I hate to see this...

[dougtrr2]

Some people in Canada want to replace mother's day with ''birthing people's day'' It is a more inclusive term. How progressive is that?

Or does that eliminate all mothers by adoption????

Doug in SW IA

 

[RayIN]

Growing up on a ranch...we learned how to be around and operate machinery at a young age.

We were fine and better off for it.

Damn, we're getting soft.

Yea; I was planting corn with a team of horses and planter when I was 10. Now when I look back on that, had the team ran away, I wasn't strong enough to stop them.
It was easy for me to drive dads HF TO20 with disc, bush hog, or picking up hay.

 

[RayIN]

Our next discussion should be on whether you fellows are old enough to be on the internet.

 

[not2old]

I lost a wee bit of fingernail on a old rotary push mower. Stick got caught. As soon as I removed the stick, it bit me. I was about 5 at the time. Still have the scar!

One of my friends who I would consider very intelligent did something similar on a gas reel mower when he was about 16 years old. Lost part of his finger. I was absolutely shocked that he could do something so stupid.

 

[dkmc]

If that kid, belted to that mower wants to drive it around without the blades turning, I say go for it (with proper instruction beforehand) Apparently there are some folks commenting here that don't realize kids that age participate in Motocross events with real motorcycles that go quite fast, and they race as a group. Kinda makes the mower look like a tonka toy.