OH BOY,...here comes the tug,.. apologizing, ..its prolly long? Yes, just thinking the same thoughts about decent TBNers. Sure we have hot spots occasionally,..but generally come out the other side fairly unscathed.
Obviously TBN ~"IS"~, a vast variety of human beings, (age, sex, race, colour and what ever else we don't know about each other), and DON'T seem to CARE. Members are not "just" from the great USA and Canada. No no,..I'd say the greatest concentration of "tractor-folk" are on the North American continent,.. but TBNers... are "ALL"...over the entire WORLD !!!
Many members down under in the Land of Oz, more in the UK,..England, Ireland,..a few from France and Germany, Holland, Russia, Taiwan, China, Italy, Bulgaria, Isreal, United Arab Emirates, Poland, Czechlosovakia (Prokop can correct my spelling),...oh boy, apologies to those I missed, (too much Christmas dinner, or was it that extra glass of wine?) mind is blank, but I was leading up to this:
.........one reason or another we seem to be at war, or at least on the brink of conflict,...with "some" body, "some" where in the world? Always looking at somebody sideways or about to backhand somebody else for looking at us sideways:
.......for all the troubles and bad attitudes "through-out" the world, ..and all the so-called hatred in all the world today, . . . . (never mind the "reasons" for this hatred)...
OK,....what "truly" impresses me,..."ALL" year through, NOT just at Christmas,...but "ALL" year long,... us tractor-loving "people",...yes, "ALL" of us,... "ALL" the TBNers from "ALL" over the entire WORLD,... seem ALWAYS,..just so doggone ready, willing and generally able to come to the rescue of "ANY" of us who call.
We NEVER stop and ask your politics, religion, sex or what colour you are,.. the only "colour" we want is that of your "tractor", (to decide if we can help, or not) enquiring the nature of the problem and how best to advise you,....the cheapest, quickest, easiest way to get your tractor running again.
That is incredible,..awesome (if you like),....we don't care if you're armed,..not gonna pat you down,...not gonna second guess your intentions, (good or bad). [unless it's obviously bad!] If you have broken English, and say or spell something "funny"(to us) we don't give you a hard time, (but we'll joke and laugh at "how" you said it,..but we don't mean to "hurt" you while we laugh)...NO, we're mainly interested in solving the problem and getting the tractor up and running ASAP.
We "ALL" contribute one way or another from time to time. NO, we don't know "all" the answers "all" the time,... but believe me, you ask the question, (ANY topic),..rocket science or yes even brain surgery, (or even a "tractor" question),.. in time, "qualified" members, somewhere in the world, will give you a satisfactory answer, or a darned interesting discussion. We "are" one heck of a great "Team"! I'm doggone proud of us because we don't bicker about non-helpfull things,.. just solve the problem, get you going so we can "all" enjoy the fun things in our own lives,.....knowing right-well that when "we" need help, the rest of "you" will "come-a-runnin" !!!!
TAKE A BOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, cuz we deserve it!! NO matter where we are or how we talk,.. "WE" are a truly FINE group of "tractor-luvin-folk",...are we not? OH YES WE ARE !! ...AND a very MERRY CHRISTMAS to "US" all,....."ALL OVER THE WORLD" !!!
CHEERS!
. . tug
PS: ..er,..ah..MIKIM :..sorry to have seemingly hi-jacked your thread here. It was not intentional as I only wanted to continue your thoughts with a "few" words of my own, but got slightly carried away,...as I often do. Please forgive me. Best wishes to your family!
PPS: ...To "ALL" TBNers :why not sign in and say hello and give us your general address so we can see "WHERE" all of "US" folk are located on one page. Go ahead, please, . . and I'll start it off with mine:
. . . Hi, I'm tug from Erin, in Southern Ontario Canada. .....OK that's one,..go ahead, next?