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Posted by Ron on December 13, 2003 at 09:08:18 from (64.12.96.236):
In Reply to: Question about tractors posted by Jones on December 12, 2003 at 20:53:46:
I Vote "ALL of THE ABOVE"...!! You can get a perfectly good reliable piece of equipment for 1/10th the price ( or less) of a new one, and it WILL out-last you..!!
Besides, some take a little "finnesse" to get the full potential out of them, and that gives you Pride in Operating them..!!
Myself, i don't need a cab, radio and (Yuk) air-conditioning...
A-ha...!!! I SEE.. I am from a Different generation..!! Maybe we were brought up Digging 20 Rod of tile each year, making 200 acres of hay, picked up off the ground ( JD WIRE-TIE)...Shoveling load after load of grain--and that means Ear-Corn too, from a wagon, to a truck-every day...then working in the Cemetary, digging graves for extra money...
Ofcourse there were chores to do, too...Beef Cattle, Hogs and Sheep.
I suppose growing up with these set our perspectives..we were NOT afraid to Work--We Loved it...!!
Gloves were for Sissies, and who needed an Umberella..???
I am Glad I lived then, when Men were men...!!
AND NONE wore their Sister's Clothes ( Or Ear Rings)....
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