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Machinery Infatuation

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I bought my first NEW piece of farm machinery. I am not sure if this is a failure or a success, but it is different. I picked up a NEW Rotary Cutter (bush hog, brush hog, mower, etc) from a dealer. It cost me almost as much as the tractor did with its bits of hardware and options. It seems to work well on the CNH Boomer 33. I planned on getting up to NY in the next couple of days, but Gracie has been sick.. she has been up and down. The steroid treatment and a change in diet seem to be helping at this point. Besides hauling the tractor and mower up to NY I have numerous events planned over the next month. I will be in Charlotte for a conference as well as Tucson Arizona and of course other events and activities. I started installing radio equipment in the Humvee. It now has a telescoping 30 foot antenna, a 24 volt to 12 volt converter, a removable SDR radio and some other stuff to be sure. I'd like to get it to the Stone Mountain Hamfest -- thats what i am shooting for. I thr...
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I realized this morning I haven't blogged in a coon's age (whatever that means). I am finishing up a week long meeting in Vianen Netherlands. Today, Friday, I will be in Utrecht Netherlands all day. We went to a DITA XML conference that was held in the same buildings as where Rene Descartes philosophized. Great place for discussion in the formative years of the semantic web language. The Dutch people have been fun to learn about and it has been a very productive trip. I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed in Atlanta Saturday night. I expect to sleep for many hours. Its not that my bed here in Europe isn't comfy, there is just something special about your familiar home bed. I expect to close on my new house in a few weeks. There are so many foreclosed properties on the market it slows down the processes of selling bank owned properties. I am looking forward to getting the work done to the house and living on a lake. I got to use Atlanta's new international air ...