The Daily Yardman Thread

[bertsmobile1]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Tom,

Welcome back Amigo! That's a record in my book! I am sorry that you couldn't divert out to the coast for a quick visit and a lobster dinner though..

HEY!! Where were those girls when I was farming? I started out the first few years cutting my hay all by hand and then raking it up with a hand pulled 'dog' or 'drag' rake. The windrows would be pitched up in little hay stacks that were eventually loaded into the back of my '71 Datsun truck which I had rigged with stakes like a hay wagon. The hay was then hand pitched into the hay mow through a door at the end of the barn and all the kids in the neighborhood would carry it to the back of the mow and then sort of 'pack' it in. When the mow was full, I was done haying and I'd take all the kids in the back of the truck to a local lake for a swim and an ice cream on the way home. You could carry all the kids you could fit into the back of a pickup in those days and nobody cared.. We 'assumed' they had enough brains to hang on... Now-a-days, maybe they aren't so bright...

Roger

Well it is hard to hang on with one hand slicking back or roughing up your hair while the other is taking a selfie.
Last year down here over 40 idiots fell off cliffs while taking selfies of themselves 3 qualified for Darwin awards by killing themselves. ( only 2 got eaten by crocks & they were both Germans )
Over 300 idiots were pulled out of Sydney harbour when they fell in while taking selfies of themselves with the opera house in the background.

There is a big shitfight on now between the Greenies, the Tour operators & the harbour authorities.
They have been cleaning up the sewerage that pretends to be the Parramatta river to the extent that the world famous Sydney rock oysters have come back to the harbour and in particular to the rocks around Miller Pt ( Under the bridge & opposite the Opera House ).
The greenies are beside themselves and most of the time fish caught are now able to be eaten.
Unfortunately if it is not high tide , when the tourist fall into the harbour, they land on the rocks covered by oyster shells ( ouch ) and of course never get proper medical treatment so end up with major infections .
SO the tourist board wants the rocks painted with copper paint to prevent the oysters ( anti fouling ) and regularly cleaned of oysters.
the Harbour authority wants to put in a boadwalk out as far as the weed beds
The Ferry operators want it dredged.
and the Greenies want it left alone.

And when you were a lad, women of that age would have been busy having the 9 th of 14 children

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

There is a reason why people used to die from old age at 45 and those are 2 of them.
No doubt the daughters of city folk who have become "earth mothers" note the woman was sything bare handed and bare footed even 100 years ago people were smart enough to wear hand & foot protection.
Having swung grandads sythe I could guarantee that earth mother would not be able to walk if she did a full day like that. A sythe is big and heavy and gets swung about 1/2 to 1.3 the speed she was swinging it, even in short grass

Bert,

I couldn't agree more! I was taught to "run a scythe" by a man who was in his early 80's at the time and I couldn't get over with what 'apparent ease' he could cut hay.. Scything is mean work, but in my opinion no worse than walking barefoot on cut-off stubble! A good hours work with a scythe will leave you ruing the day you were born!

Roger

 

[willys55]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

And when you need to collect all that you cut:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIVAlV8YVF0&t=2s

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man, if that pitch fork snags the ground at the way she is pushing it......it is going to leave a good mark, maybe break a rib.

 

[willys55]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Well it is hard to hang on with one hand slicking back or roughing up your hair while the other is taking a selfie.
Last year down here over 40 idiots fell off cliffs while taking selfies of themselves 3 qualified for Darwin awards by killing themselves. ( only 2 got eaten by crocks & they were both Germans )
Over 300 idiots were pulled out of Sydney harbour when they fell in while taking selfies of themselves with the opera house in the background.

There is a big shitfight on now between the Greenies, the Tour operators & the harbour authorities.
They have been cleaning up the sewerage that pretends to be the Parramatta river to the extent that the world famous Sydney rock oysters have come back to the harbour and in particular to the rocks around Miller Pt ( Under the bridge & opposite the Opera House ).
The greenies are beside themselves and most of the time fish caught are now able to be eaten.
Unfortunately if it is not high tide , when the tourist fall into the harbour, they land on the rocks covered by oyster shells ( ouch ) and of course never get proper medical treatment so end up with major infections .
SO the tourist board wants the rocks painted with copper paint to prevent the oysters ( anti fouling ) and regularly cleaned of oysters.
the Harbour authority wants to put in a boadwalk out as far as the weed beds
The Ferry operators want it dredged.
and the Greenies want it left alone.

And when you were a lad, women of that age would have been busy having the 9 th of 14 children

we have similar issues here between the loggers and the tree huggers, followed by the occasional weekender that falls to his death trying to snap a selfie near the falls edge..........I hate weekenders more than the tree huggers

 

[Roger B]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

And when you were a lad, women of that age would have been busy having the 9 th of 14 children

I intended to mention that in relation to your comment about dying at 45.. You had to have as many kids as possible (half of them died before the age of two of some childhood dieses or another) just so you could work them like slaves so that you COULD live to the ripe old age of almost a half century!

Ahhhh, the good old days!

Just made fresh oyster stew for an appetizer for last night meal. The Damariscotta River now has numerous oyster farms and the sprat seem to get free and populate the rocks along the shoreline. One of Becky's cousins has an old saltwater farm (farm land that reaches all the way to salt water, so you can raise chickens, animals and dig clams (or harvest oysters - in this case) all from the same property) and he brought us a bag full. It went well with lobster sandwiches..

Rog

 

[Roger B]

Regards my last

Geez, I wish the "EDIT part of this forum actually worked! Then I could go back and correct all my mistakes and hide the fact that I'm actually an idiot!
Pisser....

Roger

 

[willys55]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

yup, if I dont check my spelling before I hit enter key...then the meaning of the words are skewed a bit

 

[primerbulb120]

Re: Regards my last

Geez, I wish the "EDIT part of this forum actually worked! Then I could go back and correct all my mistakes and hide the fact that I'm actually an idiot!
Pisser....

Roger

It does.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Re: MTD Yardman Transaxle Rebuild

Born on the bay back when Sydney only had 2,000,000 people and it was bliss.
In season , 1/2 hour with a lantern and net = 10lb estuary prawns, Yum.
Dad carried an oyster knife in his pocket at all times so if he was in the backyard on the turn of the tide, fresh oysters and a glass of port ( I can only eat shell fish cooked )
Off the back fence a two dozen or more type of fish depending upon the moon, wind & tide.
Row a mile to the reef and there was lobster, octypus & eel.

Now there is 4,000,000 morons the bay was dredged so yatchs could anchor there reef was removed, mudflats "smelled to bad for millionaires row" so they dredged the mud & replaced it with sand then wondered why there was no more fish.
Last thing was they were going to net off the entire bay because a few sharks have been seen cruising around the millionaires yatchs .

 

[BlazNT]

Re: Regards my last

Geez, I wish the "EDIT part of this forum actually worked! Then I could go back and correct all my mistakes and hide the fact that I'm actually an idiot!
Pisser....

Roger

Edit does work but at times you have to completely shut down you browser and then try again. When I say completely I mean every occurrence of it.

Edit is working as you can see. Do not us IE. Unsecure and total crap.