What winter you guys talking about??
Posted on 11/28/2013 11:24:48 AM PST by Rex1971
Edited on 11/28/2013 11:27:18 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
Anyone who opposes the Affordable Care Act is a subhuman. It is a great law but lying republicans are trying to destroy it. I signed up with no problem on the website. Republicans want to repeal my new insurance. Obama is a hero!
*pshaw*
When I was growing up, we had no gadgets, we had very little junk food and even less money. What “junk food” we had was made by our mother out of ingredients she had on hand. Outside with our imagination was where we played and we ate healthy meals, and though I can recall a lot were fairly slim, there was still food on the table for a family of seven.
My dad had a HUGH garden and my mother did home canning. And with only one or two channels that came in clearly on the 17” television, we entertained ourselves.
I admire families that have no TV and limit the gadgetry to “necessities.”
Actually the old green 'n yellow beast has been pretty good to me. After all it is somewhere over 30 years old (when I lost the auger belt and went to the Deere place to get a new one they said 'Boy, that's an old one...') It always started as long as I could keep it in the barn and out of the weather. It has been a problem child since, courtesy of the landlord's fantastic deferred maintenance program, the barn collapsed probably three years ago (Mrs. NoC could probably tell you the date to the day but..) and we moved all our power equipment out of the 'barn' and parked them under a tarp underneath a cedar tree. That was the beginning of my problems with the chunky globull warmthing removing device. I'm still not sure if it got condensate in the fuel tank (although I have over-dosed it with StaBil) or whether the switch points ('Run' switch, handle switches, that stuff..) got corroded frum spending a year under a tarp (which tended to keep humidity and moisture from precipitation 'under wraps' so that the stuff never dried out properly) or whether it's just old age and senility finally catching up to it. My lawn tractor also has had issues since that year of storage under tarp, but I seem to have managed to get most of those issues abated. Big hammers help. er..
For the past two years they have been in the 'shed' (actually one of those 'garage-in-a-box' enclosure thingies) so the air can at least circulate around things.
The J-D originally was electric start, and some previous owner removed the starter and the wiring in some places is, shall we say, not original and suspect. Problem seems to be that if it is warm, it will start. Once it gets cold it becomes a 50-50 thing, and troubleshooting becomes exponentially more difficult..
I haven't yet given up on it, but the more obstinate it becomes the closer I am to replacing it.
After, you know, after "one more winter"... ;-)
I went to Weight Watchers. Sally and Pat played basketball. James, Vlad, Frank, and Kathleen went to the nursery. Kathleen climbed on things. I don’t know what the boys did.
Nobody rides snowmobiles around my subdivision!
We have a forest on our property, mostly deciduous trees, so we have plenty of sticks right now.
They truly are lovely.
Wow! Sorry to hear about your absentee landlord who let your barn collapse on your property. That is totally messed up.
Yes, we had “one more winter” syndrome as well, but it was with another lawn tractor.
Bryan had a Cub Cadet, and it turned into a FORD after only eight years. You know, Fix Or Repair Daily. Every time he
went to mow or use the snow thrower, he had to fix something first.
Thus, my nagging until he finally traded the Cub in for a Deere. We are old, and the Deere will probably outlive us both.
We kept the Cub in our garage, and we keep the Deere there too, for it does not go below 45° in there during the winter.
lol! Have a wonderful New Year!
“Snowmobiles”
What a great way to commute to work.
either that or a Star Wars speeder bike...I’m not fussy which. :)
Just dress warmly.
I didn’t know you were from CA! Also didn’t know Fredd could reach the feeder. I’ve been doing a lot of outdoor work because the bug and snake populations are virtually zilch at this time of year which is a great comfort. Do you have snakes?
Thank you!
Good work! Can really tell it’s a squirrel this time.
Thanks I just posted another link to that photobucket acct. I got a photo of Fredd and the Tucker they use to groom the snowmobile trails around here. That tucker photo is on main street.
Oh, my, that looks cold!
lol not today only 34!!!
We moved from California to here Idaho.We have garden snakes in the summer. Now south of me is the snake river. Snakes all over the place.
It’s only 50 here. Not very wintry so far.
What winter you guys talking about??
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.