They is former conquests. And I don't need any lawyers to deny that.😁
  183. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    Yep! I see it's very convincing. There's only one bird sitting on the fence rail. There could be 2 or 3+. 🤣
  184. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    Yeah, I like a good sub/sandwich also.
  185. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    When I farmed I had dessert grapes the birds loved to destroy/eat. I found the distress calls did little after a a couple days. Even if you moved them around like recommended. The propane cannons had them heading for the hills the first day. By the second day their panic level dropped somewhat...
  186. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    Nature did just fine for billions of years before crotchety old guys thought they needed to take over.
  187. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    Our area is becoming ever more gentrified with McMansions going up all over. They get sold by Real Estate agents telling them about the wineries and the green and the sunsets and the space... They don't tell them farms are outdoor factories. It looks nicer than an auto plant but has it's issues...
  188. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    My parents had a fruit farm. The area where we packed the fruit, transports of it, had bare beams. The Martins would start nesting before the packing season began sticking their nests to the beams. We would accommodate them by locating the packing tables out of their "drop zones." Trying hard...
  189. M

    How to rid huge barn of birds?

    I would eradicate the owner before I would even consider harming a Martin.:mad:
  190. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Pushing 9AM. Good Morning to everyone. More weather complaints here. Yesterday we reached a hazy, humid 70F. Improvement on what has been on offer here. This morning the furnace is on and we'll be fortunate to reach 55F and maybe, just maybe, 60F Sunday. Sunday June 1. We should be running AC...
  191. M

    Cool Nature Photos

    Mmm good, mmm good, wild turkey is mmm good.
  192. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Tractor traitor.:LOL:
  193. M

    You Know You Are Old When

    50? Best by date is usually under 30. I think mine is 40... and even then.:unsure:
  194. M

    Good morning!!!!

    Good morning everybloody. Still looking at the garden plot with high hopes and low expectations. We are just managing mid 60s when we should be averaging mid 70s. Clouds and rain. Even the ducks are saying, "Enough already." :ROFLMAO: Looking forward to Saturday. High predicted to reach a...
  195. M

    Moving a young raccoon

    I have a number of free range cats coming by the place. One black female is a keeper. She works the ditches constantly taking home her catches. The remaining ones appear to be males that are in the habit of marking MY territory. Good thing it's been cool and raining a lot or the stink would...
  196. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Went to Costco earlier today. Intention was probably aboot $4-50. Ended up over $400. That place sucks money out of my pockets like a large commercial vacuum. Other than groceries and some bits and bobs their is nothing to get excited aboot.
  197. M

    2025 gardens

    My garden looks fantastic. Never has it done better. The best in generations. The greenest thumbed person could not do any better. I deserve all the accolades for this super fantastic splurge of growth and colour... At least that's what the pictures look like on the seed packets. With the...
  198. M

    2025 gardens

    Haven't even planted taters yet, 2-3 weeks late, and they're predicting rain for the next few days at least. Temps at least 10-15 degrees F below normal. Nothing better than fresh young taters fried in butter and a sprinkle of dill and some sour cream. Mmm... Doggies!
  199. M

    What did you buy this week?

    Would love me one of those. Looks new. Plastic on the seat, blade, bucket still virgin paint. At an auction?
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