I must be getting old...or wise.

5030 · Apr 21, 2004

Mike:

We are gald the mower quit. Otherwise you wouldn't be here to share your wisdom. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I sometimes wonder if Jimmy Hoffa was run through a commercial wood chipper??

PineRidge · Apr 21, 2004

I sometimes wonder if Jimmy Hoffa was run through a commercial wood chipper??


Daryl that gives me the "willies" all over just thinking about it. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

5030 · Apr 21, 2004

Mike:

see what happens when I take a day off from work and start thinking!

Slamfire · Apr 21, 2004

Ah hah, another devotee of the cult film "Fargo". /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Kelvin · Apr 21, 2004

( Kinda wodering ; does one have to be old to be wise? Or is that a wish of the old to compensate for age? )

There's an old saying in the aviation world:

"There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no OLD BOLD pilots".

Kelvin

turnkey4099 · May 23, 2004

( ( The mower was on the high side of me and by the time that it got to me it had already quit)

That's great, Mike, if you remember to turn the handle loose so the mower cuts off. A fellow who worked for me several years ago was doing the same thing; mowing a borrow ditch and had the mower uphill from himself, stepped back, stumbled, and fell, but held onto the mower handle, pulled it right back onto his feet, and spent a long, long time in the hospital. )

Have had it happen to me twice. First time I didn't let go and realized that when falling (especially backwards) the last thing you will let go of is something you are holding on to. The second time I -did- let go but only because I consciously told myself to.

Harry K

PineRidge · May 23, 2004

We were a bit slow here last week so one of my 18 year old packers offered to trim mow around my pond while I was mowing with the tractor. At lunch he tells me that despite my warnings he slipped in the wet grass and his foot almost went under the mower in the process. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif I asked him why he just didn't let go of the mower during the fall. His response was that he didn't want to explain to me why the push mower went into the pond. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

I then asked him how he would like explain to his parents and girlfriend the loss of a foot because he wanted to keep my mower high and dry. I have to wonder if he understood why I asked......

As a youngster I will admit that I made a lot of mistakes while growing up. I can also say that with each mistake I learned a lesson and went forward, hopefully not to ever repeat that same mistake again.

Junkman · May 23, 2004

( .................As a youngster I will admit that I made a lot of mistakes while growing up. I can also say that with each mistake I learned a lesson and went forward, hopefully not to ever repeat that same mistake again. )

That is why I am only going to be married once!!! Some people never learn, even after the 4th or 5th time...../forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif