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I got some Levi Strauss boot cut jeans for $18 a pair from WalMart last fall. I must admit that I had qualms about buying them because they were pre-faded. I prefer new levis to look like new levis.My kid, with her new $60 jeans.
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I'm pretty sure I could go buy a $25 pair and run over them with a lawnmower, and she wouldn't know the difference...
By the way, I ran across a recommendation on jeans that to make them last longer, you should only wash them every 10 years. I suspect that is a typo and should have been "every 10 wears".
Yikes. Every 10 wears is a bit much. I guess if a guy only went to church in them or something like that, it could work. But I prefer to have them clean.
The job site today is actually in the little town closest to the farm where I grew up. We parked our equipment on the grain elevator's tracks last night. There was more rain here than what I had at home. When we drove back to our machines, we made a bit of a mess out of the grain elevator's storage area. I'm sure we'll hear about it later...
Thankfully we have both
I started some turkey eggs a week ago, candles them n they are going good. I put some of my American Buckeye eggs in to hatch out with the turkeys too .
Here are some random pics of work last night..I had a few issues with sticks n my stacks had wood crashing all over for a bit. I destroyed a door to the water main pipe shack with a errant 16 ft 2x6..lol..whoops..that was a first for me..
Oh my Red Burbon Tom is looking great this year...he is a sweet natured boy too.
Here are some random pics of work last night..I had a few issues with sticks n my stacks had wood crashing all over for a bit. I destroyed a door to the water main pipe shack with a errant 16 ft 2x6..lol..whoops..that was a first for me..
Oh my Red Burbon Tom is looking great this year...he is a sweet natured boy too.
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I installed a ct at a major university once. I watched a guy on my breaks who was drawing with a pencil. He worked on the same drawing for 3 afternoons. Beautiful work and amazing to watch.
It wouldn't matter if you dropped someone with this talent in a desert, mountains, with nothing. They could still create, the tool doesn't matter.
It wouldn't matter if you dropped someone with this talent in a desert, mountains, with nothing. They could still create, the tool doesn't matter.
Some of you might recognize this type equipment. Seems I remember the hard drives weighed 175lbs each (part of the face plate is blue). There were two of them. I know Ben will recognize the 2 computers.
This was the last system I worked on with reel to reel tape capability. Those tape drives were a pain to repair but at least it was the same part that usually failed.
This was the last system I worked on with reel to reel tape capability. Those tape drives were a pain to repair but at least it was the same part that usually failed.
In 1980 I worked for Burroughs Corp. at the Puget Sound Naval Supply Center.
We had 2 mainframe computers, 16 tape drives, 8 head per track 1 Gig disk drives, 32 removable hard drives, 2 1200 per minute card readers and card punches, and 2 drum printers. The input devices were TTY typewriters.
When one of the head per track drives went down it took 1 day to let the disk spin up to speed and 8 hours for the software team to load the the IBM cards with the operating system.
The training class for that equipment was 4 months long.
My phone has more computing power than both of those systems combined.
We had 2 mainframe computers, 16 tape drives, 8 head per track 1 Gig disk drives, 32 removable hard drives, 2 1200 per minute card readers and card punches, and 2 drum printers. The input devices were TTY typewriters.
When one of the head per track drives went down it took 1 day to let the disk spin up to speed and 8 hours for the software team to load the the IBM cards with the operating system.
The training class for that equipment was 4 months long.
My phone has more computing power than both of those systems combined.
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I have 2 of those Kennedy tape drives. One is still intact! I have yet to tape it apart for machine shop fodder. The other has already been processed. One big chunk of aluminum made the face. I'll try to remember to get a picture of it later.
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Back on track....
My favorite bread
My youngest Daughter made this for me for Father's Day.
And one for Mom on Mother's Day.
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Hometown is getting some much needed rain. See those grain bins in the distance. When I was last there, 2015, I was surprised to see so many of them around. These are much larger than the ones people had when I was a kid. I wonder if people store grain for next year's seed? Or wait to sell their grain until the glut from the previous year is gone? I would think that if one farmer had these 5 grain bins full of grain, he or she could keep everyone in the county fed for more than a year.
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Thanks. All free hand. I'll take gifts like these anytime over store bought stuff, well, except maybe a new gun lol.
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This is the photo of one of the mountains in the Black Hills of South Dakota, many years ago. It was called The six Grandfathers.
Then someone got busy carving up this mountain.
Then someone got busy carving up this mountain.
LA County, Riverside County, and San Bernardino County Sheriffs, and a symposium today.
Must have been old John Deere day on the roads. I saw several, only got photos of 2.
First is model "420", produce '56-'58. Last is a "MT", produced '49-'52. I spoke to its owner, he said it was for sale. I didn't ask how much, would have been too tempting.
First is model "420", produce '56-'58. Last is a "MT", produced '49-'52. I spoke to its owner, he said it was for sale. I didn't ask how much, would have been too tempting.
Why not a few more. My nephew restored this one not long ago... a model "40"
Model 4020 the boys brought here to the farm for a couple years... And my grandfather on a 4020 long ago, plowing cotton.
Model 4020 the boys brought here to the farm for a couple years... And my grandfather on a 4020 long ago, plowing cotton.
A model 4630 the boys brought here. This thing was fun to drive! 130hp, raw power!
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@Peanut , I love the old tractors. A small homestead could do a lot with one. All the farms and ranches that have lots of fields to work seem to have air conditioned cabs now. I would think in the South, air conditioning would almost be essential. Even in South Dakota, air conditioning is helpful when you spend long days in the field. I remember how dehydrated I would get, but just drinking water wasn't enough to revive me.
