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When I was managing a group of investigators one of the situational awareness things we taught our young new folks was never underestimate the potential danger presented by old and/or apparently weak or busted up people. When you’re young and healthy, fight or flight is a decision if you get in...

I quit smoking pot in 1985. Smoked it partly because I was a teenager and it was easier to get than alcohol. I don’t drink either. For the people I have personally known that smoke pot or drink alcohol the percentage that partake in moderation v those that have a problem (i.e. “pothead” or...

I have an old blade similar to yours which I inherited from my father. I have used it occasionally for almost 50 years. Walked by it in the shed the other day and it struck me that the extra holes toward the top of the blade allow for shifting the whole moldboard to either side by removing the...

Got tired of the soup can on the exhaust thing on our old Farmall about 40 years ago, largely because it had a loader and the top of the stack was about 8’ off the ground so not convenient to access, and put one of those flappers on it. Took about 2 minutes for a 15 year old of kid to install...

Why is it all white? That’s not inclusive.

I put mine together on the 3 point and when it was all together wanted to take it off but didn’t have time to make a proper stand so I used a square U-bolt and a scrap piece of 2x4 to make a leg to hold up the front of it. Took almost 5 minutes to make. Originally intended to make a better stand...

I know this thread has gone off the rails, but… Is it possible in some areas to legally bury, cremate, or otherwise dispose of a corpse without involving a licensed provider? (Not sure how you’d do a home brew cremation unless you went with the currently out of vogue funeral pyre thing.) Kind...

The tributary showing on a map reminded me of a situation I had ancillary involvement in a few years ago. Land owner contracted with a grading company to flatten out about 5 acres that was shaped like a bowl with one end open so he could put up a commercial building and parking lot. It was...

Thats very sad. My father and his sister, who were neighbors at the time, quit speaking in 1974 due to issues over their mother’s estate. Shortly after my mother passed he casually mentioned to me he had no idea where she was at or how to find her. Having some experience in finding people, even...

We lived about 100 yards from my parents for about 26 of the 34 years we’ve been married. My mother passed about 15 years ago after surviving ovarian cancer and several years of Parkinson’s. My father took care of her at home until her last monthlong hospital stay. He wouldn’t accept any help at...

You can do it in NC unless you live in an incorporated town that prohibits it. There’s a little bit of a process, but it isn’t very difficult. You have to have it recorded as sort of an addendum to the deed. Depending on how much land you have and where you put the grave, it can devalue your...

Only problem I have, and it’s mostly with restaurants, is displaying a price, then adding labor fees, different prices for different payment methods (unless clearly stated and not in fine print), and/or adding any other miscellaneous fees regardless what they call them. Doesn’t matter if I’m...

Will miss your pictorials of your underground plumbing adventures. Hope you pick up something at least as lucrative and interesting.

You have any initial impressions of it? Significantly easier hookup? Worth the cost for those who struggle with standard system? An expensive gimmick to be avoided?

Thank goodness I don’t have sweet gum saplings growing out of my face, the stems of which I prefer to shatter rather than cut cleanly as I don’t care to encourage their regrowth. 🤣 I do sharpen my finish mower blades, but I don’t mow small trees with my finish mower.

When I bought mine, I had enough left in the budget to get the three rear remotes and top/tilt with the original delivery, but I couldn’t justify the expense to myself so I skipped them. I knew I could really use them on my first project, renovating the driveways and common private road...

I’ve seen a few on this forum and one other opine that the L4701 is an orphan model produced solely for mowing golf courses. We had a 60” rotary cutter long before we had the L so that’s what it’s paired with. If you trade up to a L4701 and stick with a 60” mower I can confidently assure you...

Once in a while, usually after doing a bunch of chipping or something where the hydraulic top and side link are no more useful than the original manual links, I kind of have a little thought that as nice as they are, I probably shouldn’t have spent that much money on something I’m not making...

If you squint a little you can see a house through the trees on the far side of the pond. That’s my parent’s old house, where our son lives now. The ground falls off pretty sharply about 6’ past the pond side of the house. Way too steep for any sort of equipment; much of it so steep it’s a bit...

Thinking a bit about your experience and several similar I’ve had, I kind of think there are a two take aways. The most obvious is: be careful, it can happen to anyone. The possibly less obvious is, particularly if doing something a little dicey, have a backup plan well rehearsed in your head...