G'nite Jimi and Dale. Yak more later...
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Not too bad. Sun was shining and wind was light. I think we got up to 40 ºF today (it is 33 ºF at the moment). I moved another bazillion tons of snow to make a turn-around area for the trailer so we can go over to Pine Creek and get one of our cows back on Friday (she's visiting her bull friend).
I ass-ume not much of that white shit melted today?
Just enough to make it slippery as snot. With all four wheels spinning, the bobcat still slid sideways several times. At one point I thought I was going to take out a fence because I just couldn't make the damn thing get away from it.
Significant difference, but I suspect it is mostly because I haven't gotten used to it yet. The throttle is backwards from the old one (pull instead of push) and the choke is more intense. It starts quicker in cold weather, but seems under powered in comparison, though that might simply be because I am not opening the throttle far enough... I am used to running on the low end of the throttle and maybe I just need to tap the RPMs up slightly. After I have used it for a season, and it stops being so "new" to me, I probably won't see all that much difference.
Like anything with an engine, takes time to get the feel of it.
Kinda like trading in your Buick for a Trans Am... gear ratios are different, throttle response is different, etc., and you have to drive it carefully until you get the feel for how everything responds. I am currently still in the learning stage.
Yeah, and in that case, you also have to learn how to balance the damn thing and corner differently or crash harder. 
You might know more about that than I............Yeah, and in that case, you also have to learn how to balance the damn thing and corner differently or crash harder.
Never owned a three-wheeler (other than the tiny red thing when I was 4 years old).You might know more about that than I............
I was referring to mishaps on large engine powered two wheelers.....
Never crashed a street bike, but sliding sideways on a dirt bike while cornering too fast was often the "norm."
Oddly enough, I never broke a bike doing that, but a few bruises and a broken toe... well, my attitude back then was kinda like this farm routine today (if ya don't bleed a little each day, you ain't workin' hard enough)
Oddly enough, I never broke a bike doing that, but a few bruises and a broken toe... well, my attitude back then was kinda like this farm routine today (if ya don't bleed a little each day, you ain't workin' hard enough)
Husty? Is that anything like a Husky?
I think the worst thing that ever happened to me on a street bike was running into the south end of a bee at 85mph. That stinger went pretty deep into my throat. Ouch!
I think the worst thing that ever happened to me on a street bike was running into the south end of a bee at 85mph. That stinger went pretty deep into my throat. Ouch!
Yer damn lucky that didn't cause you to crash.I had a swarm hit me on the freeway, talk of freaking-out......
G'nite, Dale. BS more tomorrow.
Not even a smidgen of gold today, but I found an 1881 indian head penny in damn good condition, and a 1976 silver dime (in dramatically different locations). No idea how that penny got to where I found it, those oldtimers must have been real venturists back in the day - when they had only horse or mule to get around the mountains in the middle of nowhere.
I think I would be just as excited about the penny as I would about gold.
Maybe one of these people lost it...
Maybe one of these people lost it...
Ain't that the Gods honest truth....good find....!
That's not much different than the picture of my mom and me and my sister in the early 1950s. No one ever made a poster telling Americans they should donate money to us, yet every single day now I am inundated with pictures of black and brown people in other countries wearing better clothes than I currently own and often with a smart phone in their hands and I am told these people are in poverty and I should give them lots of money.
Yeah - I agree, they're fucking nuts.....!
The high here was 34 and it is currently 18 and falling. But I think I did sweat a bit today... I had to cook dinner tonight because it is Lannie's birthday and that's my day to cook for her.
And yes, she did turn 29 (again).
I'd be willing to bet it's the social justice warriors who come up with these bizarre ideas about who should be given free money. The hard working middle class people are their targets, rich folks wouldn't shed a nickel, let alone twenty five cents. And then the president (and other pee=ons) of the "charity" rakes in a couple million a year in salary.
Happy Birthday, Lannie......The high here was 34 and it is currently 18 and falling. But I think I did sweat a bit today... I had to cook dinner tonight because it is Lannie's birthday and that's my day to cook for her.
Somewhere around here I have a list of which charity CEOs have the largest salary and which work for no pay at all. Then there are the fakes like Goodwill, who is and always has been a profit-making corporation that does not donate anything to the needy.
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I've never researched it, but I would reasonably assume you're correct on all points.
Catholic charities is another sham organization. And the list goes on and on.
The clinton "suicided" family charity is another real winner...look at how much they helped the haitians after dowling in all those sheckels.
The clinton "suicided" family charity is another real winner...look at how much they helped the haitians after dowling in all those sheckels.
I do odd stuff like that now and then. Another list I am building is which products or stores not to shop in/buy because they want to take away your guns and/or abolish the 2nd Amendment.
I doubt anyone in the Clinton family has ever given money to anyone but themselves.
That's definitely worth a look at. When you have a list, let us know, so we can also boycott those wackos
Not a penny
I think I have 20 or 25 already. Remind me again tomorrow and I'll try to post it. (right at the moment, it isn't well organized)
Here's another scam that really pisses me off:
Those wackos are nuttier than the clintons...and that takes some doing.
Yeah, and people like Pelosi who just flew a large Dem support group to said conference at YOUR expense.
Beddie bye time for us old pharts. Catch ya later....
She is the epitome of a hypocrite.
Happy Birthday, Lannie......
Thank you.
I had the BEST dinner last night! And instead of my usual gigantic chocolate cake with ganache frosting (I could have used my new chocolate for that, and I will, later), I made a simple apple crisp with some of the apples I canned a year ago. OMG, they're SO good! The neighbor has some honey crisp trees and gave us a couple boxes of "leftovers" the wife didn't have time to put up, so I made canned apple slices and some applesauce and we use it sparingly, it's sooo freaking good. Anyway, delicious dinner followed by a scoop of apple crisp and a little bit of ice cream on the side. If I hadn't been stuffed to bursting, I would have had seconds on both! I'll make the chocolate cake and ganache for Rich's birthday.
Love honeycrisp apples too.....Thank you.
I'll make the chocolate cake and ganache for Rich's birthday.
Better get on a plane first thing in the morning and get out here because they will be gone by dinnertime.Love honeycrisp apples too.....
I've never seen them is a store here, but I remember them from the right coastBetter get on a plane first thing in the morning and get out here because they will be gone by dinnertime.