I remember, in 1948 - 49
Jan 18, 2023 16:59:39 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
plumbob wrote:
That there is Butch but I am sure you remember our mentality back then. Look at all the skin cancers we are having cooked off just from going shirtless to impress the girls.
Young dumb n full of ###. I did wear a hat all the time. Took awhile but the freezing n cutting caught up to me.All the fumes n dirt I inhaled over the yrs. Not to mention the chemical at farm n orchard I dealt with. No protective gear. Just did it. Getting down in manholes never a thought about methane. Guess most of us are lucky we got this old. 👍
Jan 18, 2023 17:56:12 #
Two of many (obviously not that smart). Lady unhooked her boat trailer, it rolled down the ramp and smashed my knee. Dr. wanted to cut off my leg, because of the swelling "Said no way". Eventually had to have a new knee. Second was getting penned against a fence by a small bull. Had to have knee surgery again on the opposite leg. All in all, pretty lucky, the first one would have ended my career in the fire service.
Jan 18, 2023 18:32:27 #
Grizzly 17
Loc: South central Pa
Dakoda wrote:
Two of many (obviously not that smart). Lady unhooked her boat trailer, it rolled down the ramp and smashed my knee. Dr. wanted to cut off my leg, because of the swelling "Said no way". Eventually had to have a new knee. Second was getting penned against a fence by a small bull. Had to have knee surgery again on the opposite leg. All in all, pretty lucky, the first one would have ended my career in the fire service.
Your legs sure took a beating Dakoda. Wonder which launch your boat video she watched. Old fellow on farm next to one I worked had a big bull pin him in a stall. Messed him up bad
Jan 18, 2023 19:05:58 #
flyguy wrote:
Thirsty, my dad's bootlegging days were over and h... (show quote)
summer early fifties
So four of us are bailing hay in Westwood. ( we are two 8 year olds and two ten year olds). three of us are sitting on the fence surrounding the Angus Bulls waiting for the kid pulling the rake to finish so we could have lunch. He drives up to the fence and hops off the tractor, oops forgot to shut it off! slams into the fence knocking me in with the bulls, Donny under the tractor and Glen spinning under the rear wheel. I hopped the fence a t a full run headed to one of the other tractors to get help. when we return to the corral the tractor had stalled Donny is pinned under the front wheel and Glen is standing there with a broken wrist holding what is left of his right ear. driver is nowhere to be seen. I was ten, the tractor was a farmall Cub that I bought off Donny in the eighties sold it back to him in 2000. we must have been nuts.
Jan 18, 2023 21:07:30 #
ripogenu wrote:
summer early fifties br br So four of us are bail... (show quote)
How bad were the boys hurt?
Jan 18, 2023 22:20:33 #
1959 I was eleven yr old helping dad to tear down a brick two stories store step on a rusty 20 penny nail went clear through my boot and foot have to walk two mile back home on a train track it was a long two mile walk before mom got the nail out and boot 🤬🤬🤬
Jan 19, 2023 07:59:36 #
Dakoda wrote:
How bad were the boys hurt?
Glen has a broken wrist and a torn right ear, Donny had a sore shoulder from being under the wheel for a while. I had a 6" gash on my right calf (no idea). Gordon, the driver of the tractor ran all the way home (18 miles)
Jan 19, 2023 10:32:39 #
ripogenu wrote:
Glen has a broken wrist and a torn right ear, Donny had a sore shoulder from being under the wheel for a while. I had a 6" gash on my right calf (no idea). Gordon, the driver of the tractor ran all the way home (18 miles)
Gordon should have become an Olympian runner. I’ve had tractors for many years, my first was a Ford 8n with a nice loader. I did get it on 2 wheels one time on a hill side. Fortunately It rested against a tree. No damage to me or the 🚜 tractor. But it was a lesson learned.
Jan 19, 2023 13:47:24 #
Dakoda wrote:
Gordon should have become an Olympian runner. I’ve had tractors for many years, my first was a Ford 8n with a nice loader. I did get it on 2 wheels one time on a hill side. Fortunately It rested against a tree. No damage to me or the 🚜 tractor. But it was a lesson learned.
My brother and I worked for the State mowing roadsides with our 8N Fords with a mid-mounted side sickle. We would put them on two wheels quite often but the side-mounted mower would save our cans. We never tipped one but we heard about it happening. We would also get them stuck once in a while. We mowed grass 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. I was 15 years old, I was supposed to be 18 but I lied about my age. I made a lot of money then but didn't have time to spend it.
Jan 19, 2023 13:58:40 #
flyguy wrote:
My brother and I worked for the State mowing roadsides with our 8N Fords with a mid-mounted side sickle. We would put them on two wheels quite often but the side-mounted mower would save our cans. We never tipped one but we heard about it happening. We would also get them stuck once in a while. We mowed grass 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. I was 15 years old, I was supposed to be 18 but I lied about my age. I made a lot of money then but didn't have time to spend it.
I wish I had been that industrious back then. I worked as a box-boy for a couple of years, I joined the Coast Guard at 18.
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