I guess Kurt does look better without that keystone decal on his nose.
GregM
You are right about the hot, dirty work. When we first moved to the farm in the late 1970’s, my wife didn’t know how to drive the tractor, so I drove and she stacked the bails in the wagon. She never complained, bless her. It wasn’t long after that she encouraged (insisted) we get the equipment to but up large round bails, a one man operation! And we did. Now I graze the whole farm and buy hay for the winter.
Patrick L
Good Afternoon from sunny but cold Southern Ohio
Got the kids off to school and the house cleaned back up. Dug out a 761 Semafore project and got it working, but the coil get hot, may ned to do some more checking it out. Looks like a partial rear down and repaint.
Greg - Thanks for the compliment and you are welcome for the connectors. Hope they work for you. I really like your collection! It is very interesting to see the pre war Flyer! I liked your statement as to being “stewards” of the toys, to use until the next person gets them.
Kurt - Nice picture
Patrick - I can identify with your hike. When I worked on a farm it seemed like the critters wanted to wander when it was the coldest, when they had a shed and food and water right where they were. Nice thing about the cuts from briars and fixing fence in the cold is they don’t hurt till you warm up.
Buckeye - hope the bride feels better soon! Chicken broth for supper?
Dennis - How is the ribs
Chuck - you OK in this cold weather?
I am going to do some work to do and some reading before taking a nap for nightshift tonight
May God bless
Talk about the PM Berk continues to be loud over at the other place…I have calmed down…thanks to SJ’s valium
I didn’t know so many Coffee Pot people did farm work, and some still miss it. I’ll bet I can line up some for all of you [(-D].
Chief - Feeding cows peanuts and molasses, truly a southern feed for southern cows!
Lionroar - Great story! Nice of you to stop and help. I’ll bet you felt much better when you got home.
RT - I don’t have experience with MF. I got a Ford 7600, a JD-B, and a Chase (forgot the model) along with the farm. Still use the Ford for everything, sold the others. Wish I still had the JD-B, it’s a collectible now.
Doug - It was in one of those subdivisions my cows decided to visit.
Sturgeon-Phish - It was cold that night, but tromping around in the woods with a heavy coat on warmed me up, a little to much. As for the brier cuts, I shaved very carefully the next morning!
Patrick L
Good Afternoon from Blueberryhill…
It is a sunny, but cold day. 17 degrees. Right knee is hurting from the cold. Suppose to warm up this weekend.
Today is busy. Chores around the house. Wife went grocery shopping. She’ll be home in awhile. Then to put all the stuff away. Then a nap.
Dining car was here for the usual breakfast.
Y’all have a great Thursday.
Chuck
I heard the cows weren’t doing well with those round bails. They weren’t getting a square meal. Wa Wa Wa Waaaaaa.
Kurt
It’s the Eagle Scout in me… Actually after stopping and helping, and the good chuckle afterwards I couldn’t remember why I was in the mood for a drive, and the drive home was a bit ‘slower’ if you catch my drift. I think Susie-Q and I took a drive later that day too.
Still get a chuckle about this when I drive by that farm.
Here’s a tractor that probably hasn’t seen a field in a number of years, looks like he had fun putting it together [8D]
Jim, ribs are getting better. Mostly just sore now, but at least I don’t see stars when I cough or sneeze, or breathe.
Regarding the seat, I grew up with two sisters (older), so I learned at a young age…it stays down. And yes, I have come to detest those seat covers that make the seat into some kind of torcher device. I also grew up with a father who instilled a bit of sarchasm in me. I will make sure I put the seat down, but I have reminded the females of the house that when we include the dog, there are more males in the house and that majority should rule, but we will be nice and give them that one…just a little something to let them know.
Rich, I hope that your friend continues to improve, but as mentioned, may be a long road to tote for him.
Patrick, lots of farms around, so I am used to seeing the herd break out. Gotta be carefull. We had a elderly couple who were travelling along. Hit a cow, she came through the windshield and killed them both. As to farm work, I did a bit of bailing hay and feeding the animals. Had a nasty war with some wasps in the barn, and I lost. I also have a friend in NY state with a milk farm. So I have seen or been a part of different kinds of operations (pardon the pun), but have gained much from them. Plan is for our kids to spend some time on both farms and a ranch a friend has in Texas. I want them to learn the type of things a computer isn’t going to teach them and to know what a hard day’s work is all about. Good lessons.
I have a project to work on. One of the guys I work with had a Polar Express tender get broken by his son. The coupler plunger/pin assembly is broken. I need to order the part, but not sure what number. Also, would you get just the plunger assembly, or the whole truck with power pickup?
Dennis
Lionroar - 10-4 on the Eagle Scout. We need more of them (you)!
kpolak - I never did figure out why the cows went on strike right after we went to round bails?
Patrick L
Dennis said:
“Patrick, lots of farms around, so I am used to seeing the herd break out. Gotta be carefull. We had a elderly couple who were travelling along. Hit a cow, she came through the windshield and killed them both. As to farm work, I did a bit of bailing hay and feeding the animals. Had a nasty war with some wasps in the barn, and I lost. I also have a friend in NY state with a milk farm. So I have seen or been a part of different kinds of operations (pardon the pun), but have gained much from them. Plan is for our kids to spend some time on both farms and a ranch a friend has in Texas. I want them to learn the type of things a computer isn’t going to teach them and to know what a hard day’s work is all about. Good lessons”
Some cows are compact as a brick wall. I have never won a war with wasps or bees. Great idea to have the kids spend time on farms and ranches. Most won’t have internet hook ups, but to be safe, leave the laptops at home.[;)]
Jon: In the car/tractor picture, did you notice the gals before the tractor are sitting down, and the gals behind are standing up? Must be a chick magnet.
Woke up this morning to find it was warmer in Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, Hyannis, and Cape Cod than in some parts in Florida. Backwards. Sorry about that Mel, Rich, and Lee. You guys should move North for the Winters.
**Fife…**thank you for your gracious offer to help out with my excess beer inventory. Laz is in too. Just as long as you guys promise to put the toilet seat down when you are through. Saw a commercial for Heineken last night. “What a man chooses to drink is his destiny.” Another great reason to drink beer. It’s tied into my destiny. Don’t think the wife will find any validity or humor in that, though.
**SirJames…**I see what you mean by Kurt’s picture. He still has hair, and hair with color, but I’m sure his little ones will cure him of that in due time. What jokes? I don’t pee on myself either. Must be a North Carolina custom. Think Chief will catch that?
**Chuck…**my knee still talks to me when the weather changes. And swells when my activity gets too vigorous.
**Wes…**my wife has been bugging me for 20 years to add a second floor walk in closet over a two car attached garage that abuts our master bedroom. All I think would happen with that is that she’d just buy more clothes and continue to hang on to the stuff she hasn’t worn over that same twenty year period. No benefit in it for me, that’s for sure…UNLESS I parcelled off some of it for a second floor layout. How is YOUR knee coming along?
12 MEGA FREEZING … BONE CHILLING … WIND BLOWING DEGREES IN WESTERN MARYLAND THIS MORNING !!! Hate this lousey winter !
Good morning guys,
Posting from the office on a new computer that I just set up for a new office. The monitor is a 24" Samsung, very nice. It’s very cold today, but nice an clear. Washed the truck for the second time this week and it got dirty just driving here. Lots of salt on the roads so any wet spot splashes it up. No trains yet today.
DBaker, is the “artist” the same one that came up with the “red rock canyon”? That looks like an abortion to me. You should let your voice be heard down there. If they are going to have a 60 foot siding, they may as well have double track.
Bracing for winter weather, rain predicted for week end. Oh my! Temp. might drop to the 60’s. Brrrrr! Tough weather but we can handle it.
Ray
RickIsland52 said:
**“Patrick…**I’ve got some great photos of me and my granddaughter on a JD 8120 at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, taken over the holidays. They have a farm section which has more than farm animals. Familiar with that unit? I think the placard said something about it being the most powerful JD ever built. You should use your tracking skills to find folks’ dogs when they come up missing. Seriously, between mere accidents, sheer stupidity, ignorance, and purposeful breaking of the leash laws, there is a market for that up my way.”
Your granddaughter will remember that zoo trip for years to come. I am not sure, but the JD 8120 has to be one of the most powerful JD built. Here in the country, we find that city people drive out and turn there dogs (and cats) out to fend for them selves. I can’t understand it. We take them to the local dog pound. Unfortunately, most are put down, but we can’t keep them all here. We did keep a pregnant cat once, and within two years we had 30+ cats (still do). Three are pets, the rest are wild barn cats. On the positive side, no more rats in the out buildings!
Patrick L
Evenin’ boys. Evenin’ English. Just plain cold. Will spend the next 12 hours thawing out. S’posed to get warmer this weekend.
sirjames - Keep those emails comin’, please. [:)]
Buckeye - Best regards to Luvie.
Speaking of porcelain, dbaker - we took a lid vote in Fifedom, with results as follows:
Down —> 4
Up -----> 2 [#dots]
Chief - Merryland would welcome your Lady Liberty proposal…need to fill the void of the taxpayers that are fleeing the state in droves.
kpolak - [:O]
cnw1995 - It wuzzz a nice GG1…
88 - Whoa, didn’t know it came unpainted. Maybe spread things out and post a pic. If you want to detail the interior, don’t adhere either the roof or foundation. There was actually a table of stuff at YORK with tons of Plasticville interior pieces. A thin bead of wood glue should still secure your pieces.
Hello ya’ll,
Patrick Wrote;
“…Here in the country, we find that city people drive out and turn there dogs (and cats) out to fend for them selves. I can’t understand it. We take them to the local dog pound. Unfortunately, most are put down, but we can’t keep them all here. Patrick L…”
**Patrick…**exactly. The rescue from which we got our previous two dogs is a “no-kill” shelter and is loaded with strays. Folks go out and get pets with the same sense of responsibility and committment as they would have buying a pair of sox. My father used to say that you can measure the humanity of a society by merely looking at how it treats the less fortunate, including its pets. And these same people that cast off their dogs in such a cruel and cowardly way are too embarrassed by their actions to simply drop them off at a shelter!
**Ole Timer…**16 degrees is sounding balmy from my perspective. 3 degrees forecast for overnight in my neck of Taxachusetts. My furnace just keeps running.
**John/jef…**our cars are looking fairly putrid here too. Getting them washed would be an exercise in futility. As soon as the ice and snow starts to melt, the roads with salt dried on them just starts the process all over again.
**RaySP…**time to break out the mink-lined golf shirts. This weather must be horrible for you CA boys. Must be tough…jump in the swimming pool to stay warm!
**Fife…**besides you and
Afternoon/Evenin’ All.
Jon, The abomination of that tractor. A Ford doghouse on a Case tractor, for shame !!! [(-D]
Brent, These people have a few interior pieces and a lot of exterior stuff http://www.finishedmodels.com/oscalefinisheddetails.aspx plus there is some interior detailing on E-Bay. But must agree that York will be the best bet.
Sir J, [tup]
P.S. Almost forgot, can’t wait to see what SMR is going to do in the B&O livery. Not that I can afford to buy it but it don’t cost anything to window shop.