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The Al Qaeda terrorist's were proud of their work. There were mistakes made. We should have seen it coming. Like Pearl Harbor for the USand the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel.

I'm pretty brave around wasps wearing a full honey bee suit.

Growing rice takes much more fuel than corn and beans. Building and tearing down levees, leveling fields, rolling stubble. You spend alot of time on a tractor in the field. Plus alot of irrigation. Cotton is similar but not quite as much fuel. Inputs can be higher in cotton. Non irrgated soybean are near zero yield here this season.

Uhm, I don't see any sheep!?!?

Most around here have 10x that many hours... I have that brochure but can't post the pic.

Where/how do you get service manual information for newer vehicles? I have always purchased factory service manuals, troubleshooting guides, wiring diagrams, etc for my vehicles when I started having to work on the. I'm a bit stuck in the past so I can still get them used and/or pdf. However, in my discussions with people who work on newer vehicles (less than 20 years old), they appear not to be available in printed form. Most everything is from a subscription. Subscriptions work out good for shops using the information on a continuous basis. But what does a person who maintains their personal vehicles do??? This thought came up for me while I am repairing the engine/transmission wiring harnesses on my 93 D250 12V Cummins. It is a very simple harness compared to modern vehicles but is still difficult to figure out without the detailed wiring diagrams in the factory service manual. I can't imagine doing this job on a modern vehicle without wiring diagrams. Is there a way around the subscriptions?

Bought my first, a 1486, in the mid 90s, don't remember the exact year. Wow that cab was quiet and cool! Have several now. I sure like them.

I knew a woman in the Air Force stationed at Barksdale AFB at the time. Bush landed therei n AIr Force One that day for safety. He was in the air when the attacks happened. She said security at the base was crazy until he left. She was a B52 fuel system mechanic. She said a few weeks later they started bombing Afghanistan from the base with the B52s. They flew from Lousiana to Afghanistan and back nonstop. They did required maintenance when the planes landed, refilled with fuel and bombs then were sent back on another run. The pace was impressive.

My brother in law was living in NYC at the time. His wife worked in the UN building. They closed her office and she had to walk home as public transportation was closed.

A great many people are too young to remember. My kids don't remember it. They were 6 and 4 years old.

It says alot. Basically how the events unfolded in their offices. Everyone was slow to understand what was happening all over the world. Read the words and keep scrolling down. The videos are not translated on my phone. The transition is not perfect but good enough. Al Jazeera was the only news outlet in Afghanistan at the time so they had many scoops and the only footage at the beginning. It changed the world forever. The middle east of more than anywhere else. The vast majority of Arabs and Muslims were appalled by what happened and had nothing to do with what happened. But it effected them greatly. With your android phone, pull up the page. Look for the android menu, three dots on my phone. Open the menu and scroll down to find translate. That's how it works on my phone.

Another factory video of the 86 series

The constant swing of fuel prices strains us in may ways. Truckers deal with it day to day. Hopefully they can pass on fuel surcharges. But that's far from certain. Farmers and ranchers don't get to pass on fuel surcharges. We take the price we can get. Who would have put $5 off road diesel into their budget last winter? I know farmers who have run out of their money (loans) for the crop already. Higher input costs, high irrigation costs due to a long drought, higher diesel prices, etc. Something will have to give. Unfortunately it probably won't be pretty...

The 86 series tractors were introduced 50 years ago today. We can't do pics but here's a factory movie. Thanks to @rustred for reminding us. Share your stories!

Interesting perspective. https://www.aljazeera.net/video/al-jazeeraspecialprograms/2026/9/10/11-سبتمبر-كما-روته-الجزيرة Use Google translate for the site.

It was about this time of day

I remember well when it happened. And the skys were clear of contrails for days

Sounds quite nice. Try to post the pic, might get lucky!

What is it?

Ive never seen a 460 in person. Plenty of 560s.

It was a similar price when I bought some last month.

Gas was around $1.25 in 1980. That's over $5 a gallon equivalent now.