Recent content by Runner

I think I stepped in a poodle.

...and atom bombs

Cub Cadet is really weird about telling owners to remove the deck for everything. They even tell you to remove the deck to change mower blades. This has to be caused by lawyers worried about having owners working under the machines and having them drop on them. I can't see any reason you...

The part number for the non-powerflow bagger is JDWBM16790. I would be astounded if you could actually walk into a Deere dealer (or order online) a new bagger for a mower built in 1989, but who knows. I didn't have any luck on JD parts with that number. It might be worth looking for a...

AKA - Toad Strangler

Developers are currently turning a 1905 Rock Island bridge over the Kaw River between KCMO and KCKS into an "entertainment district" (bar). https://www.tonyskansascity.com/2025/05/rock-island-bridge-promises-elusive.html https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article306575776.html We have...

It might be dysphagia, my MIL has it and it is no fun. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dysphagia/symptoms-causes/syc-20372028 My prayers go out to all of you. Have been there myself.

Must have made for interesting introductions. "Where are you from?" "I'm from Ship Creek, MO".

That Husky looks like a good tractor for the money. Heavy duty deck and nice cushy seat too.

Save A Fox founder Mikayla Raines death from suicide. Mikayla ran a sanctuary for animals, mainly foxes that were rescued either from being euthanized by fur farms because they did not meet their standards or that were given up by people who realized they could not be kept as pets. She also...

I like to cut a piece of pipe in half and weld to the top side of my cable hangers to make a little smoother surface for them to hang on. Have seen people use all kinds of things for this purpose, such as small wheels cut in half, garden hose racks, etc.

It is my understanding that this was caused by a kind of "perfect storm" as far as fish are concerned. There is lots of the kind of food these carp eat (which I guess is pretty much anything), they multiply fast and grow fast enough that any predator fish can't keep up with the production rate...

I rode through the Rock Island Vale tunnel yesterday on the Rock Island Bike trail. It was a nice cool break on an 87 degree day. Noted the smoke stains on the upper parts of the tunnel and thought of all the engines going through there that created them...

Here is an Asian carp that jumped in the boat on a MO River trip. This was on the Platte River which is an estuary to the MO. The Platte is much smaller, maybe 100 to 200 feet wide and as you drive down the river, the fish are so numerous that they literally jump out of the water to get out of...

Oh, great Scott, Dennis.....what is it this time?