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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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Angie has been working a crazy schedule at her job at a jewelry company. I decided to take a day off from work so we could do some advemture together. We decided to go visit a modern megalithic site here in Georgia. A road trip in Februray. The weather was clear, a bit chrisp, but sunny and clear. The Georgia Guidestones are about an hour and a half drive from Duluth. They sit in Elberton GA, where there are huge deposits and quarries of Blue Granite. I like to say "Gran-ITE". Since it is a mineral after all. We dont say "stalag-TIT" do we? Anyhow. It was a good day trip exploring Richard B. Russell lake and the back roads of Georgia. It struck me again how depresesed and unchanging Upstate NY is compared to Georgia. The semi truck we saw splitting at the seams was exactly that. The suspension was flexing the trailer a lot. It seemed dangerous to me. I am glad I was not pulling it waiting for it to fall apart on the highway.