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Tell a Lie Day is on April 4 and it gives us permission to tell a lie within reason. It comes only a few days after April Fool’s Day and it makes for the perfect companion holiday for those still in the trickster spirit. There are certain times when lying is acceptable. One of which involves bluffing during a game of poker. It’s better to keep a straight face and act as if our hands aren’t as great as they are. Afterall, sometimes being as good liar can pay off! Tricksters have been around since the beginning of written myths. They’ve appeared in folktales all over the world as gods, goddesses, spirits, and animals with human traits that have the propensity for causing trouble. “Aesop’s Fables” is a collection of fables from a slave and storyteller in Ancient Greece that was published in 1876. In his story, “The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf”, a boy lies to villagers about a wolf eating his flock of sheep. The boy was actually lying to create a bit of excitement. When a wolf actually came, he told the villagers but they had caught onto his game and they didn’t believe him. The shepherd boy’s sheep were eaten and a wise man tells him that a liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. In 1940, Italian author Carlo Collodi’s novel “The Adventures of Pinnochio” was adapted to an animated film. In “Pinnochio” an elderly and impoverished woodcarver was so lonely that he wished for his puppet to come to life. The Blue Fairy appears and grants him his wish, bringing life to Pinnochio, but he’s still made of wood. Through Pinnochio’s trials, he has to make a series of choices that test his goodness and if he tells a lie, his nose grows. The Washington Post Fact Checker began as a temporary project aimed at fact-checking the 2008 presidential campaign. Veteran reporter Michael Dobbs served as the Post’s Fact Checker columnist during its first temporary run. Dobbs started the column's use of its "Pinocchio" rating scale in September 2007. Statements ruled misleading receive one to four Pinocchios, with more misleading claims receiving the most Pinocchios. Today, being a liar isn’t seen as an admirable trait in most circumstances, but Tell a Lie Day offers people a chance at pretending for a little while.

Cool stuff! It’s like a rocket stove, underground

The teardown of HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! has begun!

That’s probably true. It’s probably more than 1

You're darned tootin'!

This…I installed the 3 dollar Harbor Freight reflectors. They fit where the old ones were perfectly.

In 47 years of marriage, my wife had NEVER worn anything that made her look fat!---and I doubt she never will!

"Wait a minute honey, calm down. I bought this tractor for YOU" She still believes she has one and asks about it every once in a while. LOL It'll be my death bed confession

No, I didn’t buy another tractor..

My Amish neighbor came over and helped me today and we got the rest of the floor tore up. Pieces of plywood are loose just to walk on to get the barn doors closed.

Thanks for the add. Purchased my father-in-law's 1999 314-8 that he bought new, he used it for mowing his 3 acre yard until a couple years ago when he bought a zero turn. It was in pieces when I hauled it home, got it put back together and running. I mowed with it for about a year, and now it has sat for about a year. Need to do a little more work on it, but that's for a different post. Thanks all.

I preferred to call it creative bull$hitting...

Yep.

Not the best Pic. I had to take it before they moved. Bella and Faith guarding the 875

I do not have 1 tractor stored at JIm's. @WHX??

We got a "sick egg", a torn up slice of bread mixed with a soft boiled egg in a bowl.

Mom always fed us milk toast when we were sick, minus the sugar. Now sugar sandwiches on the other hand was an after-school treat.

The rear wheels on both pictured machines are the same, at 12x7.50. Those can be swapped. You can actually go up to 10.50 width with turf tires. The fronts are not the same. The wider 6.50 tires can be made to work with both, but the narrower front tires on the 856 may not fit the wider 414-8 wheels. Maybe with tubes?

You guys were abused as children ! ! ! I got Ice Cream when I was sick. I felt sick lotsa times.

So I lived thru six methods of music conveyance not counting radio...Tuna's old he prolly goes back to smoke signals. Vinyl Eight track Cassettes Reel to reel CDs Internet including other computer crap... flash drives, phones, Bluetooth... Back in '79 when I lived in CT there was a rock radio station in Harford... WHCN I think... maybe one of you CT guys know. They had a spot week nites where they would play hr half straight of stuff from one band. Doors, Clapton, ... what we now call classic rock. We used to record them on cassette. Made for some great tapes. We all had wicked audio setups back then ... real freaks about it. Receivers, amps, tuners, turntables, tape machines, big speakers, big money. Forums out there on it these days. Guess they call themselves audiophile. OK sorry for the stroll down that lane. So I still got all these cassettes and no way to listen 'cept the 95 GMC that eats them. Got a converter thingy in the Jungle & crawled in the attic for an old player. Not quite the quality what the frea..er .. audiophile would demand but bet if a guy was really good at it?? Anybody else do this? Anyone know anything about Audacity?

Thems fer breakfast... pancakes

So does he take the whole tractor there or just rip out the wiring harness and take that? Another option... https://a.co/d/5EbkNl3

FOOP!!!!!!

I just filled one with 1/2 quart extra by tipping tractor up on left side, fill, put in plug and lower it... easy peasy... that trick brought to you by @Pullstart...

Not a bolt at all. It's 3 pieces. 1 - 1" long 3/8" pipe nipple 1 - 3/8" pipe coupling. 1 - 3/8" pipe plug All pieces should be readily available at any hardware store. I believe pipe plug takes a 9/16" wrench.

Been working on the 1965 Fireball 8 that came out of my 875. This engine had some vertical scratches on the piston and the valve faces were dished pretty good. So new piston, rings and valves. I need to do a cleaning on the test stand carb a traitor! This is a spark advance/non compression release style engine. I'm going to put it in HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! my 857. That engine stinks to high heaven when I use the tractor. So this engine will go in and I will rebuild the 857 engine and reinstall it when done. Then this 875 engine will be sold or put on the shelf.

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Use a rolled up newspaper to singe off the hair. Stuff them like a turkey. Roast with onions spuds, and parsnips. They are nocturnal, but I often find the flat species sleeping in the middle of the road.

Broke out the pressurized (canister) sandblaster today, finished blasting the weight box for the '73, and got a coat of primer on that and other related parts. Hopefully I'll get the red on tomorrow. Low end paint job; Rustoleum and a roller. Maybe I'll try to learn how to use a sprayer one of these days. I need to get an air feed for the sandblaster headgear and some gloves that won't fill up with media. (I'm going to try to modify an old CPAP machine to blow air into the hood.)

@ebinmaine may have 1 or 20...

More progress today: filled trans with a secret recipe derived of 30 wght and Lucas oil treatment... only the Baldwin sisters on Walton's Mountain know the true "Recipe"... Predator 212 is the power plant. Done 2 previous and I know what to expect... TSC pulleys ( Made in USA!) and belt from Tractor Supply. Fitment and clutch figurementation next... still working out hand vs foot pedal clutch system due to auto to manual swap... right now, hand lever is the leading concept... All for now...

I wish I had a working cassette player. I have about a hundred or so live bootleg tapes, and access to literally thousands of others at a friend's place, and no non-destructive way to listen to any of them. It's on my list. Jim, you ever watch any videos from Skylabs Audio on YouTube? They're a small vintage audio equipment and sales company in Iowa, very easy to watch, not snobby at all.

Ahh that’s where I’ve heard the tipping tractor to side before. Thanks

Once I got it cleaned up and blown out, I saw I was fighting with nearly melted plastic too, I was able to finally get it freed up. I've got a stens branded switch coming in Sunday. I'll see if I can source new lock inn crimps locally, if not I'll make do with the basic style I have on hand. Thanks

This is what Toro used for the 42" RD Recycler decks. Just to give you an idea...

Not exactly a basket case… I’ve hauled worse home before (just not wheelhorse). Just put back together what my father in law started, and with subsequent trips to his shed looking for missing pieces.., think I found most of them.,

Makes sense. I Would much rather fill the transmission thru that hole than having to remove the shifter.

You would gain oil capacity that might be of benefit. Not sure it is necessary though.

There is a tab on the connector that needs to be pushed in, then the terminal will come out of the back of the plug. A pic of the connector to help you out and one source for new connectors. https://www.amazon.com/Baomain-Female-Terminals-connector-insulated/dp/B01MFEDLM4/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3MJAEWPQ0MGNC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vQA9w-KcNJ6D7be3mW3pJ8Qcl9sYWNmhfgyG8JesP_UDkUN2MSqWksrooucFCMcygEJmr9oHFF4bFpKfRFMBNhJritunLrg_PziXCECZuARtvvqIO1y-enthHMjPZsw2g2fQShCx3XtdtUifenL6-s9K0cW4rg0fndsRFO1PttItxQgxY4MrE8_T1xc6SIuFHRClHGbtlo-9q_osbX338hs5vPDSewOHQjOf6DMiBGc.qhUO-HPNtSp8Ny-_un-aRGU52G7q7-URDf2x49ksR2o&dib_tag=se&keywords=female+spade+connectors+for+plugs&qid=1743790743&sprefix=female+spade+connectors+for+plugs%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-3

The only possibility I'm personally aware of might be Then and Now Automotive in Massachusetts

Thanks for letting me join this site and thanks for the help trying to navigate how to comment on each post model number is 73400 and I am not very mechanically inclined but willing to try

Here's the final product of the basement apartment bathroom divider door installation.

Yep! My two brothers and I ate plenty of sugar sandwiches when we were growing up right here in the midwest of the US of A. We also consumed milk toast. Buttered toasted bread in a bowl of warm milk with plenty of sugar.

Me too... for years. Agree on expense, but past history is all there with a couple clicks... fast and easy.

I use Turbo Tax, but it's getting expensive.

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