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I change my oil on a regular basis and this new mower tells you when the oil needs changed and when the battery is low and when the break is on and has a fuel gauge also .I never sharpen a blade I just put on new ones ,if it is not done by a pro the blades can get off balance .I always grease the wheel points and everything else that says it should be greased and I add stabile ethanol treatment to my gas .
 

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A good friend's father had them out waxing the combine when we were collage kids. That is a lot to clean and wax. I think I would pass on that one and be happy just to hose if off after the harvest.

The kubota BX I picked up used a year ago had faded to several different colors. I don't think it was inside much. They dying hydraulic hoses are an indication of that too. Had it been kept indoors It would have been worth about 3K more. Still with some TLC it should outlive me.
 

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My father always waxed his rototiller and tractor and even his wheelbarrows .We would spend forever waxing stuff so I grew up with it .Old oil for wooden handles and shovels and garden tools soaked in buckets of sand and oil mix .One thing is they never rusted
 

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My hubby is still trying to fix my Kubota. Parts just arrived in the mail for the transmission. When we first bought the thing brand new about 10 yrs ago the tranny was bad and would not go into reverse so the place we bought it had to put a new one in. Hubby didn't spend much for the parts as he's not sure it can be fixed but says it's worth a try. We'll see how it goes, otherwise new mower in my future. I've been using a push gas mower to go around my flower beds as his big zero turn one is just too big to get close enough for my liking. That darn push one is not auto drive and it can be a bugger to use. Will have good muscles anyways!
 

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My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed.
I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have Sex?'
'No,' she answered.
I then ...said, 'Is that your final answer?'

... She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..'
So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend."

And that's when the fight started...

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I took my wife to a restaurant.

The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.

"I'll have the rump steak, rare, please."
He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?"
"Nah, she can order for herself."

And that's when the fight started.....

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My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school
reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his
drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.

I asked her, "Do you know him?"
"Yes", she sighed,
"He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking
right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he
hasn't been sober since."

"My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on
celebrating that long?"

And then the fight started...

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When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed.
But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat,
making beer.. Always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point.
When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing
scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into
the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again
I handed her a toothbrush.

I said, "When you finish cutting the
grass, you might as well sweep the driveway."

The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp.

_____________________________

My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels.
She asked, "What's on TV?"
I said, "Dust."

And then the fight started...

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Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the
boat up to the van and proceeded to back out into a torrential
downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather
would be bad all day.

I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife's back;
now with a different anticipation,
and whispered, "The weather out there is terrible."

My loving wife of 5 years replied, "And, can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?"

And that's how the fight started...

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My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds."

I bought her a bathroom scale.

And then the fight started......

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After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply
for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me

for my driver's License to verify my age. I looked in my pockets

and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that

I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later.

The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'.
So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair.

She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application.

When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office.

She said, 'You should have dropped
your pants. You might have gotten disability too.'

And then the fight started...

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My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror.

She was not happy with what she saw and said to me,
"I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you
to pay me a compliment.'

I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect."

And then the fight started........

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I rear-ended a car this morning...the start of a REALLY bad day!

The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!!
He looked up at me and said 'I am NOT Happy!'
So I said, 'Well, which one ARE you then?'

That's how the fight started.

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One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot
as a Christmas gift...

The next year, I didn't buy her a gift.
When she asked me why, I replied,
"Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"

And that's how the fight started
 

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why do my cold hardy palms have flower spikes like a yucca.We are now getting ready for a bad storm also
 

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I just noticed the sight I found pondfilter.com has 12 ft windmills starting at 278 dollars and they sell the conversion kit for 139 dollars .Can't really tell how tell they are made though .
 

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One of the lame things the EPA has done is mandate that small engine carbs not have a main jet adjustment for mixture. This can cause them to run too rich at altitude. My little Ariens RM that we call go-putz is so full of carbon that it runs much better on premium.

The carbon in the combustion chamber reduces the combustion chamber volume so when the piston comes to the top the fuel/air mixture is compress more then intended for the design. This would be not so bad but the carbon can stay hot and set off the fuel ahead of the spark plug. This is called pinging or knocking.

I found the info on the net to add that sort of adjustment to the carb. Going to give that and some Sea Foam a try to see if I can get it de carboned without tearing it down.

But I don't want to work on that till I get the pond liner out of the shop.I

I tore a 3 foot gash in an EPDM pond liner while trying to hook the backhoe up to the tractor. It over centered and the bucket went into the pond. I scratched my head about this a while. I have taped it together on one side using heavy duty duct tape (gorilla). Then I can flip it over and apply the patch to the other side without worries about keeping it in alignment. Patch is more EPDM with a layer of the Loctite PLS30 applied with a plastic scraper. Then a bit of paper over the top and weigh it down with concrete blocks for a day.
 

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The minister was visiting a farmer that had spent years taking some neglected farmland and turning it into a garden spot. "It sure is amazing what you and the Lord can do" the minister said. And the farmer answered 'It sure is, but you should have seen this place when God had it all to himself".
 

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mine is a V twin and has 2 cylinders and what a difference in the sound and vibration .
 
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Koi Guy, thanks for the good laughs! LOVED those, going to try to steal them (copy/paste) and put on FB ...
Sissy, that palm is nice if it blooms like that. The yuccas around here have a larger flower, more like a bell. But, then, the yucca I dug up in a woods 2 years ago has still not bloomed, so I may never know for sure what the bloom spike looks like.
 

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I have yuccas and they all bloomed but I have never heard of a palm doing this and the smell is so sweet it is sickening.I planted these last year and they are flowing and they are now close to 5 feet tall .I am hoping the pink flowers will be bigger this year .They are hibiscus
 

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found this today online
 

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I read somewhere that you can't paint on a galvanized metal windmill. Asked the seller, and they said if I wanted it painted, I had to buy the baked on painted towers. I will find out, as the neighbor used galvanized metal for the tail on my "new" windmill. He said it would take paint, so I hope he's right! If not, he will cut me another one, as his family has a sheet metal company.
The tower I got is over 40 years old, and is welded. Not many these days are welded, can't ship them if they are. Maybe if someone welded the joints after it was put together it would last, too. I'm just happy to have mine up and spinning now! Just need to paint the tail and then going to write my "farm" name on it ... Country Escape! Here it is with the new tail.
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And, here it is in motion.
 

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you can paint them if you use a metal primer and on there sight they have several colors you can pick from plus the adapter kit is 139 dollars but it is out of stock it says
 

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