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artm wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... Epoch joines the fray! I'll raise you: Fixed a potato harvester with a Lost Arrow. Got on with the farmer's daughter. One of those is true. I can beat you but not epock I can saddle a horse ride and rope but I've never herded cattle. My family owns a vegetable farm that goes back before WWII. I started working on the farm for my dad at six hoeing weeds at a 5c per row. I've dug ditches, harvested, planted, irrigated, plowed and tilled the fields starting at the age of twelve until I graduated from highschool.
All of the above, save the 5c per row. I was hourly.
I wasn't born in, so yeah you've got me beat. The farmers kids and I are like brothers, though.
Good stuff, isn't it?
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microbarn
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epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... Epoch joines the fray! I'll raise you: Fixed a potato harvester with a Lost Arrow. Got on with the farmer's daughter. One of those is true. I've frolicked in the hay. In the pasture. Been bitten by a rattle snake. Kicked by a heffer. Calf. Pissed off bronc. Stepped on by a horse. Heffer. Mule. Sheep. Sow. Had oysters. Fresh eggs. Fresh chicken. Fresh Beef. Fresh bacon. Fresh lamb. Milked a cow.
your list is starting to reach
you really want to be the 'winner' of this farm off don't you?
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microbarn
Jan 24, 2008, 7:14 PM
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epoch wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... Epoch joines the fray! I'll raise you: Fixed a potato harvester with a Lost Arrow. Got on with the farmer's daughter. One of those is true. I've frolicked in the hay. In the pasture. Been bitten by a rattle snake. Kicked by a heffer. Calf. Pissed off bronc. Stepped on by a horse. Heffer. Mule. Sheep. Sow. Had oysters. Fresh eggs. Fresh chicken. Fresh Beef. Fresh bacon. Fresh lamb. Milked a cow. Shall I continue?
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wanderlustmd
Jan 24, 2008, 7:14 PM
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Red neck ramblings FTW
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microbarn
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chossmonkey wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: They are saying that if this economy booster thing passes, every taxpayer will get $600 on top of returns. ka ching. I wonder if it'll actually happen? sweet I really don't have any income to claim for last year. Maybe $200 from interest.
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chossmonkey
Jan 24, 2008, 7:17 PM
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artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22
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chossmonkey
Jan 24, 2008, 7:21 PM
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microbarn wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: They are saying that if this economy booster thing passes, every taxpayer will get $600 on top of returns. ka ching. I wonder if it'll actually happen? Would be nice to have the $$, but it is absolutely retarded as far as our national spending. Seems like a bread and circuses to appease the untellagant masses into forgetting how stupid their supreme leader is. or the republicans know that the next president will be democrat and they are trying to fuck them over and try to play the spin on media in 4 years
If Hillery gets the nod I can really see that happening.
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granite_grrl
Jan 24, 2008, 7:22 PM
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microbarn wrote: chossmonkey wrote: microbarn wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: They are saying that if this economy booster thing passes, every taxpayer will get $600 on top of returns. ka ching. I wonder if it'll actually happen? sweet I really don't have any income to claim for last year. Maybe $200 from interest. that is some decent interest
You are wrong.
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epoch
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microbarn wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... weren't you the one calling me a dork before? 
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chossmonkey
Jan 24, 2008, 7:25 PM
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I thought your days of "content" were over?
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chossmonkey
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artm wrote: No, Mcfadden systems we built flight simulators interesting trivia, we designed and built the motion platform that let the t-rex walk in the first Jurassic park movie 
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chossmonkey
Jan 24, 2008, 7:28 PM
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dr_feelgood wrote: I'm pretty sure there is one in the original mad max. Gets run over by the douches on motorcycles. I hate it when the dogs die in movies.
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Sorry Okel.
You had a good run.
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microbarn wrote: epoch wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... Epoch joines the fray! I'll raise you: Fixed a potato harvester with a Lost Arrow. Got on with the farmer's daughter. One of those is true. I've frolicked in the hay. In the pasture. Been bitten by a rattle snake. Kicked by a heffer. Calf. Pissed off bronc. Stepped on by a horse. Heffer. Mule. Sheep. Sow. Had oysters. Fresh eggs. Fresh chicken. Fresh Beef. Fresh bacon. Fresh lamb. Milked a cow. Shall I continue? yes
Tilled feilds.
Planted alfalfa.
Harvested alfalfa.
Bailed.
(As before, cleared said feilds)
Split rails.
Strung barbed wire.
Cut self while stringing barbed wire, through gloves. (have scar on right hand)
Smart enough to wear boots under pants.
Know the reason behind wearing tight pants.
Brimmed hat.
Was decent with a lasso.
Was a heeler.
A header.
Wrestler.
Rode a buckin' bronc.
Thrown from said bronc.
Smart enough to stay off of the pissed off 2000lb bull.
Pinned the tail on the calf.
Donkey.
Bronc (The one that kicked me)
I can cut cattle.
I've birthed calves.
And I realised that I've said enough. I don't care if I win.
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wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that.
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chossmonkey wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. Can either of you shoot pigeons?
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epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher...
Round bails or throwing square bails onto a wagon?
And if square bails, why didn't the bailer have a kicker?
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epoch wrote: microbarn wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... weren't you the one calling me a dork before?
http://maps.live.com/...907407&encType=1
The main house is the large structure to the left of the pine trees.
above it is the garage where we stored the tractors and trucks (to the right of the rv) above and left of the main garage is the barn and above and right of the barn is the house where the migrant workers stayed during harvest time.
The buildings to the left of the main house are garages for cars, a blacksmith shop, chicken house, and a couple of storage sheds,
The round thing is a water tower (below the white pickup).
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epoch wrote: chossmonkey wrote: microbarn wrote: chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: chossmonkey wrote: obsessed wrote: microbarn wrote: fructose is better then sucrose though right? That high fructose corn syrup stuff is better, we don't have that here. Huh? What is so hard to understand about this whole topic?? I mean that HFCS is not as bad for you as sucrose. Isn't it made from corn??? edumacate me HFCS is made from corn, but it is so refined it is the ultimate evil of sugar. It is very sweet and addictive. It makes it hard for your bidy to read the chemicals that tell you when you are full so you keep gorging. It is likely why so many people in the States are so ridiculously fat. It is in almost every thing over there. Next time you are in the States bring back a can of your favorite soda, pop, or what ever you call it, and get a can of it from Canada. First compare the ingredients. Then do a taste test. Remind me tonight and I can give you an article to read about it. ^^^obviously knows way more about it then me in my earlier post. STFU!!! FWIW, I'd like to see this article.
I know I don't crave sugar like I did when I was living in the States.
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chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: wanderlustmd wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: artm wrote: microbarn wrote: obsessed wrote: farm boy from colorado I would hope so. Not austrailian shepherds? They seem more likely to be a farm dog artm is a farmboy? I challenge you to a farm-off. I can do a wheelie on a john deere tractor I can irrigate a field by with gravity tubes on a ditchbank I can drive a combine Plow a field shoot gophers with a .22 I am all talk. I lived in an area with TONS of farmers, but I never lived on a farm. So, I know more then a lot of city folk, but not much when you really get down to it. I only helped out a hand full of times. Though, my favorite sledding experience was on flat land. We got my friend's tractor out and we drove it around in circles in the field pulling a sled. I win the farm off! Not so fast, highlander. I worked on a farm throughout high school and college. The oldest family owned farm in the country. I planted, harvested, drove tractors, built a greenhouse, chopped wood, managed the staff, built a potato gun when we were supposed to be harvesting, drank beer while operating heavy machinery and got a sweet cowboy hat from the owner. Beat that. I've hearded cattle on horseback. Riding lawn mower. Tractor. Bycycle. Helicopter. Station wagon. On foot. Dug irrigation ditches. Walked the fence line. Corraled chickens. Ducks. Pigs. Goats. Driven a combine. Tractor. Golf cart. 5 ton. 1 ton. ..my mother insane. I've buckarooed. Been on cattle drives. Sheep drives. (sickos) Argued about water rights. Fished in the mill pond. Swam in the mill pond. (with and without clothes) I can saddle a horse. Shod a horse. Brand cattle. Castraite cattle. I have been known to clear a field of it's hay bails in an afternoon. I wouldn't say that I farm, but I make one hell of a rancher... How big of a field? Round bails or throwing square bails onto a wagon? And if square bails, why didn't the bailer have a kicker?
Square bales
3rd hand bailer. It just spit the bails out on the ground. See, out west we don't have to worry as much about the humidity dinking up the bales. They sat there for a few weeks until we got around to picking them up.
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wanderlustmd wrote: Fixed a potato harvester with a Lost Arrow. Got on with the farmer's daughter. One of those is true.
Besides me.
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chossmonkey wrote: dr_feelgood wrote: chossmonkey wrote: epoch wrote: War zones are dry. Doesn't mean that you can't get alcohol there, it's that you are supposed to not drink. IMO doc may have earned the right to drink while he was over there. Shit sucked. I guess it seemed longer than that. But I guess a year ago he was probably still over there or just getting back. Got back last december. Was able to get some booze in iraq, but few and far between. Listerine and Aqua Velva?
It takes a nauseating amount of listerine to get normal people tipsy.
Had a friend try to do it. Had a bunch of people kill their brain cells by huffing the compressed air electronic dusters. One guy almost made himself retarded.
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