Is there life after red?? !!

[The Tuul Crib 7,336]

All we do is work on our little tractors and play around the yard with her wheel horse machines , as like me I do the same but sometimes I will drive my tractor up by the shop and sit beside it just to smell the gas and oil! Am l wrong ??

[Pullstart 62,787]

I can!t say if you’re right or wrong Randy, but it’s a fact.  Addictions are hard to kick... especially when they feel so good.  I don’t see these little guys ever going away for me, unless something forces them out in a hard way.  Even then, I imagine they’ll sneak back to the stable in a hurry!

[Herder 2,354]

It would just be an empty shop without them.  

 

[Skipper 1,788]

Usually an addiction don't end, but is merely substituted for another, when a stronger drug is introduced .....................Them little red pills come in many flavours so watch out...................... 

 

Edited July 6, 2020 by Skipper

[Pollack Pete 2,273]

29 minutes ago, Skipper said:

 , but is merely substituted for another, when a stronger drug is introduced .....................Them little red pills come in many flavours so watch out...................... 

 

You're right.They come in many other colors.My other addiction is still red though.Mahindra E-max 25 with heated cab and front mounted snow blower and Mahindra 2638 with heated and air conditioned cab with front end loader.Plus those damn yellow machines out behind my shop.It NEVER ends.

[953 nut 55,074]

10 hours ago, The Tuul Crib said:

sit beside it just to smell the gas and oil! Am l wrong ?

My wife was talking about the potential need for our relocation to an assisted living facility some day.      I told her to start looking for one with a big workshop and a garden spot to be plowed.

[Lee1977 6,642]

1 hour ago, 953 nut said:

My wife was talking about the potential need for our relocation to an assisted living facility some day.      I told her to start looking for one with a big workshop and a garden spot to be plowed.

Assisted Living isn't that to hire someone to help locate, haul in, and help work on Wheel Horses.

[71_Bronco 1,072]

I had zero motivation to do anything around the house Sunday. Then, I got an impulse to work on my WH. Spent 3 or 4 hours in the garage working on swapping an 8-speed into my Commando 8, and loved every knuckle-busting second. Came in sweating cause it was humid and 90 degrees out, but didn't care. Still loved wrenching on it.

 

Unfortunately, I keep getting yelled at for working on my tractor instead of doing more useful stuff lol 

[SPINJIM 1,981]

4 hours ago, 953 nut said:

My wife was talking about the potential need for our relocation to an assisted living facility some day. 

 

That's exactly where my wife and I are at now.   We've eliminated some assisted living places because the cottages didn't have garages big enough for a work shop.   Told the wife that I'm taking at least two of my ten WHs with us.   I'm fighting the eventuality with all my might, but my knees and my back tell me that the day will come.  Also, my wife's mother lived to be a hundred, so I have to think of Ann's future as well as mine.   For now, I'm glad to have the Horses to keep me moving during the pandemic. I've rebuilt two engines, and restored two WHs during the isolation.   I've heard stories of men who have gone to assisted living, and regretted it every time they saw a friend's workshop.   For now, I'll keep fighting it.

   Jim