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Hey all. So I've been away from this forum and the great people on it for quite a while now. Still snoopin' around from time to time though but not posting (much) and I miss the interactions that come from that. Reason being, life happened and about one and a half year ago, after a VERY stressfull period ,my better half and I were able to purchase our dream house, to be turned into a dream home. I cannot overstate how blessed we are this worked out since times are challenging, housing prices are up, economics not great, politics.. I won't mention. The dream was to have no (direct) neighbours, a good sized barn/garage/workshop and room for a horse/horses. I'll let you guess who came up with which dream On the same street we lived on we purchased this house which is basically a farm as we know it from the 50's, so built right after the second world war. Solid base, room for improvements. It sits on 2.5 acre land which is spacious by Dutch standards. Not to brag but we calculated that the property of my SIL could fit 28 times on our lot. Some work has been done, a lot still awaits. Here are some pictures of when we bought the farm and over the course of I don't know how many days/months/years 'll take you along to current state, and beyond. TLDR: bought farm, no time for hobbies, I show pictures of what I'm doing in the meantime Greetings from the Netherlands, Mark

Thanks for all the birthday wishes fellas. i don't know how to act my age I've never been this old ... Was a good day spending it up here in northern WI. worked on getting a outboard running for my sister then went fishing on a private pond but got skunked. Went out to a cool place called Lost Land Lodge for Friday fish fry and old fashions which is a Wisconsin staple. Finished with white Russians and a fire pit.

Sleepy resting puppy. For the first time in nearly 3 weeks, Meeha was able to lay down outside in the sun and be a dog for a few minutes. Trina has tried twice to take the dog off pain meds but each time she shows signs of serious discomfort or even quiet yelping. We'll keep Meeha on those meds for another week and retry.

I have my dad's old Snapper. I usually use it a couple time a year, just jump it off the first start with one of my Wheel Horses. After that it's easy to pull start.

Ya old man

Happy Birthday Jim

Had the Snapper RER I sold to my neighbor come visit today. He’d grown tired of pull-starting 12.5 HP (he acknowledged I’d warned him) and was ready to take me up on my promise to install his new battery. Did a full cleanup of the starting and charging electrical connections to forestall any issues and they tested to spec. Dropped in the battery and it started right up. Waved a smiling neighbor back across the street.

I have always heard that belts don't stretch, they just wear down. I hang on to a few long belts of both 1/2 and 5/8 in the event I'm doing a project where the factory belt isn't going to work. Cut the old belt, put it on and pull up the slack, once you figure the length is right use some tie wire to join the two ends and give it a try. Now you have a proper belt to take to Tractor Supply to measure and match up

I'll take any good ones. Don't toss them out and bring'm to Zags I do all kinds of nonsense things around here and prefer to just grab one off the shelf vs going out to buy them. It's good to have one of those long belts around to start other engines from a tractor PTO.