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YKYO when the previous pope that died was just a kid when you were born. [emoji51]

It doesn't. Studebaker & AMC two different manufacturers.

Years ago a fellow called me because he heard I have AMC cars. I know nothing about boats but he had what I assume was a small older yacht that had a Rambler 327 V8, no relationship with Chevy 327. Rambler mid-block 287 & 327 debuted in 1957. His had a cracked block and we said he wanted to...

We also had two persimmon trees where I grew up. If you waited until the day they were ripe and fell off tree they were great, otherwise they'd turn your mouth inside out. Today a neighbor called, their cherry trees are ready to pick. If you wait another couple days birds will strip trees bare...

Grandmother grew & made rhubarb pie. One day when I was a kid one pie she made some rhubarb spilled into drip pan and we pulled it making taffy. I miss those home made pies she made. Funny story in grade school, I was about 9 we were having a bake sale, so she made green and pink peppermint and...

Fire in the sky, & beautiful!

I've never seen clouds like that. Pareidolia to the max, turned sideways an owl, screaming mouth, etc.

Just for kicks search "poultry workers wear diapers". If it's a bogus story tell that to a slew of news agencies. My wife & I both worked in a few factories and stories we could tell people would say we were lies...but all true. USDA, OSHA and any "worker protection" agencies can't be there...

My Grandfather & Dad built the house I grew up in and did everything, plumbing, wiring, septic, heating, cabinetry, roof. The house built in 1948 & my 98 yo Mother still lives in. Years ago people did most everything themselves and I learned a lot and miss both. It's was like having two fathers...

Well...the story is 100% true! I'm terrible at links but this is the story!

1950s & 60s! Wish you were there, we would have had a blast! [emoji2][emoji106]

If the couple worked before 2010, $7.25 was minimum wage. Detroit being one of the most impoverished U.S. cities I could believe it. It's all location. We shop at a local Lowes store quite a bit and customer service worker asked if I wanted a job. She said $20/hr starting pay. I asked what...

My Grandma got the walking farts when she got old and deaf, so she didn't know it. She used lots of talcum powder so walking through a store "poot-poot-poot..." each step puffing out some powder. A nurse friend said they call that "crop dusting". In the grocery store some boy was crouched down...

Doesn't seem that long ago, however, it's 34 years. If you subtract that from 1990 that's 1956! In 1956 cigarettes were 25c/pack, bread 12c/loaf, milk 84c/gal, eggs 60c/dozen. Inflation marches on. Curious if in 2060 maybe coins will all disappear, the metal too expensive to mint. Your...

My guess is over the years the owner(s) did whatever they could to keep it running. Searching online there are lots of pictures and videos. Are your plans to restore it? Maybe it's been converted to 12 volts?

You may need to miss the beam. Or:

My nailer worked both ways, position & trigger or for speed hold trigger and tap & shoot. It has a single or three lever. Not sure why I'd ever drive in three nails at once. Mainly we used it to assemble then went back with deck screws.

I collect Rambler and just looked up the 1960-80 Scout engine choices. They did offer the 232 and 258 AMC six...then I saw the 304 V8!...but not an AMC engine.

Some other poplars probably 100 ft. tall.

I like an access door on the backside of plumbing but the one bathroom remodeled the contractor didn't put one. When I had to replace the shower faucet a plumber friend said just buy a decorative chrome plate which I did. I cut the wall about an inch smaller than plate which made easy access...

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How can this poplar tree still live?

6.6 gallons and about 40 pounds. Good exercise! [emoji106]

Funny(?) story my cousin was vp with Dean Whitter now Morgan Stanley. He advised Dad buy 10 stocks. Two went belly up, the others did fair, Apache Petroleum he should have sold in '08. Dad said before he passed 10 years ago long term mutual funds outperformed. At my age I should be more...

I've had this HF (oil) compressor for many years. I can't remember what I paid but I'm guessing about $150. Then a few years ago I saw they had a 28° framing nailer on clearance. 30 degree nails work fine in it. My contractor friend & I were building a tack room in the horse stable and both his...

I don't have any trouble pouring gas or diesel, I can get over 5 gallons in. The problem is yesterday filling a mower the dam spout flipped off splashing my face. I must have turned my head quickly so it mainly soaked my ear...my "good" ear. I flooded with detergent & warm water. From now on...

I've never bought single stock, only mutual funds. Some pay lots of dividends, Berkshire Hathaway pays none. Our SMA account the traders buy & sell daily.

Bitcoin has been up 242% last 3 years. [emoji6] Seriously I'd never own cryptocurrency. Being invested in the market 45 years reinvested then having some of of the dividends & capital gains going into a cash interest account then buying the lows has worked well for me. I've never sold anything.

As a teenager I hung out with s bunch of crazies! [emoji849] A carload of us were going somewhere when this one guy said he had to go (he didn't want gravy legs [emoji38]) so we pulled over next to some woods. This guy had maybe an 85 I.Q. (I'm being generous) and he disappears into some weeds...

You could water it from your pond. If it's lower than pond you could do like they do in the Thailand village my sister in law came from. They hand dig a small trench pond to garden, trench along rows. They have a simple door at pond They slide up to water when needed.

35 years ago I bought a Clark propane fork lifts, great shape for $600. It had a Continental engine. If it had large wheels I would have kept it. I was having the garage built and inspector saw the fork lift so he made the contractor reinforce the second story thinking I was going to store car...

Easy! Why you son of a biscuit eater!!!!![emoji3062][emoji2959][emoji849] After breaking two hoes and a maddock I got out my tiller...the one I forgot I had that hasn't been used in over 20 years. The gas in it turned to brown goop...so tank off, clean, sandblast inside, clean x10. Then...

I just got these I'm planting in the front yard in a spot. We added more so probably 65,000+ seeds. I hope they all germimat...gernama...germanate.......all come up. [emoji38]

Since then another contractor said use that 1/2" cement board first.

Some may find this amusing. Years ago we wanted to tile our back porch, so I hired a local tile expert contractor. Porch is poured concrete with 80 years of who knows how many layers of paint on it. So I moved the washer, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, hot water heater, etc. out the door down...

Even a small 10ufd cap reverse polarity connected goes off like a firecracker. Those multi-farads would be a stick of dynamite!

I would love to have a screened in porch with double wire screen about 1/2" apart like the tennis racket zappers. Screens on insulators connected to something like a microwave oven transformer. Maybe 2kV. That would be entertainment! Also burglar proof. Here's a funny true story: (I have lots...

I'm highly allergic! Here's a great tip that works & hope to help anyone allergic to poison ivy. Find Jewel Weed also known as Touch-Me-Not. It only grows along creeks or ponds. It blooms in early Fall. That's when you pick leaves, stalks & flowers...a bag full. Put it in a sauce pan with some...

I think back on a few factory jobs I had in the early 70s. One made mylar capacitors. The machines were air pneumatic, about size of a pickup truck. Wire spools, mylar & aluminum spools. They were wound, then wire pressed in each side, cut, tested, dipped, stamped...amazing machines but LOUD. So...

Today was a better day. The hardware store had mild steel 1/4" rod, 3ft about $8. I needed it to be 0.235" so not having a lathe years ago figured out chucking it in a drill (3"piece) and gently hold against fine grit grinding stone, both running max speed. It took a couple hours, a little...

X2 thermocell...and these work! [emoji1]

Our closest neighbors have two adjoining screened in porches, both about same size. The one has linoleum and screened in, a couple small throw rugs & cat door. Two doors one each end. The other has expensive windows with screens, a block floor like that and sliding doors into the house. It has a...

I'm curious if anyone besides me thinks all cryptocurrency and especially bitcoin is extremely creepy? Look it up...supposedly started by Satoshi Nakamoto...a pseudonym for someone who doesn't exist, although different people around the world claim they started it. "It", created from nothing and...

Great genes. He has more hair than me!

Here's what I found happens when you get old working on something, and explains why my Dad before he passed at 88 his garage is still waist deep in everything you can (and can't) imagine everything disassembled. Whatever you're working on if you need something you won't have it. Doesn't matter...

Everyone needs to know their body, i.e., if you one day feel weak, muscle or joints ache, have bloodwork done.

Certainly talk to your doctor (heart?).

I felt weak a few years ago and went to local walk in clinic asking for blood test for tick bite. The doctor refused! I said I'm not leaving until they draw blood which they did reluctantly. Few days later doctor called "blood tests came back negative!". Then phone rings later...same...

Similar to these watches. Not accurate at all:

Tonight I was ordering fuel filters for my mowers and almost ordered 36 before I realized I won't make it to 200 y.o. so I ordered 2.[emoji849]

. Picture when she was 5 looks exactly like this.

Bettie Page is correct. What a sad life she had. So beautiful...

Ahhhh HAHHHhhh!!!!! So THAT explains everything! [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38][emoji1787][emoji23]

You're probably old if you remember seeing 50s pin-up girls & know who the one is. Last one is a modern girl as a 50s pinup. [emoji3059] Wow!

Mrs. Fuddy is 71 today.

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Is anything NOT new under the sun?

One suggestion is something easy to fabricate. I was (still am?) an electronic repair tech 43 years before retiring years ago and had to think outside the box making "gadgets". Harbor Freight sells a clip lead set for $2.99. Use that and inexpensive 16, 18 ga. lamp cord. Clips on both ends...

Blue false indigo and peony We haven't had any rain 6+ weeks!

After Medicare now when I see the doctor they want to see if I can draw a clock and memorize three words.[emoji849]

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I printed and framed it! [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]

A few years ago wife & I driving through New England stopped at L.L. Bean in Freeport and I asked for spruce gum. There was a pause then lady asked how old I was, saying they quit selling it 40 years ago. [emoji3062]

It looks like a door-stop for NASA's assembly plant.

This: "The only possible clue, even if it is related, is that the brake light comes on dimly when the key is in the accessory position, whether the parking brake is set or not." Is a major clue. Of course no connection with parking brake and brake light. Is this a parking brake warning light or...

I'm not that redneck. Close...but not quite.

New washing machine made in Louisville. I replaced the Maytag we had because tub seal bad, leaking water all over the floor. Seal kit NLA but appliance repair friend said not worth repairing even so. $636 delivered, installed, new braided steel hoses & tax. I gutted Maytag, maybe use motor &...

You know you're old when going to a hardware store, ask for Tom and they either never heard of him or he died 20 years ago.

For weeks our dependable Maytag has been leaking about a quart of water. Today I took it apart and found out the seal is bad under tub which is above the transmission. A repairman I spoke with said not worth repair because of labor involved. I'm debating whether to try repair myself. What we...

Cheap tennis shoes I throw in washer every couple weeks, dry on line. They last me a couple years then replace. Today it's real leather "catfish".[emoji847] Inserts like this are fantastic & fit any shoe. For years I wear 1 to 2 sizes too big & never had foot problems.

At my Mom's place 15 miles away it's very rocky soil. There are two 1" black plastic lines going 1/4 mile from meters to each house installed 30 years ago. Starting 10 years ago those lines started having leaks. A plumber said that's because over time water going through creates enough movement...

Cap off & funnel.[emoji106]

Oh...free 2 day shipping.

Today was Christmas!!![emoji38] It actually was a joke ordering a chainsaw from Walmart, obviously from Chy-nah and it came with cheap tools and a fuel mix bottle, but the joke was on me. I mixed 20:1 this time (new motor) but next 25:1. It started 3rd pull and I cut a few 18"-24" diameter trees...

That's why we need high tariffs for "Chy-nah".

Wow. I'm thinking you caught it in time.[emoji106]

Here's tanner shoes address I found.

Maybe QUICKLY change your card...they'll send a new one, cancel this one

Post address please.

My wife & I almost...almost each ordered...but I check reviews on everything. A red flag for me is I couldn't find their address.

This bad! [emoji51][emoji2962]

Read reviews, not their site but like reddit. Report back please!

At least they got home! [emoji1]

They look great...but terrible reviews like this: Ordered shoes after seeing their ad of closing. Ad described an older couple who were retiring and selling off remaining stock. This is far from the truth and is a lie. These shoes are made of plastic and are very low quality. Did not come in in...

Walmart. $5.07 I wear them regardless of what I'm doing, from mucking a horse stable to attending a funeral. Proud to be "the world's cheapest man" as I've been called. [emoji2]

Today I cleaned up everything, then fixed the 250ft trench dragging it left. I sharpened blade and lowered the rake teeth a bit & it cut well.

Never assume. I thought if a neighbor's tree fell over onto my property the neighbor was responsible which is why I called my insurance company. Strange because if it fell on a shed, car, etc. on my property it's my responsibility. I'm thinking years ago it wasn't that way. It all turned out...

Just answerin'

It's not

[emoji848] Good luck with that!

Good deal on Tractor Supply site...except in store purchase only, can't order and I called TSC who said no stores have it. [emoji2959]

The Ford pulled it down no problem. It's a hickory.

I've been piddling with it. I got a tow strap on it, on truck hitch and it just snapped the strap! After checking more I'm thinking it's hickory.

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My other farmer/friend I called & we went over looking at it. He & I will work on it later...he believes with his large tractor we can strap it up high, "throw the fuel & oil to it" and we can pull it on over...peeling what's left up high "like a banana".[emoji2] I'll try remember take my...

A few years ago I bought adjoining property which had a neighbor's cows on it. My insurance company said they wouldn't insure me since they weren't my cows so agent told him they had to go which he did (along with a gate that was there when I bought it...but he strung barbed wire & I didn't say...

If PTO clutch is unplugged, then there isn't any magnetism. Engine running if you turn PTO switch on and motor dies then it must be grounding out ignition magneto coils.

Any engine with a magneto ignition the coil like this has a 1/4" terminal. If unplugged engine runs until it runs out of gas. Connect to ground kills spark, engine cuts off. Engaging PTO the clutch moves a bit until chain stops it from turning so it works. If it turns enough to ground that kill...

Yes, and thanks to my accident well is working great. I appreciate the replies.

[emoji848] Who has water coming out of their bladder tank Schrader valve? I'm just curious to know.

That blows my mind. The clutch is an electromagnetic with a pulley. It freewheels until you apply power which energizes magnet...a "pulley clutch". Apply power from another battery, no belt on it and not plugged in, simply power to it from another battery which kills the motor? At this point I'd...

I'll do that when I get time. [emoji106]

True...which is why I said NO WATER comes out my Schrader valve when I check air pressure. [emoji106]

45 years ago I had water problems but no money. I put gloves on, disconnected pipe and started pulling 1" galvanized pipe. 80ft it looped up over into a pasture & I collapsed! I took pump all apart and it had this stack of impeller disks that had seized. So I cleaned everything, sanded disks...

Anytime I ever had a bladder leak, water came out the Schrader valve when checking pressure. I'm thinking bladder tank is 30 gallon since it's not all that much smaller than a 55 gallon drum. I'll check when I have time. I'm working with contractor friend today...house drywall work.

Answer last two posts: yes I made sure ballast tank pressure is ok. Pump is submerged in at least 10 ft of (56°F?) water so shouldn't overheat. Everything seems working fine and not sure how to make it run longer without spending lots of money. If we open two valves it runs a few seconds...off...

This fan is old. When my physician grandfather opened his office almost a century ago he wanted a fan so he bought this used...so it's quite old. Hunter brand. Weird mechanism to change blade flow there's a lever on the side that changes blade angle. It's in my garage and hanging on hook almost...

Sometimes you have a happy accident. [emoji38] This talk about wells and I thought maybe I ought to check mine out. Well house cover is very heavy & hinged at the back so I propped it up thinking if the stick breaks so will I. [emoji849] The pressure gauge read 28 psi so took top off of the...

I can adjust pressure switch so it will have more pressure and run longer. I'm on my second pump in 45 years. This one is a Goulds replaced about 10 years ago. 3/4 h.p.

My well is only 85 ft down in an aquafer. Water is great and we've been here 45 years. The ballast tank is 20 gallons I believe and it has a 40-60 pressure switch. It's always been you can get about 40 gallons...then it slows then no more water. Wait a few minutes and cycle again. One spring is...

Here's how I would troubleshoot it. The PTO clutch has two leads, black and blue wires. I'd unplug it. Then (not running of course) use two clip leads, one to ground, other battery +positive. Just for a second or two and you should hear it click (engage) each time it gets power. Now I'd start...

Many years ago I put a 120v light on outside of the well house. I wired it to relay secondary side so pump on, light on. Running pressure at 50 works ok for us and with normal use: shower, clothes washer, etc. the light (pump) runs 15 seconds & cuts off. It's really come in handy over the years...

At my homeplace from 1939 has knob and tube wiring. Cloth covered black braided copper wire. Garage has one hot wire with a driven ground for neutral. Four poles going house to garage about 75ft apart with another wire with 4 lights in series each one 30 volts.

Anyone know about kites? [emoji849] I know...I'm 73 going on 13...[emoji38] I found this box kite I bought many years ago from a kite store, but I think it's made wrong? Easy fix...but the cross dowels are 24" & 28" so it's lopsided (?). Also the attachment string the loop is off center (maybe...

Absolutely not our horses. Dad passed in 2015, his last horse passed in the 90s.

Looking back, my Dad had 3 horses on 7 acres then we got hay for them on 25 acres. Thinking about it, it was far from correct. We cut with a sickle bar on a Farmall Cub, then raked into wind rows and he slowly drove along while I pitch forked it onto a trailer. The horse barn we made had one...

So sorry.[emoji120] We've been through it so many times and it's not easy.

Cat-astrophic

I would use the correct line. When I plumbed mine I went to a local supply house and got everything I needed, line, compression fittings, etc. That was 30 years ago & never a problem. 175 psi 2 stage compressor. Each thing has it's own purpose and I always go with that. Only thing I would...

Here's a funny a friend told me many years ago: He bought a very old home somewhere in New England and he and his wife were cleaning out the attic which was full of years & years of stuff. They found a cigar box someone had made a label on it that said: "Pieces of string too small to save"...

I'd see what counteracts salt...I think vinegar does so if it's a nice truck I'd use that, lots of Dawn dish soap and plenty of water.

Horse hay I got bales are 14x18x40 roughly and $13 so $273 for 21 bundle. Second cutting. It wouldn't pay for me to buy a baler and equipment when they're so close by.

That's one beautiful cat!

I get horse hay from a farm 7 miles away so I just get them one load at a time with truck. There was a guy before me getting a very large trailer load 7 HOURS away. Their buildings were empty now waiting for the first cutting. The two bundelers they have steel strap 21 bales together so one fits...

Should be 240v, what does each leg read, yellow to red & yellow to black? Maybe lightning damaged the breaker going to well. It should be same there with pump running as at well house, if not then sounds like damaged wiring.

Azalea outside bedroom window. Nature is strange in that you could plant 10 identical plants in different places and one grows wild. This is on North facing side and have to prune it back.

Bingo!

I want to reply soooooo bad! [emoji38][emoji38][emoji38][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji1787][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji38][emoji38][emoji38]

Here's my actually funny work related story and termination: In 1972 while going to college I worked for a large appliance store (sales/service) as an electronic repair technician. I started $3.25/hr & shop forman made $3.75. After a couple years raised to $3.50 then another older tech Lyle...

I'm curious to know anyone trying today's "eggs on whole wheat, a small fruit & small tossed salad (no dressing), cooked spinach+turnip greens, coffee." if they have the same high energy effect. The portions weren't all that much. No meat. One teaspoon sugar for coffee. The odd thing is wife has...

I did. I almost want to go back just to take pictures. Oh...and the last thing they did was sprinkle the platter with confectionery sugar.

Mine makes a cake for me! (Years ago it would have been nookie, at my age I'd rather have cake. [emoji6]).

Some people with large houses I know close up some rooms in the winter.

For years we eat the same breakfast, usually cereal, maybe donuts, yogurt, banana, pancakes, coffee. Typical American breakfast. There's a restaurant nearby that has Sunday brunch and I got French toast platter weeks ago. It was amazing (for a 500 pounder [emoji849] which I'm not)...5 pieces...

A few more in nearby city historic district. Imagine in middle of 100 acres.

My wife worked for the housing authority for a while years ago and they would sell houses in the historic districts for a dollar. The new owner had to restore it exactly to it's former glory. Two examples:

When I vacuum floors my wife gives me a present! [emoji6]

I ran service calls for 43 years so I went to thousands of places. The nearby city in the late 1800s was known for one of the wealthiest in America. There are parts of downtown area homes are incredible. One I was remarking to owner how beautiful, all the hand carving, etc. He said this is the...

The painting company supposedly is one of the very best in my area. They spent two days with prep, pressure washed then used etching primer, primer, paint. I photographed materials and sent pictures to my Palm Springs friend who's brother is a paint contractor giving Bill Gates as a reference...

Exactly right! Our thoughts also, it ruins the 1900 look...but everyone does it. Our friends & closest neighbors have a c.1978 split level. A nice house then I have a horse stable built. Within weeks they had all their bedroom doors replaced!!!

That is interesting and I have a similar situation here with paint. A few years ago I had a company paint my garage roof. It was in good condition just a little dull white. They used expensive Sherwin Williams products and in less than a year roof looks like it does now! The metal edges are even...

$5K from what I looked up, but from memory in 2017 like you said it probably wasn't much difference. Most farmers around here have Deere and that's what I went with. What's funny is at my homeplace at the property front is a Kubota dealer and I could have gotten anything at cost. I don't know if...

Maybe someone can answer a question I have. Within the last few years most houses around here have changed the front to look like this picture. Regardless of years built and a lot with stonework also. Two houses 1/2 mile away were built in 1900, a typical 2 story Virginia farmhouse. Many look...

I have a 2017 3038e I bought new, now has 400 hours on it. The 3039R has a lift capacity of 2194 lbs compared to the 3038E's 1356 lbs so if that's a concern I'd go with the R. I put an AG module on it so now it's around 50 hp and I boosted hydraulic pressure a bit also. The R is about $5K...

We grew some things in containers, collard greens may have been one. It could be the seed got mixed in with something else planted, but it survived over winter then grew.

Retired for 11 years I've had projects out the Wazoo...house, cars, land and now a Yazoo!

Thanks! I have that same motor on a Cub Cadet garden tractor as well as Grandad's Economy Power King...both 70s. I will get it and at least pressure wash it...see what all it needs. Yes those engines were tough as nails! I've had my neighbor laughing...drive the Economy over and...

[emoji38] Love all replies & so true. Yes it's front drive and wheel under seat has a chain drive to steering wheel. It's a 2 speed. I remember like yesterday we were having noon dinner when Grandad goes flying past dining room cutting grass...we all said "what 'tha"??? He thought it was amazing...

About 15 miles away at my homeplace is this Yazoo mower my Grandfather bought new in 1970. It's been sitting in a shed 30 years. I have 5 mowers and don't need it, but sort of sentimental. From memory it has a Kohler K321 14hp motor. When Dad inherited it, he used it some but I'd have to...

Cabbage? It just grew on it's own. Huge leaves.

Electrical gremlins, especially involving several things are usually bad grounds. Something is turned on, getting a ground through something else causing weird effects. I have a 1969 Rambler Rogue that had many weird problems. I pulled dash and the circuit board all those 1/4" screws made ground...

I'm thinking Jay Leno paid to have the Hemi repaired.

Looks like plastikosmd's are waiting to be mailed! [emoji2]

A carpenter friend quoted me the hammer-nail one and I asked him what does everything look like to a proctologist?

PTO shaft has been off so problem solved 23 days ago and all I can do is cry. This is the stripped oil pan plug & pallets in the field for 2025. Just put shaft back on the PTO until it gets stuck, then chain it to a tree while someone heats it with a torch as someone else beats on it with a...

We're in South Central Virginia and later today and Saturday mid to upper 80's! Early April and never remember this in 72 years!

I don't own a Tesla, but anyone damaging a Tesla owner's car or Tesla dealership because of their dislike of Elon? To me that is an act of terrorism and they not only need to pay all damages but need therapy in a mental hospital. People like that have no place in society.

We just replaced 4 tires on a Mustang (very low mileage but Michelin's were cracked from age) with these Goodyears. Mounted, balanced & road hazard about $600 total. I thought that was a lot...until NOW. [emoji38]

7 gauge & Chinese. OK for charging and/or not much current

I don't have that. I posted screenshot.

I couldn't figure a way to block the emails.

Thanks so much. I delete but very annoying.

PM on TBN

A few weeks ago I posted about buying a pto tiller. Ever since, every day I get this email from "Jack Yuan" about buying some Chinese tiller! How do I get rid of this pest? Screenshot shows it.

When my brother bought his house many years ago he put two things on his porch: A large mixing bowl with "BRUNO" written on it and a medical waste-biohazard container where he keeps spare house key. Never had a problem.

I have this picture under my mat

Do what job, the one accomplished three weeks ago? [emoji16]

Here's what I know: Honest people can't imagine things criminals do. The honest mind works differently than the criminal's. A policeman years ago told me they're opportunists, so at your home or garage they'll look for a rock or pipe close by to break in. It's hard for the honest to outsmart a...

No Wife ran bracket, low 11's. SS/B me, 8.90's best. Apples & eggs comparison. Anyone afraid of boosting power a bit it's simple: don't do it!

In the 1970s my Mother worked at an antique shop near home. The owner would lock up, put keys in a paper bag & toss it near the door. She said thieves don't mess with a junkyard looking place and never look in a trash bag.[emoji6]

Wife & I never watched drag races because we were too busy racing our cars. I've never blown a motor ever. My thought is whenever a manufacturer gives the weight limit it's not at it's maximum limit, not like if it's rated for 1800 lbs. it breaks at 1810 lbs. If I can work the tractor at 1700...

She made that test when she looked at my knees.[emoji16]

Why not give them a call? You could explain that to them so no more false advertising. [emoji6]

Ok...be honest...how many can down a pound of chocolate while watching a movie? I can...although wife says "you pig!!!".[emoji38] Then how many can't wait until April 22 when Easter candy is half-price?

Well, no...as Moss said, a building with rooms inside. One walk in door gets you into building, flip-out key holder gets you into rooms inside building.

You & me both! [emoji2]

Mine reluctantly gave me a PSA test. She said the number doesn't mean much after 72. I insisted on every blood test they could give. PSA was 1.6. A1C was a little high (4.7)...then she said not really high. Then I told her about three sugar sodas a day and lots of candy. [emoji6]

Walk in door has key lock on outside. Shown is inside barn, tack room keys hidden under board. So walk in, tack room keys are right there. In tack room we get grain & lock door. It's hard forgetting keys back because board is swung out near knob.

We live in a very low crime area & here 45 years. We have neighbors house keys & they have ours. Those keys are for tack room inside horse stable. I carry door key with me (picture shown). Believe it or not I use almost every key every day. They weigh 3 pounds! If someone wants in bad enough...

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I think when you get old you defy physics. I lost my hair, teeth, gall bladder and other "unnecessary" organs yet I weigh more now than when I was complete! [emoji849]

My male Dr. Banana Fingers retired a year ago, replaced by a young female. I thought finally, after 30 years, small hands for my prostate exam. "Oh...we don't recommend that after you're 72" she said. [emoji849]

My late Dad hid keys like this, I don't know if he thought it up. Yesterday I needed to hide two keys in a shed. It's just a scrap of lumber I used a router to make a pocket. One deck screw at top holds it. Just swing it out for keys. Swung back it just looks like part of the door.

A few pictures from home. The small patch of 50 tulips and large 1,000 tulips patches are just starting to come up & bloom. Rabbits love tulips so I had to put electric fences around them. I planted a few peach trees in Fall & they're starting to bloom. I planted magnolias years ago, from pink...

This evening I went to feed horses and I hear all this noise. This large bird was in the barn and I couldn't get it out. Up in coupola I have a fan so I tried it on-off a few times, garden hose, alarm sireen. I had drive through doors open and finally flew out. Is it a hawk?

I'm either old, handsome or look like I need assistance![emoji849] Today we had a new leather sofa delivered. The furniture company sent it new in a huge box so a couple hours ago I packed everything up and took it to our dumpster site 5M away. I had it tied & two large garbage cans for weight...

I don't think that's what these have, although I went to school with a boy who had it on his hootie.

Years ago I had an addition added to the house and I did wiring. It's a 20x30 room and downstairs wanted two ceiling fans with lights. So at the walk out door are switches, then across to old part of house switches. I installed two ceiling boxes and wired...never thought about 4 wires...

I'm just 11...in dog years.[emoji2]

I did: This diesel performance module is designed for fuel economy with up to 30% increase in horsepower and fuel savings up to 10%-20% Adjustable with a three position switch You can adjust the power on the fly, Stock, +15%, and +30% HP The module does not flash the ECM, instead it receives...

Walmart on-line. I hate doing that but best price & just did another mower. A few days ago I had Walmart install four Goodyear's on wife's Mustang, ordered from Walmart. Great price.

I agree. I just renewed Mom's paper...crazy because it's expensive and few pages of mostly liberal drivel. Obituaries used to be and should be free. At least that's newsworthy. Now I search that local paper obituaries and three local funeral homes to see who passed.

I'm trying to explain from my recliner, I'm not at the tractor or paper manual in hand...so I called them. 812-618-9166 The tech said at end of the fuel rail is a pressure sensor. I unplugged it and module leads now go between the two. What it does is increases pressure as needed. They said...

Ok...I stand corrected. Optimal cutting is 540 rpm which is 2500 engine rpm (roughly). I was trying to make an example...my mistake. If I have light duty cutting IMHO a bit lower tractor and PTO rpm is okay. Otherwise why even have a throttle. Everything should simply have a solenoid switch...

I don't understand your confusion. My bush hog recommended rpm is 550. For that to happen the engine must run whatever rpm gives 550 PTO rpm. If engine is at 1,600 rpm that gives 550 PTO rpm. It's an example...I'm not at the tractor to verify 100%...but close. This year bush hogging I won't have...

I'll watch that when I get time. I guess it's too complicated to explain easily in simple terms.

That's correct. The higher rpm the more likely you break traction. Our farrier got his Ram 3500 pickup stuck off the road. I pulled him out going uphill in snow with my 300 cu in six 4x4 F150 in granny gear at idle rpm. If I released clutch at 5,000 rpm, what would happen? HP is just a...

I really appreciate all the detail but just hoping for a simple explanation. Bitcoin price changes every second. I want to buy one coin. What do I pay? Where/how. I want to sell. What do I get? It can't be as simple as looking at a computer screen then NOW! and I paid $82,234.55 Then I'm...