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    You Know You Are Old When

    I left a blue paper towel in my pants pocket that went into the wash, it came out in perfect shape.
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    Colloquialisms

    I mess with my ex-boss (used to own the company I worked for), now my friend that he's cheap. He's Italian and in Italy they say they have porcupine pockets.
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    Ceramic coating for mower deck

    My arthritis made it difficult to change implements on my B7100DT so I retired my Woods RM48 and bought a Husky zero turn, now I just keep my box blade on all the time. Bought and started using the zero turn in 2022, in the fall every year it's loaded with grass stuck to the bottom. That's with...
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    You Know You Are Old When

    My ex-wife made me fat, too good a cook, before our divorce I hit 235 lbs at 5' 7 1/2". My classmate died at 33 yrs old, I thought he died from a heart attack, he was also heavy. Because of that I decided to lose weight. Of course she laughed at me. I told the wife, one plate for dinner (not 2...
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    You Know You Are Old When

    At 18 yrs old 5' 8 1/2" 155 lbs, 60 yrs later 5' 6" 207 lbs. Two things getting bigger, my waist and my feet.
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    I worked with this American Indian, everybody called him Indian Joe. He would work with us on poured concrete walls. Other jobs he would do was high rise steel buildings, when her worked with us he never laced up his boots. I hope he did on the other job.
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    You Know You Are Old When

    When my Boss changed the boom cable on the P&H 215 crane he always welded the two ends together with a coat hanger.
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    Yard Raking Attachments

    My older brother who died 3 years ago loved his cyclonerake. His whole yard was covered with trees. He used it on a zero turn first, but bought another garden tractor, he said it worked better on.
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    You Know You Are Old When

    Your Idol wears diapers too.
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    You Know You Are Old When

    Please explain, you that knows all?
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    You Know You Are Old When

    Were you there? How do you know they're chickens? I guess I need to use crayons.
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    You Know You Are Old When

    There are hundreds of factories around the Detroit area making small parts for the auto industry. An older man and wife I knew worked in one, they said working conditions were terrible. Pay was $7.25 per hour. I have no idea how many, but there are factories all around the USA paying minimum...
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    Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

    When I was still working, the owner of the company had a guy giving driving tests. He was taking bribes to pass car drivers license, I don't know about CDL's. Anyways the State caught wind of it, he knew he was in trouble and shot himself in the head. I never met the guy, I rarely went to the...
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    You Know You Are Old When

    My L3540HSTC probably uses 3 qts per hour, my B7100DT uses about 1 pint and hour. Total I probably use 50 gallons a year. I'm 78 and I have arthritis in every joint in my body. To fuel my L3540HSTC with a can I put a rag on the hood, now pick up a 5 gallon can of diesel, set it on the hood. I...
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    You Know You Are Old When

    I have pallet forks, but not in the winter. It takes me less than 10 minutes to fill the 6 cans at the gas station and 15 minutes to empty them into my cube. To take the cube to town. I would have to roll up my tonneau cover, remove the plastic containers full of stuff, take the bucket off of...
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