1965Dennis

Back the first week of June I bought my first Buick, a 2019 Buick Enclave Avenir. 2 weeks after I bought the Buick, I turned 77. That is probably the best car I have ever owned, except for the 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340. The only issue I don't like is the engine shut off joke they added to the computer. Every time I pull up to a stop light, the engine dies.

Makes me think of having spaghetti tonight.

We ran into one in our back pasture when I was young. We went to bring the cows in for milking and our dog decided to chase it across the field. Everybody said we were imagining things. A week later and about 8 miles north of us, someone shot it. Then DNR tried to charge him for killing something that didn't exist. Several years ago, I was deer hunting in the Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge and lost a part of my bow. I went back the next day without my bow but had my camera. I got several pictures of 2 laying at the edge of a piece of woods. Refuge people denied having any there. My dad grew up with the Refuge manager so I shared the pictures with him. He told me they had released 2 pairs in there to help reduce the deer population. Others around here have seen them back then too.

We have the Muscatatuck Wildlife Refuge in our back yard, which is a rest area in their migration. Every year, we have a lot hanging around for a few weeks, then move on. These in the picture are within 75 yards of the house.

I have seen Danny Dean pull many times over the years and never noticed until watching this video. His throttle was left handed and all the others are right hand.

Several years ago my dad got tired of all the headaches milking cows and someone else making the profits off it so he sold out the cows and milking equipment. He kept the farm and switched to beef cattle. He had a lot less stress and still had the animals and farm. He never considered selling the ground and having a lot of houses popping up where he devoted his life to caring for the good earth. I am now 76 and I still have my piece of earth too. I have a good younger farmer that rents my ground and cares for it like it should be. I get letters and emails or texts every week wanting to buy my place. Not going to happen.

We had a bright light show in Southern Indiana last night. Pictures are from here. In the first picture, I have an LED light to my left above the walkway and the bright LED on the garage, and the red is still bright. These were taken with my cell phone. I have ex family in Austin, Texas that sent me pictures of the view from down there.

Our walnut had zero, nothing, no nuts this year. I have 2 apple trees and got exactly 2 apples. If it is a hard winter, animals or people will be starving around here. The best reliable weather forecaster I have found is just look out the door and see what it is doing. I can't change it anyway.

Get one of these and you won't even need a tractor.

Discussion around a local breakfast liar's club about the price difference between tractors like 1086 vs 1066 and 1486 vs 1466. Why are the '86 series usually much lower than the '66 series? I have not paid much attention to newer than a 1466, but would like to pick up another tractor in that power size that I can still work on.

I have Hagerty classic car insurance on one of my cars. They did not need appraised or anything, just agreed value. I asked about miles limit per year and they said unlimited as long as it is not my primary transportation. Price has been much lower than the "cover anything" insurance companies like I have on the rest of the farm equipment and vehicles.

With the nail gun, I have seen an air nail gun shoot across a small room, about 15', and stick in the drywall. It was used on heavy oak lumber making large engine shipping skids so it was set on the max power. I also saw 2 guys get fired for doing that. The shot was not accurate but never point them at anyone and keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire it.

If you like Ford racers, you absolutely need to attend the FE Race and Reunion. Every car is required to be FE powered. Do a Google search for it. It started out several years ago in Pennsylvania and was held on 4/27. This year it was moved to Muncie, Indiana. They have had some of the top names in Ford drag racing as honored guests, both drivers of the past and some of the current top Super Stock cars. They do a car show and swap meet also. It is well worth the trip.

If the seller also has a very large number of items listed, it is likely a scam. Click on the name and scroll down to his current listings. There it shows all his active listings. If the same listing is posted in several cities/areas of the country, scammer.

My mother, 19 years ago. And my wife died 8 weeks ago yesterday after 54 years, 2 months, and 6 days. Seems empty around here now days. But I have plenty to keep me busy for the next century probably. Please let them know you really do care for them if they are still alive, even if you have never gotten along with them. Our parents are our window to family history long gone.

That white spot looks like one of those Chinese spy balloons. That is quite a blade on the front of that thing.

I tried to offer one of the tin men a bottle of water and he got irate with me. Said he thought I should give him some beer. None have been around for a few years. I guess I should get ready for them this year again. Still, no beer. If someone is a recovering alcoholic, I sure don't want to cause him to go off the wagon.

I had one stop several years ago. Barn roof was starting to turn brown and my wife didn't want me on the roof so I had him do it. He cut the silver with diesel fuel and within 3 months, it was washing off and the old rust was showing. 3 years ago, I had a different guy stopped. I had a million questions but he said he didn't even know of the other guy. I told him I wanted straight out of the bucket paint, not colored diesel fuel and he said he would do that. We signed a written contract with paint brand and color, straight from the bucket, several other things. He said his jobs come with a lifetime guarantee. Had his painter do the walls in res and I watched. Still looking good. Salesman that he is, he started asking about any neighbors I would recommend. When I walked away, I see the Tin Man (painter covered in the silver paint, don't know what skin color) had left an open bucket that had a smell different from paint sitting by the back of the truck. I told the salesman this was not what was agreed on and if he is not off my property in 5 minutes, I was calling the police. I talked with local police and the State attorney General's office with my contract and lots of pictures. They said they located the person on the card, but he lives in another state so not much Indiana can do.

Beecher City, IL $200 F. B. M.

Problem could be the brakes are new and covered with a rust preventive. It may take a few stops to clean them. My last trailer was picked up in Texas and brought to Indiana. They told me to take the access roads and not Interstate for the first 25 - 50 miles. There were many stop signs so I got the brakes warm before stopping for lunch. It smelled bad, like it was on fire. Never another problem.

chevenstein: What model New Holland baler is that? We had one like that, complete with baler thrower. I put a lot of twine thru that baler. Pulled it with a 1650 Oliver most of the time. We bought the Ollie new in 1967 and it is still here. It may not be all shined up but it gets used and I don't get upset if it has a little dust on it. I upgraded from 16.9x34 to 18.4x34 rears when I couldn't find the 16's within 100 miles. At the time we bought the Oliver, we had a 1966 656 diesel too. I really liked both. I told dad many times, if he ever wanted to get rid of the 656, I wanted it, no matter what. And like a lot of other things, he sold it to someone that used it for 3 years and sold it to a jockey that sold it to another state within 1 week, never to be seen again.

Anyone know where this is? Which flavor do you want? I don't have all day. We have been there many times when our daughter lived in the Village. Pops 66, 660 W Highway 66, Arcadia, OK 73007

This year would be 57 for me. We went to one several years ago and never again. One that I started first grade with had married a girl from another state and she didn't know anyone. They walked in, saw us and joined us at our table. After 10 minutes, he got up and hung out with the guys that were the "in crowd" during high school, leaving his wife with us. It was pretty obvious she was not happy with him, and I would too. All the others in that group also ignored the wives all night. Within the next 10 years, I am pretty sure all in that group had divorced. Some I saw almost every day so no need to go see them make like they were someone special. One I hung out with all thru high school I saw at car shows all the time, but he died 2 years ago.

Near here, Rose Acres said 2.8 million chickens and had some tested positive so they had to kill, burn, and bury every one. We have been smelling it since this started. They blame it on the sand hill cranes (sorry, no connection to Sandhiller ) and the ventilation system in their barns.

The picture down by the starter shows a hint of yellow or GOLD. Maybe this is 1 of 1 gold demo model which would make this a rare collector model. Maybe an experimental model made in 1970.