Mowing So there I am mowing away

[TractorRob]

I hope it wasn't the group from the Honda Pilot commercial!

 

[duanekeys]

Reminds me of a joke. I don't think it will be lost on this tech savvy audience:

A man flying in a hot air balloon suddenly realizes heç—´ lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts to get directions, "Excuse me, can you tell me where I am?"

The man below says: "Yes. You're in a hot air balloon, hovering 30 feet above this field."

"You must work in Information Technology," says the balloonist.

"I do" replies the man. "How did you know?"

"Well," says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but It's of no use to anyone."

The man below replies, "You must work in management."

"I do," replies the balloonist, "But how'd you know?"

"Well", says the man, "you don稚 know where you are, or where youæ±*e going, you expect me to be able to help. Youæ±*e in the same position you were before we met, but now itç—´ my fault."

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Did they bring beer?

tradition is a bottle of wine. I prefer beer myself too.

 

[sunnyside360]

This discussion reminds me of what happened a couple of years ago when I was mowing one of my larger pastures. A neighbor who has an ultra lite aircraft decided to land in the field where I had already mowed. It was a lot rougher landing than he had anticipated but no damage to him or equipment. The field wasn't so nice and smooth like he thought it would be.

 

[Bird]

Several years ago, I was up early one Sunday morning and out in the garage when I heard a terrific roar. I stepped out in the driveway to see what it was, and my next door neighbor came running out of his house, barefoot, and in his pajamas, just as a balloon barely cleared our roofs. I don't know why he got so low right in town, but he sure had all burners kicked in trying to gain altitude. My neighbor said his first thought was that a jet airplane was about to hit our houses.:laughing:

 

[jake98]

I did that once. The breeze died about 50' from the field we were trying to land in, so there we sat for the last 45 minutes. You get a knack for stopping in mid sentence while the burners are on.. :thumbsup:

 

[bigtiller]

I was lucky enough to get a pic of the Goodyear Blimp going over my house in 2006. We just don't see things like this around here.

 

[EE_Bota]

tradition is a bottle of wine. I prefer beer myself too.

I would accept that too. I think the OPs story was wonderful, but through no fault of the OP, the balloonists let us all down because he was unable to truthfully add:

And they had beer! (wine!)
And it was perfectly chilled!!!
And the basket sides folded down to reveal an all woman crew in string bikinis,
the official uniform of the internationally famous Swedish National Massage team!

Now that you know my expectations, I think it is more than fair to say the LEAST they could have done for the OP and his story is bring cold beer! After all, he provided a freshly mowed field right when they needed one.

 

[LoneCowboy]

I would accept that too. I think the OPs story was wonderful, but through no fault of the OP, the balloonists let us all down because he was unable to truthfully add:

And they had beer! (wine!)
And it was perfectly chilled!!!
And the basket sides folded down to reveal an all woman crew in string bikinis,
the official uniform of the internationally famous Swedish National Massage team!

Now that you know my expectations, I think it is more than fair to say the LEAST they could have done for the OP and his story is bring cold beer! After all, he provided a freshly mowed field right when they needed one.

bahahahahahah
darn tootin!!!!!!!!!!!

swedish bikini team.
hilarious.

 

[Rhon]

Don't balloons do more of a controlled crash than a landing? Seems most of the landings I've seen they just skid along until they hit something solid.