Posted by NCWayne on March 18, 2011 at 23:17:19 from (166.82.187.163):
You know what guys, I love these boards and have for probably 6 or 7 years or so now. Through all that time it amazes me how a post can take on a life of it's own and when all is said and done a simple statement or question turns into something totally off taeget and really off the wall... My last two posts are cases in point. I first ask about finding good quality leather belting for a good price. I state plainly in that post I want good stuff and didn't mind paying for it, but like everyone wanted to come out as economically as possible....To that I get some replies giving some leads as well as an offer to help with a different kind of belt. From there I buy my belts, no problems, no complaints. Heck I even drove nearly 4 hours through the rain to do so and still have yet to complain about anything.
Fast forward to my next post. I post about a modern practice I'm told about by the belt supplier and how it effects the industry in leather belting. I then ask if anyone else had run into any problems in areas you wouldn't expect and related to the way things have changed over the years. I then ask them to relate their experiences.....That's it, I never said I could not or didn't find the belts I needed, I never biched about anything, never complaining about anything, never stressed about anything, nothing. All I did was make an observation, based on info I was given, and then ask a question. This was all plain, clear, and straightforward.......or so I thought.......BUT I WAS WRONG.
Unfortunately I'm a mechanic and not a farmer and I was obviously given some bad information about the life span of a typical cow before going to slaughter...unfortunately I pass that wrong info along in the post. For that I get slammed and basically told how stupid I am for not knowing the life span of a typical beef cow. I further find out that, it seems, I was fussing because I couldn't find a belt, I'm somehow bichin about the price or something, I'm told that I don't know what I'm talking about when I say that cattle are often given 'artificial' stimulants/enhanced foods, etc to bulk them up for market faster, etc, etc, etc. It got to the point eventually that reading the replies was like watching a train wreck. I couldn't wait to see what happened/was said next.
Ultimately, out of everything said, I don't think there was but one reply relating their experience. There was only one, maybe two that directly answered my question concerning why they thought thick hides were hard to find, and the funny thing their reasons were basically the same thing I was told...without the erronious age given....
Regardless of any of this I'm still setting here laughing inside at how something so simple can become something so screwed up when posted on here. I guess it's a good thing I HAVE A THICK HIDE and can read the good info between all the lines of BS, and laugh stuff like this off. If I couldn't the next time one of you farmers posted a question showing your lack of mechanical knowledge about your tractors I'd think I'd be more than justified to take the opportunity to tell you how stupid you were for your lack of knowledge, debate the life span of said old tractor, tell yo to quit bichin because you bought it and it broke, etc, etc, etc. In other words do basically the same things to your post that were done to mine....and never, ever tell you the answer to the question you actually asked......
Like I said this place is a wealth of good info if you care to look but often it's also a wealth of BS....AND I LOVE IT ALL.....
IN THE END GUYS, ULIKE THOSE 6 MONTH OLD COWS WITH THE THIN SKIN (LOL), LET YOURSELF DEVELOP A THICK HIDE AND BE WILLING TO WADE AND LAUGH THROUGH ALL THE BS AND ENJOY THE FEEL IF IT SQUISHING UP BETWEEN YOUR TOES.....THAT MY FRIEND IS WHERE THE FUN IS.....HOPE EVERYINE HAS A GREAT WEEKEND AND THANKS FOR THE LAUGHS........... Wayne
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