More new toys
Rat recently tried to draw an analogy by comparing different types of software by likening it to the difference between green and yellow machinery. Silly boy, we've got new machines and they're red. How is that analogy going to help me?
Here's a pitcher of one. It's a Case MX285. As the name implies. there's two hunnerd 'n' eighty five wild stallions under that bonnet, just waiting for me to give them the signal. And of course, red ones go faster. I don't like it as much as the old mean greenie. The controls are not as well thought out. On the plus side though, it does have a shitload of grunt, the CD player (no mp3s. Boo.) sounds good and it's larger inside than my first flat. Best of all though, it has
twin cupholders!!!11!! One of them is even designed specifically for my coffee cup! Spooky, huh? It's, like, it's like they knew I'd be driving it.
Trippy, man.
Still, at nearly a quarter of a million dollars a throw, you'd think that it would come with it's own coffee maker. Things sure have improved a lot over the years, though.
I grew up about an hour and a half south-east of Melbourne in what was a spud and dairy district (these days it's more carrots, onions and beef, I don't believe anybody is still milking in the district). I can still remember in primary school the father of a now deceased friend of mine bought a Ford 5000 tractor. We thought that it was the duck's guts. I mean, it was sooo big.
We've got one here. I'm not so impressed by it, though.
Here's a pitcher of one. It's a Case MX285. As the name implies. there's two hunnerd 'n' eighty five wild stallions under that bonnet, just waiting for me to give them the signal. And of course, red ones go faster. I don't like it as much as the old mean greenie. The controls are not as well thought out. On the plus side though, it does have a shitload of grunt, the CD player (no mp3s. Boo.) sounds good and it's larger inside than my first flat. Best of all though, it hastwin cupholders!!!11!! One of them is even designed specifically for my coffee cup! Spooky, huh? It's, like, it's like they knew I'd be driving it. Trippy, man.
Still, at nearly a quarter of a million dollars a throw, you'd think that it would come with it's own coffee maker. Things sure have improved a lot over the years, though.
I grew up about an hour and a half south-east of Melbourne in what was a spud and dairy district (these days it's more carrots, onions and beef, I don't believe anybody is still milking in the district). I can still remember in primary school the father of a now deceased friend of mine bought a Ford 5000 tractor. We thought that it was the duck's guts. I mean, it was sooo big.
We've got one here. I'm not so impressed by it, though.
posted by Dirk at 1:54 pm
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certainly a lot more flash than the rubbish i was given to drive. errr, it was red though, but a lot paler. dunno what brand it was either.
my mate was driving a ford with a semi-automatic 9 speed gearbox (i'd never heard of that before) with more grunt, while i was driving this old red tractor 4 speed with a hi and low range thingy.
we were meant to be harrowing this field, but we ended up having a race. dunno how effective that makes the harrowing. he'd go past me uphill (and i've have to change down gear) but i'd beat him downhill.
to this day i'm amazed we didn't lock the harrows we were dragging together. they were about 3 times as wide as the tractors. (and we were clueless idiots)
Rat,
by the sounds of it, it probably was an old International, which is now part of Case. Coulda been a Massey Ferguson, but I don't remember them having quadboxes. These days the gearshift is electric, push button. You can even alter the number of gears it changes by for each push of the button. If you want to be real lazy, you can set the tractor to 'record' and do a lap of the paddock, then prees 'play' and it will repeat everything you did on that lap - gearchanges, throttle setting, hitch position and load - everything except steering. But the GPS guidance system will do that, anyway.
ummmmm so just why are you there?
You could set up a cot and a telly and have a kip after watching Neighbours. ;-)
Hooch,
I'm there to produce profits for the company.
Some places actually install TV's and DVD players in their tractors, when they are GPS guided. I don't agree with it, there's plenty to keep your eye on.
So when're you gonna post a pic of yourself, Dirk?
Cant,
make sure you're alone. Put some music on, light a few candles and make yourself comfortable, there's nekkid photos of me here.
You had me laughing before I even clicked! Good thing I'm not good at following directions (no candles, not real comfortable). Dang it! Ouch!
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