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Back South Again with More Projects

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A lot of driving. I have forgotten how much driving is involved when on the farm. Everything is far. But I also had to drive up and back twice to Syracuse to pickup/drop off Angie at the airport and a business meeting for Wisdomino in Albany. Yeah it was a lot of driving for me. All and all it was about 4000 miles in three weeks. Early in the morning I decided to check out some auctions (dangerous). I ended up being high bidder on a 2015 New Holland Boomer 33 ( "hours unknown, does not run, may have problems, no key, no battery" ) from the State of Tennessee. I figured I could swing by Nashville and pick it up on the way to Georgia. And indeed I did. It was only a couple of hours extra, maybe 4. But, it was more efficient than going to Georgia and then back and forth to Nashville. Nashville is about 4 hours from Duluth. So I was looking at a 4 hour savings. After I go through it and getting if working I will tow it up to the farm in NY. I wasn't prepared for a trac...
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Old Trucks built in Upstate NY and New Electric Cars

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I went to a car show in Atlanta the other day. I test drove a Chevy Volt. I was very impressed with the Volt. I may buy one of those. I also went into the Atlanta Underground and found a few old trucks. Both of them were made in NY. The Selden was made in Rochester and the Larrabee was made in Binghamton. Things sure have changed. It seemed appropriate they were on display down here not up in NY.