Good morning!!!!

[buckeyefarmer]

Belt broke on the lawn mower yesterday when my son was mowing.

I've been looking at some family geneology lately. One of the wives on my dads side came from england, a Darcy that according to ancestory.com, we can track back to the 1000's. My Dad's grandmother was german. McDonalds on my mothers side came from Ireland.

 

[sodamo]

Happy 4th of July
70°F and no rain last 24 hours. Looks like a beautiful day ahead.

Have 30-40 folks coming over for our 4th of July potluck. Doing a roast of beef on the rotisserie, ham, potato salad, fruit salad and more. The girls baked a cake to contribute. Trying to use cooking as way to instill importance of math in granddaughter.

Be safe
Have a great day

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[sodamo]

another mongrel family here. One side of me France - Poland, other side England - Ireland. Wife is Japan on Mom's side, Dad was Polish Ukraine.
My male boxer came from New Zealand, older female also has some New Zealand influence and her dad was from Italy.

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[All In A Days Work]

Good morning tractor drivers and Happy 4th of July!!

It's been HOTTER then bejesus around here the last few days. It was 106° here yesterday. I have lived here for 28 years and I can't recall it ever getting this hot for more then a day or two, it's been near or busting the 100° mark for a couple of weeks now.

I hope you all have a fun and safe 4th!

 

[daugen]

washed my truck first this morning, good All American guy thing to do...and then worked for several hours in the wood shop and got a lot done. Boxes unpacked, finally found all my little bins of gidgie gadgies, put what spilled in the bottom of the shipping box into a bin "to be sorted". Four boxes into the burn pit; a good day and now time to chill. Nice hot shower, fresh pot of coffee and will watch some movies.
Buppies, you having fun yet?

If your family has European roots, you are likely 1% to 4% Neanderthal too, so they say.
Well, I use to say all the firemen on the Board of my local fire company acted like Neanderthals at times...Dave you for sure know what firehouse politics is like. So they must have been European...

David/Sodamo, sounds like a nice lunch. I found this funny receipt from "a few years ago" for my grandmother who ordered quite the fixin's for a picnic too. Something tells me current Hawaiian prices are a tiny bit higher.

I also found another cute receipt for that year, my grandfather buying a new Chevrolet sport coupe. Adolph (Otto to his friends) came through Ellis Island in 1901.

 

[Eric Salop]

And Lord the beer was warm. The straw that broke the camel's back; who can stand warm beer???
We just had to go. I mean, someone had to invent John Deere...

Beer in good pubs should be drawn up from the beer cellar, which should be cooler than room temperature. The first pint to be drawn comes out a little flat and warm, so that's why Brits are always so polite and offer that one to any guests first.

My father's side is English, my wife having traced his decedents back to 1611. Mother's was French at some point, origins unknown. Some of my mothers side deserted England and went in search of a better life in the USA, though not until 1960. There my aunt soon adopted an American accent and settled with her husband and sons in LA.
My uncle never lost his English accent and always yearned to return a place where they served beer above freezing...

 

[sodamo]

Well Eric, must be the English bit in me, as I always offer the first beer from my tap to guests. Yes, the faucet tower is a bit warmer, LOL

Drew, well, I guess what your Grandmother paid would cover half my beef roast or 2/3 of the ham




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[buckeyefarmer]

Eric,

Do you know anything about the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales? My son is interested in riding it some day.

 

[Old Junk Man]

Well Ive got my confederate flag flying and my Starts & stripes up also. only the stars & stripes are upside down. I believe my country is in distress. Havent drank any beer yet. Ill wait till dark and watch the bug zapper. Bugs getting toasted are probably the only fireworks ill see today.

 

[dave1949]

If your family has European roots, you are likely 1% to 4% Neanderthal too, so they say.
Well, I use to say all the firemen on the Board of my local fire company acted like Neanderthals at times...Dave you for sure know what firehouse politics is like. So they must have been European...

David/Sodamo, sounds like a nice lunch. I found this funny receipt from "a few years ago" for my grandmother who ordered quite the fixin's for a picnic too. Something tells me current Hawaiian prices are a tiny bit higher.

I also found another cute receipt for that year, my grandfather buying a new Chevrolet sport coupe. Adolph (Otto to his friends) came through Ellis Island in 1901.

Oh Boy, firehouse politics can get tough. We had an "incident" over a year ago and the healing just isn't happening; to the point that several guys have dropped out.

Nice car Adolph bought and neat receipts. That is the age--1930's--of old cars I like if I'd ever get the antique auto bug.