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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 am trying out a new blogging tool.   It has been a tough week for many. Binghamton made the national news albeit not in a positive light. I wish someone had a concealed carry pistol permit on site and could have taken the rabid dog down before he hurt or killed more people. Too bad.
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I went to Boston for work Friday. I stayed at my Dad's Friday night and came home Saturday. On the way back from Boston I stopped at my favorite secret town from my childhood in NY state and took a couple of pictures. I can't tell you where it was. Because it wouldn't be a secret any longer.
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I predict that the Dow will be at 9400 before December 2009.
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Here are a couple of videos from Playa Zancudo Costa Rica.
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Spring officially starts in about an hour and a half. It was a long winter. There wasn't that much snow nor did we get record low temps, but it was hovering around zero or below zero degrees for weeks and weeks and weeks. Good ridance. It was good to take vacation that first week in March as I did last year. The benefits are a combination of daylight's savings time changing, weather breaking up North and the respite of the Winter fatigue. It worked well this year. It is the way to enter spring. My hard drive is causing me trouble. My computer has been open on the desk for a few days with the hard drive kinda hanging out. CHKDSK won't run. It runs to 74 percent and hangs. It is a weird one. I bought a new hard drive. I will reformat everything and it will be good for another year. The computer needed to be cleaned out anyway.At least I don't loose a lot of data like I used to in he old days. I am headed to the scrap yard tommorow. I have pretty much picked clean the...
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Yeah we are back. Sorry for the delay. What a great trip. I have lots of more pics to post. Luckily we had left before the big earthquake. Interestingly. the epicenter was right where we went fishing. Here are a couple for starters. I had a pretty good seat on the plane ride huh? It was a great ride in a Cessna 208. It was very interesting for me and time flew watching the pilots. I learned a lot about turbine power plants. We caught 14 sailfish in one day. Fishing was excellent! The smallest one was about 80 pounds. The largest was over 15 feet long! In thinking about the fishing trip I realized the expereince cost more than my first boat. Then I thought then that the fish were bigger than my first boat. We caught well over a thousand pounds of fish. I didn't get a pic of a fish jumping, but I am still having the vision pop into my head. There is nothing like seeing a 15 foot fish jump 20 feet in the air about a 1/4 mile away from the boat and realizing that the only thing betwe...
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Everywhere we go in Zancudo there are books (in English) to read. Relaxion is a serious vocation here. I read a good book yesterday. I was inspired. I am working on a travelogue for this trip besides the blog. the trip and the experience warrants extra attention. We got together with a bunch of US folks last night for a fish BBQ. It was fun. The stories were hilarious. This is the picture of the fancy restaurant we have been to several times. These are the choices. Great food. Comfort. Warmth and freedom.
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