DIS Dads DDC XXXII: A Dole Whip in Paradise

[afwdwfan]

Good morning and happy Friday!

Prayers, Congratulations, whatever... for those of you who have posted over the past week or so.

I haven't been on much at all this week. I have just been crazy busy at work covering for people who have been out. We're actually fully staffed today, so I actually have a little bit of time to catch up around here and relax a little bit.

I posted some of this on my PTR, but thought I'd share here. In addition to my office job, I've been busy working on the farm in the evenings. I think I've been averaging about 4 hours of sleep over the past week or so.

The way we operate on the family farm, is that my Dad plants the corn and I till the ground ahead of him. So while he will plant from about 8 am until around 9 pm, I get off work at 4:30 and I start tilling ground for him to plant the next day. I can drive about 3 mph faster than he can plant, so I can have enough ground worked ahead of him to plant the next day if I work until about 12:30 or 1:00 am. On average, that's about 150 - 200 acres. I enjoy the work, but I have to admit I'm glad that planting season only lasts a few weeks. Right now, we've only got about 2 - 3 days worth of corn left to plant. If it lasted much longer it would really take a toll on me. The other crop we raise is soybeans, and my uncle and cousins take care of planting all of them. My grandpa is retired, but occasionally helps from time to time if something is needed during the day when my dad and uncle are the only ones around.

There is some rain in the forecast so that could be a bit of a blessing. I could use an evening/weekend to get a little bit of rest, and the ground is very dry right now. A little bit of rain would definitely help the corn that we've planted so far get up and out of the ground.

I took a few pictures from my "office" last night. I was having some problems with the tractor so I decided to take a picture of it while it was parked after dark while I was waiting on someone to bring me new fuel filters. I'm only a small part of the family farm ownership/management, but this tractor is one that I personally own. It isn't much, but it is 300 hp of brute force. I always think about upgrading to a newer, bigger tractor, but at the same time I appreciate the fact that this old thing (a 1981 model, same year I was born ) is simple and easy to work on. The only problem is that it just doesn't look like it fits in when it is parked next to all the green John Deere tractors that we have.

Ok, I hope I didn't bore everyone. I just thought I'd share a little bit about what I do when I'm not thinking about our next Disney trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

 

[disdadIL]

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Stop it now. I mean it.

 

[scott2997]

Sorry Scott, but that's funny!

Go ahead and laugh....Cleveland Professional Sports teams have been the laughing stock of all of their respective leagues.

One of these centuries (dare I say decades?) we'll have something, and you all won't be laughing then!

 

[Emma's Dad]

Go ahead and laugh....Cleveland Professional Sports teams have been the laughing stock of all of their respective leagues.

One of these centuries (dare I say decades?) we'll have something, and you all won't be laughing then!

 

[Goofy + 3]

Good morning and happy Friday!

Prayers, Congratulations, whatever... for those of you who have posted over the past week or so.

I haven't been on much at all this week. I have just been crazy busy at work covering for people who have been out. We're actually fully staffed today, so I actually have a little bit of time to catch up around here and relax a little bit.

I posted some of this on my PTR, but thought I'd share here. In addition to my office job, I've been busy working on the farm in the evenings. I think I've been averaging about 4 hours of sleep over the past week or so.

The way we operate on the family farm, is that my Dad plants the corn and I till the ground ahead of him. So while he will plant from about 8 am until around 9 pm, I get off work at 4:30 and I start tilling ground for him to plant the next day. I can drive about 3 mph faster than he can plant, so I can have enough ground worked ahead of him to plant the next day if I work until about 12:30 or 1:00 am. On average, that's about 150 - 200 acres. I enjoy the work, but I have to admit I'm glad that planting season only lasts a few weeks. Right now, we've only got about 2 - 3 days worth of corn left to plant. If it lasted much longer it would really take a toll on me. The other crop we raise is soybeans, and my uncle and cousins take care of planting all of them. My grandpa is retired, but occasionally helps from time to time if something is needed during the day when my dad and uncle are the only ones around.

There is some rain in the forecast so that could be a bit of a blessing. I could use an evening/weekend to get a little bit of rest, and the ground is very dry right now. A little bit of rain would definitely help the corn that we've planted so far get up and out of the ground.

I took a few pictures from my "office" last night. I was having some problems with the tractor so I decided to take a picture of it while it was parked after dark while I was waiting on someone to bring me new fuel filters. I'm only a small part of the family farm ownership/management, but this tractor is one that I personally own. It isn't much, but it is 300 hp of brute force. I always think about upgrading to a newer, bigger tractor, but at the same time I appreciate the fact that this old thing (a 1981 model, same year I was born ) is simple and easy to work on. The only problem is that it just doesn't look like it fits in when it is parked next to all the green John Deere tractors that we have.

Ok, I hope I didn't bore everyone. I just thought I'd share a little bit about what I do when I'm not thinking about our next Disney trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I always like your farming posts. My favorite picture of my grandpa is a shot of him sitting on a tractor some time in the '50s or '60s. There's something very noble about working the land in my opinion - Man's original job. It's on a totally different scale of course, but I get a great deal of satisfaction when I look at my yard and flower beds after a long weekend of work and it all looks just right.

 

[declansdad]

Go ahead and laugh....Cleveland Professional Sports teams have been the laughing stock of all of their respective leagues.

One of these centuries (dare I say decades?) we'll have something, and you all won't be laughing then!

I give you

 

[declansdad]

Good morning and happy Friday!

Prayers, Congratulations, whatever... for those of you who have posted over the past week or so.

I haven't been on much at all this week. I have just been crazy busy at work covering for people who have been out. We're actually fully staffed today, so I actually have a little bit of time to catch up around here and relax a little bit.

I posted some of this on my PTR, but thought I'd share here. In addition to my office job, I've been busy working on the farm in the evenings. I think I've been averaging about 4 hours of sleep over the past week or so.

The way we operate on the family farm, is that my Dad plants the corn and I till the ground ahead of him. So while he will plant from about 8 am until around 9 pm, I get off work at 4:30 and I start tilling ground for him to plant the next day. I can drive about 3 mph faster than he can plant, so I can have enough ground worked ahead of him to plant the next day if I work until about 12:30 or 1:00 am. On average, that's about 150 - 200 acres. I enjoy the work, but I have to admit I'm glad that planting season only lasts a few weeks. Right now, we've only got about 2 - 3 days worth of corn left to plant. If it lasted much longer it would really take a toll on me. The other crop we raise is soybeans, and my uncle and cousins take care of planting all of them. My grandpa is retired, but occasionally helps from time to time if something is needed during the day when my dad and uncle are the only ones around.

There is some rain in the forecast so that could be a bit of a blessing. I could use an evening/weekend to get a little bit of rest, and the ground is very dry right now. A little bit of rain would definitely help the corn that we've planted so far get up and out of the ground.

I took a few pictures from my "office" last night. I was having some problems with the tractor so I decided to take a picture of it while it was parked after dark while I was waiting on someone to bring me new fuel filters. I'm only a small part of the family farm ownership/management, but this tractor is one that I personally own. It isn't much, but it is 300 hp of brute force. I always think about upgrading to a newer, bigger tractor, but at the same time I appreciate the fact that this old thing (a 1981 model, same year I was born ) is simple and easy to work on. The only problem is that it just doesn't look like it fits in when it is parked next to all the green John Deere tractors that we have.


Ok, I hope I didn't bore everyone. I just thought I'd share a little bit about what I do when I'm not thinking about our next Disney trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Is this you?

I hope you get some rest soon.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Stop it now. I mean it.

Anybody want a peanut?



Ugh, I've been away far too long. Too much to do at work, and I'm missing work a few hours twice a week for PT on my knee. (Well, wouldn't say I'm missing it.... )

Hope everyone is doing good and doing something nice for their mothers/wifes/baby mammas on Sunday.

 

[FreezinRafiki]

Is this you?

That's him in the fall.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Everything is good. Just checking in.

Found this at the bottom of one of the DIS pages. Reminded me of the picture I posted in the evil 13 that got me a ding.

Maybe ok for work. <--- chick here.

 

[that's nice]

Evening guys. Hope all are doing well. Just got back from a great week at the world with the family. Wonderful trip. Exhausted now though, and glad to be home.

Welcome back to reality.

Not on Twitter, but did you watch the draft. Kiper basically b&^ch slapped Gruden about pick 17 because all he would talk about is Manziel going at every pick. It was pretty funny. The look on Gruden's face was classic. He was clearly, embarrassed, pi$$ed and clueless.

Then Berman tried to diffuse the awkwardness.

Found an interesting article from Touring Plans about MNSSHP. It ranks crowds from least to most, price and when they sold out last year.

http://blog.touringplans.com/2014/0...twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

Thanks for the link. Looks like the party I'm hoping for is 7th on the list. I'll take that.

I switched over from the game every now and then. Gruden looked like he was on acid all night.

That's nothing new… he always looks like that.

I haven't been on much at all this week. I have just been crazy busy at work covering for people who have been out. We're actually fully staffed today, so I actually have a little bit of time to catch up around here and relax a little bit.

I posted some of this on my PTR, but thought I'd share here. In addition to my office job, I've been busy working on the farm in the evenings. I think I've been averaging about 4 hours of sleep over the past week or so.

Thanks for the background and the pics….

Why is your tractor red? I thought they were green?

Anybody want a peanut?



Ugh, I've been away far too long. Too much to do at work, and I'm missing work a few hours twice a week for PT on my knee. (Well, wouldn't say I'm missing it.... )

Hope everyone is doing good and doing something nice for their mothers/wifes/baby mammas on Sunday.

What up? Get that knee better.

Everything is good. Just checking in.

Found this at the bottom of one of the DIS pages. Reminded me of the picture I posted in the evil 13 that got me a ding.

Maybe ok for work. <--- chick here.

You got dinged for that? I mean that is nothing.



MARK Hope everything went well today and there were no mistakes.

 

[Maroonag1]

I switched over from the game every now and then. Gruden looked like he was on acid all night.

I recorded it on NFL network and watched it when I got home so I missed Gruden. I may record both channels tonight and just watch back ESPN for the Gruden outtakes.

How do I add it manually? When I try to do that, I go to my plans, the correct date, and then enter the conf # and my name. I hit next and it just says that the info I entered does not match their records.


How do I initiate a download? Do I uninstall and then reinstall? Remember- I'm new to this whiz-bang smartphone world.

If you have a windows phone as soon as you open the app store it will show any updates you have for any of your apps.

Good morning and happy Friday!

Prayers, Congratulations, whatever... for those of you who have posted over the past week or so.

I haven't been on much at all this week. I have just been crazy busy at work covering for people who have been out. We're actually fully staffed today, so I actually have a little bit of time to catch up around here and relax a little bit.

I posted some of this on my PTR, but thought I'd share here. In addition to my office job, I've been busy working on the farm in the evenings. I think I've been averaging about 4 hours of sleep over the past week or so.

The way we operate on the family farm, is that my Dad plants the corn and I till the ground ahead of him. So while he will plant from about 8 am until around 9 pm, I get off work at 4:30 and I start tilling ground for him to plant the next day. I can drive about 3 mph faster than he can plant, so I can have enough ground worked ahead of him to plant the next day if I work until about 12:30 or 1:00 am. On average, that's about 150 - 200 acres. I enjoy the work, but I have to admit I'm glad that planting season only lasts a few weeks. Right now, we've only got about 2 - 3 days worth of corn left to plant. If it lasted much longer it would really take a toll on me. The other crop we raise is soybeans, and my uncle and cousins take care of planting all of them. My grandpa is retired, but occasionally helps from time to time if something is needed during the day when my dad and uncle are the only ones around.

Ok, I hope I didn't bore everyone. I just thought I'd share a little bit about what I do when I'm not thinking about our next Disney trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I grew up ranching more than farming. But twice a year we did the same thing on 2 smaller fields we had in the creek bottom. We would put in winter oats for the cows to graze once the grass died off then plant Sudan grass in the spring to make hay with over the summer.

 

[afwdwfan]

I always like your farming posts. My favorite picture of my grandpa is a shot of him sitting on a tractor some time in the '50s or '60s. There's something very noble about working the land in my opinion - Man's original job. It's on a totally different scale of course, but I get a great deal of satisfaction when I look at my yard and flower beds after a long weekend of work and it all looks just right.

Thanks. I really do get that. Even though I have another full time job that pays most of the bills, I get a far greater sense of accomplishment from the work I do on the farm. It wears me out, can be stressful and frustrating at times, but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

Is this you?

I hope you get some rest soon.

Something like that.

That's him in the fall.

Good point.

Why is your tractor red? I thought they were green?

First of all, it isn't red. It is black, yellow and red. If you call it red, it makes it sound like it is one of those other red tractors.

Yes, real tractors are green. And if you want to give me about $300K, I'll just trade that old thing in for one of these

I grew up ranching more than farming. But twice a year we did the same thing on 2 smaller fields we had in the creek bottom. We would put in winter oats for the cows to graze once the grass died off then plant Sudan grass in the spring to make hay with over the summer.

I grew up doing more of that. We've really transitioned into just grains over the past few years. I keep thinking of getting back into livestock, but we've sold off all of our hay equipment and I don't really want to start over.

 

[that's nice]

First of all, it isn't red. It is black, yellow and red. If you call it red, it makes it sound like it is one of those other red tractors.

Yes, real tractors are green. And if you want to give me about $300K, I'll just trade that old thing in for one of these

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh… It looked red to me. I'll blame the poor lighting. Stop taking pictures of your tractor at 1am.

That shiny green tractor costs $300K? Sweet. I'll take 2!

 

[mm1971]

Morning Duck, or I guess afternoon in Poland.

Found an interesting article from Touring Plans about MNSSHP. It ranks crowds from least to most, price and when they sold out last year.

http://blog.touringplans.com/2014/0...twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter

A first round for Easley is a bit of a stretch because of the injuries but... He is a beast when healthy and he quickly rehabbed the knees. The first injury was just a fluke during a scrimmage. Belly has had good success drafting Gators. Well there is that one guy that is going to be in jail for a long time, but otherwise has done well picking Florida players. Easley is a good leader, loves to play football, was playing well before both injuries and after he went down this year, the defense collapsed. Hope he does well. Not the Pats of course but hope he does.

On a side note to the bean heads, it is about 80% that I will be in Boston at the end of July. Plan is to fly in either the 28th or 29th and fly out August 1. When I finalize plans, I will let you know in case you are in town.

Thanks for positing. Looks like we'll have a decent day on the 5th crowd wise.

I do hope he helps with the pass rush. Just didn't think we needed another interior lineman with Wilfork and Kelly returning. I guess it's a development and replacement for the age on the line need.

Looks like the Sox are playing Toronto at home on those days. Do you have time to take in a game? If you do, I'll see if I can get tickets for the 29th or 30th. Paul can come to. We'll sit you between us so you can be part of our Championship discussions. If not, we'll plan something based on your schedule.

Wait....there's a Browns Nation?

I switched over from the game every now and then. Gruden looked like he was on acid all night.

That's the look. He was clearly peed off.

How do I add it manually? When I try to do that, I go to my plans, the correct date, and then enter the conf # and my name. I hit next and it just says that the info I entered does not match their records.

How do I initiate a download? Do I uninstall and then reinstall? Remember- I'm new to this whiz-bang smartphone world.

Sounds like you did it correctly. They may be having technical problems right now. It seems the FD and now % off discounts (none I am able to apply by the way) are overloading the system. My app is hit or miss.

For updating, what phone do you have? For the iPhones, just go to the app store and they have a tab for upgrades. It should be listed there if there is an upgrade available. Mine I set to update automatically for the DIS app.

 

[BigTikiDaddy]

Afternoon all ... Going to get busy today, going to he near summer like this weekend. Many beers will be sold I think.

Good morning and happy Friday! Prayers, Congratulations, whatever... for those of you who have posted over the past week or so. I haven't been on much at all this week. I have just been crazy busy at work covering for people who have been out. We're actually fully staffed today, so I actually have a little bit of time to catch up around here and relax a little bit. I posted some of this on my PTR, but thought I'd share here. In addition to my office job, I've been busy working on the farm in the evenings. I think I've been averaging about 4 hours of sleep over the past week or so. The way we operate on the family farm, is that my Dad plants the corn and I till the ground ahead of him. So while he will plant from about 8 am until around 9 pm, I get off work at 4:30 and I start tilling ground for him to plant the next day. I can drive about 3 mph faster than he can plant, so I can have enough ground worked ahead of him to plant the next day if I work until about 12:30 or 1:00 am. On average, that's about 150 - 200 acres. I enjoy the work, but I have to admit I'm glad that planting season only lasts a few weeks. Right now, we've only got about 2 - 3 days worth of corn left to plant. If it lasted much longer it would really take a toll on me. The other crop we raise is soybeans, and my uncle and cousins take care of planting all of them. My grandpa is retired, but occasionally helps from time to time if something is needed during the day when my dad and uncle are the only ones around. There is some rain in the forecast so that could be a bit of a blessing. I could use an evening/weekend to get a little bit of rest, and the ground is very dry right now. A little bit of rain would definitely help the corn that we've planted so far get up and out of the ground. I took a few pictures from my "office" last night. I was having some problems with the tractor so I decided to take a picture of it while it was parked after dark while I was waiting on someone to bring me new fuel filters. I'm only a small part of the family farm ownership/management, but this tractor is one that I personally own. It isn't much, but it is 300 hp of brute force. I always think about upgrading to a newer, bigger tractor, but at the same time I appreciate the fact that this old thing (a 1981 model, same year I was born ) is simple and easy to work on. The only problem is that it just doesn't look like it fits in when it is parked next to all the green John Deere tractors that we have. Ok, I hope I didn't bore everyone. I just thought I'd share a little bit about what I do when I'm not thinking about our next Disney trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I enjoy the posts, I like to learn about things.

Go ahead and laugh....Cleveland Professional Sports teams have been the laughing stock of all of their respective leagues. One of these centuries (dare I say decades?) we'll have something, and you all won't be laughing then!

Oh PLEASE, you wanna talk cities with Pro team issues??????

I give you

Awesome! I love defunct teams. I'm old enough to have seen KC Scouts, the Rockies, etc. If not for the fact the size was too small I would have jumped when I had the opportunity to buy a California Golden Seals jersey.

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[kitayama]

This will put me at 10. I need to get promoted to continue past 10 years.

Congratulations on the milestone!
Thank you for your service.

 

[mm1971]

Everything is good. Just checking in.

Found this at the bottom of one of the DIS pages. Reminded me of the picture I posted in the evil 13 that got me a ding.

Maybe ok for work. <--- chick here.

Happy Friday! And the answer would be "most likely"

Thanks for the link. Looks like the party I'm hoping for is 7th on the list. I'll take that.

Would that be 10/5? I'll have to go look at the list. Norm and I will be there on the 5th representing Team Sparrow!

 

[that's nice]

Would that be 10/5? I'll have to go look at the list. Norm and I will be there on the 5th representing Team Sparrow!

Nah… I'm gonna miss you guys by a few weeks. Thinking of Tuesday September 23rd

 

[cj9200]

Ok, I hope I didn't bore everyone. I just thought I'd share a little bit about what I do when I'm not thinking about our next Disney trip. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

I always enjoy seeing what is going on at the farm.

I switched over from the game every now and then. Gruden looked like he was on acid all night.

You would to if you had to sit next to Kiper and listen to him drone on and on and on and... Surprised Gruden didn't snap him like a twig.

Ugh, I've been away far too long. Too much to do at work, and I'm missing work a few hours twice a week for PT on my knee. (Well, wouldn't say I'm missing it.... )

How is the rehab going. Do you hate your Physical Therapist yet?

Looks like the Sox are playing Toronto at home on those days. Do you have time to take in a game? If you do, I'll see if I can get tickets for the 29th or 30th. Paul can come to. We'll sit you between us so you can be part of our Championship discussions. If not, we'll plan something based on your schedule.

Planning on being a tourist while I am there. Game would be great. You get the tickets, Paul gets the beer, I am Ok with that. Thinking of staying at the Holiday Inn near the Garden or an Intercontinental closer to downtown (IHG hotels for points). Any thoughts?

Going to make a decision next week or so and will let you know.

Nah… I'm gonna miss you guys by a few weeks. Thinking of Tuesday September 23rd

Looks like we will be there 10/13 because of DD's break schedule. Higher end, price wise and middle of the pack with crowds.