My quad thread got me thinking

[tubs]

That is the kind of life story that fascinates me. Please share more details if you are willing.

I was 20 years old when I came from the Netherlands my dad had a leased farm that my brother and nephews still farm today. I left behind my whole family 8 brothers and sisters so the chance to farm back home was almost nil. I worked for a few farmers and lumberyard and bought grain for about 10 years. My dream was to start farming some day. Bought a farm in 1992 it was 8 quarters in a block for 350k bought equipment for 100 k and off to the raises. Timing is everything. Bought some more land earlier on and are up to 15 quarters. Have not bought any in the last 15 years. We farm very challenging land with lots of solonetz. But it has been very rewarding. At the present I am farming with my son and farm about 4400 acres.

[blackpowder]

When I started trucking, guys were still hard mounting those things into the dashes of their big rigs! Now they have 40" flat screen TV's, Keurig's, and toaster ovens!

I went straight from an XJ radio telephone to the first flip phone.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

1959 model here grew up on a farm overseas and can remember as a little kid going to the blacksmith to shoe a horse. I moved to Canada in 1979 by myself and started farming in 1992. It has been quite a ride.From running 8 ft equipment to 60 ft.

That is the kind of life story that fascinates me. Please share more details if you are willing.

[tubs]

1959 model here grew up on a farm overseas and can remember as a little kid going to the blacksmith to shoe a horse. I moved to Canada in 1979 by myself and started farming in 1992. It has been quite a ride.From running 8 ft equipment to 60 ft.

[helmsdale]

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Only the oldies will remember these, still best darn phone compared to latest and greatest.

When I started trucking, guys were still hard mounting those things into the dashes of their big rigs! Now they have 40" flat screen TV's, Keurig's, and toaster ovens!

[foragefarmer]

Sorry drifted off there from the outhouse
A “54” had nothing to do with it
It was a liquor rap
How much are they now ?

Actually after getting the open liquor ticket you end up being in the shithouse after your parents found out about it

It seems the RCMP a lot more lenient back then, and gave those tickets rather than giving the breathalyzer.

Dam lucky many of a times, can believe how stupid I was taking that type of chance.

[malleefarmer]

Only the oldies will remember these, still best darn phone compared to latest and greatest.

[Blaithin]

Here's another one that came to mind. Remember after a big snow storm the huge snow piles that were created after the tractor cleaned the yard. These huge snow piles were excellent to make tunnels through.

Then of coarse all the snow forts, king of the castle, and tobogganing these mountains of snow provided us.

After supper we would enjoy all this fun under the reflection off the white snow created by the yard light.

Never ending fun!!!

People still do that. You don’t have to be born before 1970 to lay claim to that kind of fun! 😂

[rumrocks]

You had a basement?

Lugsury . . . . . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE

I remember a 60 got a few

i'm older ,lol (tm.chuck)