Absent Minded Farmer Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 ....with his sheep, congregated upon a bluff? He must have his spyglass out to check up on the status of the black billy over the camp fire. :vD Mike.... I saw this cover picture & thought of you down undah, in NZ with all the sheep. Don't think you were around in 1928, but if you were..... you have aged well, sir! Also, I think that's the Alps in the background? The AT apparently didn't believe in cover photo credits, so its just a guess. Regards! Mike 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeper61 Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 48 minutes ago, Absent Minded Farmer said: Don't think you were around in 1928, but if you were..... Very few people around who were able too read that when it came out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I thought Mike was born in an excavator? Especially since he uses it like a 3rd arm. 😉 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 6 hours ago, Absent Minded Farmer said: ....with his sheep, congregated upon a bluff? He must have his spyglass out to check up on the status of the black billy over the camp fire. :vD Mike.... I saw this cover picture & thought of you down undah, in NZ with all the sheep. Don't think you were around in 1928, but if you were..... you have aged well, sir! Also, I think that's the Alps in the background? The AT apparently didn't believe in cover photo credits, so its just a guess. Regards! Mike .....Absent Minded Farmer ??? Uhmmm !!!! ....In 1928.....I was..to coin a phrase , still swinging around in "'Dadsbag"" (*)....and the release point came early in 1942..(this by mathmatical deduction....) thus there is no valid claim to being that ''sheep herder'' depicted on that American Thresherman magazine...... My journey through life has been littered with incidents best left untold...and even on the ''School of Hard Knocks '' honours board , where my name might have been , there would be a short notation...''Could have done better ''..or some similar condescending epitaph... ..thus , now as just a grotesque parody of the young man I once was...it is highly doubtful that my visage will ever grace the cover of a magazine ...... further more, as I slip seamlessly into senility....(along it would seem , with some of my Red Power friends...... ) ...things like the ''finish line '' must loom ever closer.... Anyway, '' Mike the AMF '' I enclose a photo of my "Rumpelstiltskin ' like visage...thus confirming the diminishing years ( now 80 )...and the resultant fossil look captured a few days gone..on a very warm spring day on the adjacent Molesworth Station ...always a picture of sartorial elegance..very little blubber......Levi's /black woollen singlet/ Canadian made braces and my old battered American made Stetson...which despite its well used appearance , keeps NZ's severe UV rays at bay ...plus it doubles as a ''rain ' hat......and, by the way, I still drink (black) billy tea..in copious quantities Thankyou, AMF, for you flattering comments Mike *..apologies to the Bagdad city Fathers 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Minded Farmer Posted November 25, 2022 Author Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 4:32 PM, mike newman said: .....Absent Minded Farmer ??? Uhmmm !!!! ....In 1928.....I was..to coin a phrase , still swinging around in "'Dadsbag"" (*)....and the release point came early in 1942..(this by mathmatical deduction....) thus there is no valid claim to being that ''sheep herder'' depicted on that American Thresherman magazine...... My journey through life has been littered with incidents best left untold...and even on the ''School of Hard Knocks '' honours board , where my name might have been , there would be a short notation...''Could have done better ''..or some similar condescending epitaph... ..thus , now as just a grotesque parody of the young man I once was...it is highly doubtful that my visage will ever grace the cover of a magazine ...... further more, as I slip seamlessly into senility....(along it would seem , with some of my Red Power friends...... ) ...things like the ''finish line '' must loom ever closer.... Anyway, '' Mike the AMF '' I enclose a photo of my "Rumpelstiltskin ' like visage...thus confirming the diminishing years ( now 80 )...and the resultant fossil look captured a few days gone..on a very warm spring day on the adjacent Molesworth Station ...always a picture of sartorial elegance..very little blubber......Levi's /black woollen singlet/ Canadian made braces and my old battered American made Stetson...which despite its well used appearance , keeps NZ's severe UV rays at bay ...plus it doubles as a ''rain ' hat......and, by the way, I still drink (black) billy tea..in copious quantities Thankyou, AMF, for you flattering comments Mike *..apologies to the Bagdad city Fathers Always good to see a fellow forum member out in your natural habitat. Never ceases to amaze me that you can take a picture anywhere in NZ & have it look like it should be on the cover of National Geographic. That must be your secret to staying motivated. That scenery would certainly keep me young at heart, even as my body clunks along. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeper61 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 5:32 PM, mike newman said: I enclose a photo of my "Rumpelstiltskin ' like visage...thus confirming the diminishing years ( now 80 ). If I use the Big Guy as a gauge of 80 you look 60 Mike 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ_alabama Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/23/2022 at 4:32 PM, mike newman said: .....Absent Minded Farmer ??? Uhmmm !!!! ....In 1928.....I was..to coin a phrase , still swinging around in "'Dadsbag"" (*)....and the release point came early in 1942..(this by mathmatical deduction....) thus there is no valid claim to being that ''sheep herder'' depicted on that American Thresherman magazine...... My journey through life has been littered with incidents best left untold...and even on the ''School of Hard Knocks '' honours board , where my name might have been , there would be a short notation...''Could have done better ''..or some similar condescending epitaph... ..thus , now as just a grotesque parody of the young man I once was...it is highly doubtful that my visage will ever grace the cover of a magazine ...... further more, as I slip seamlessly into senility....(along it would seem , with some of my Red Power friends...... ) ...things like the ''finish line '' must loom ever closer.... Anyway, '' Mike the AMF '' I enclose a photo of my "Rumpelstiltskin ' like visage...thus confirming the diminishing years ( now 80 )...and the resultant fossil look captured a few days gone..on a very warm spring day on the adjacent Molesworth Station ...always a picture of sartorial elegance..very little blubber......Levi's /black woollen singlet/ Canadian made braces and my old battered American made Stetson...which despite its well used appearance , keeps NZ's severe UV rays at bay ...plus it doubles as a ''rain ' hat......and, by the way, I still drink (black) billy tea..in copious quantities Thankyou, AMF, for you flattering comments Mike *..apologies to the Bagdad city Fathers Mike, I wish we were neighbors…. I’d think we would get along. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtanker Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Mike? Still wearing the same hat? You should think about replacing it!🤣 Rick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 5 hours ago, jeeper61 said: If I use the Big Guy as a gauge of 80 you look 60 Mike ..might have done a bit more hard graft than the Big Guy..Jeeper...suspect he may have been kept in the dark and feed fecal matter you know..like a Toads Tool..... Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeper61 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 3 hours ago, mike newman said: .might have done a bit more hard graft than the Big Guy. And that will keep you looking 60 for a long time Keep moving or they try to throw dirt on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 8 hours ago, oldtanker said: Mike? Still wearing the same hat? You should think about replacing it!🤣 Rick I like the hat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art From Coleman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 My question for Mr. Newman is, When is he going to quit stalling and take up the OFFICIALLY recognized native language of the Maoris, and what will his Maori name be? Quote The Māori language of the indigenous Māori people has been an official language by statute since 1987, with rights and obligations to use it defined by the Maori Language Act 1987.[20] He can then show us his tattoos also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, Art From Coleman said: My question for Mr. Newman is, When is he going to quit stalling and take up the OFFICIALLY recognized native language of the Maoris, and what will his Maori name be?tHe can then show us his tattoos also. ...couple of points there Art.....you have made the presumption that I may be ''stalling'' in respect of learning a language that the English Linguistic help create for 13% of our population...this many years gone..... Well..you are 100% correct I belong to the older..Conservative group of Kiwi's.....We have a cartel of Socialist hags pushing their unwanted agenda on the peasants....ideaology that has only destructive and divisive accord ...which seems to be the new 'normal'' in all our respective countries...This agenda in respect of so called indigenous people is tearing our little country apart....These left wing clowns here have re written our history...to make it all warm and fuzzy...so you cannot read about the early Maori getting a protein boost from a neighbouring tribe..."'eats...roots and leaves '' was the axiom that defined early ''homo erectus'' in New Zealand ( NB) I am just over this bullshit Art..the entitlement of various sectors.. so many useless young people....you cannot voice your displeasure in the media any longer..or the '''hate speech '' police'person' will bash your door down.....anyone wanting a ''partner'' needs to check the prospective partners plumbing set up....The health and safety brigade that has gone nuts...this constant brain washing about the flu..the climate ...petrol running at north of $11.00 NZ per imperial gallon...after the socialists in a breathtaking blow to the peasants killed our oli refinery and shut downour oil wells and gas fields etc etc etc ....no doubt about it..the Venezuela 'blue print '' is the way forward for the socialists ...and now the Maori language is all over the TV..and could be made compulsory in schools..this at a time where our education standards have declined alarmingly Mike NB.....that 'quote' applies to tthe ground bird called the Kiwi.....however in the '' roots...eats and leaves'' order...which , of course is no longer socially acceptable..applied to the ''early settlers ''...For the non Australasians here.....it translates to exchange body fluids ...then feast upon the luckless victim............... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 I'd say you're not political correct. You'd fit in fine round here except for your accent. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, acem said: I'd say you're not political correct Gheez Ace...what ever gave you that blasphemous thought ???? pensioners have feelings to, you know..... I am totally politically correct..... ...a traditional conservative..not some new age ''woke '' wanker...so I believe I would fit in with any of you good ol' hillbillys.... Mike 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Hillbilly Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 1 hour ago, mike newman said: Gheez Ace...what ever gave you that blasphemous thought ???? pensioners have feelings to, you know..... I am totally politically correct..... ...a traditional conservative..not some new age ''woke '' wanker...so I believe I would fit in with any of you good ol' hillbillys.... Mike Yessir...you sure would. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art From Coleman Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 7 hours ago, mike newman said: '' police'person' will bash your door down... And MURDER your family and pets in the process (And you all thought that only James Bond had a "license to kill". Which IS exactly why I feel as I do about law enforcement, well, that plus their utter contempt for the Constitution (Bill of Rights). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars (midessa) Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 That picture sure looks a lot like west Texas, except you have better fence post’s. LOL!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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