Homeowner Forum / Rural Living / May 2006

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"The Texas Highway Patrol, caught between the desires of the politicians
who pay their salaries and the motorists whose welfare they are supposed

I have a JD 212 that is going to need the drive belts replaced soon.  I
got new belts thinking... Noooo problem, I'll be ahead of the game and
get em before they break... just slide under, pull out the old belts
and throw on the new ones.... I got the slide under part done with no

Why are most barns painted red?
I always wondered why or how that came about.....
Kelly

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ational-55-mph-limi/

NEED HELP PLEASE WITH COOLANT CAPACITY FOR KUBOTA B-7100 TRACTOR,OR HOW
MUCH WATER AND COOLANT WILL i NEED?
THANKS GREENSIDE

It's getting close to the time when the fig trees will start producing.
This brings out the ants who think they have first claim to the fruit.  
What can I use to evict these little beasties from the area without using
pesticides or chemicals?

Fuckwit, who sometimes uses the alias "David Harrison",
has long insisted that I have "lied" about his beliefs.
I have never lied about his beliefs.  He has written
thousands of usenet posts based on his beliefs, and I

For the truly frugal or desperate
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=87737.0

We had a good autumn, it was warm, sometimes very warm, we had lots of rain and
the grass was rocketing away ... until about 3 weeks ago. Then the cold
arrived, and it started raining in Earnest. Like 2-3 inches a day. Almost every
day. After 1 or 2 weeks of this, the grass ...

Wondering what recommendations folks have regarding stray cows that roam our
property.  I say "stray" but they belong to a fellow that leases the
property adjoining ours.  He doesn't live there, only keeps cattle on it.
He has several over there, and without fail, the cows will ...

Well folks now I have seen everything.
Just watched a clip on a Canadian channel about the latest methods of
milking cows.
Imagine a milk parlour where the cows decide when it's time to be

Apparently, the invasion by millions of foreign nationals, the turning
the US into a police state,and all the other nefarious crimes about pale
in seriousness when compared to not wearing a seat belt.
They are spending millions to threaten America's Drivers with fines and

I took a black bear on a trip to Newfoundland last Sep, he was pretty
fat, around 400lbs, lots of blueberries up there.  When I got it back
from the local butcher he included all the fat in a couple of bags and
I just threw it in the freezer.....I don't want to thow it away, I feel

I'm looking for a starling trap.  Does anybody make one
that even semi-works?