[AJD] The grass is definitely greener!

[Wiebelhaus]

Green grass? The only thing green in AZ are the John Deere's

greg at theoldtractorcompany.com wrote:

>Several years ago when I was snooping around Missouri and looking at homes (had a wild thought, 
>then came to my sense when I realized I could never afford the fuel or trucking to move all my 
>junk!) nearly every house we looked at had absolutely beautiful lawns. It finally dawned on me  
>to ask the real estate agent if what I had surmised was true, that no one had to water their 
>lawns to get them to look like they did. He said why no, the grass just grew that way.
>Well for a Colorado boy accustomed to dumping as much water as is economically feasible on the 
>grass just to keep it a faded shade of green (and watering is restricted and regulated to boot 
>in the Denver area as water is a scarce commodity in our Western states) the prospect of little 
>or no watering sounded like a great idea. Except I realized that it likely also meant that more 
>mowing would be required and I am not a fan of that! So I will settle for my shade of off tan 
>on my grass.
>Greg
>
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>Greg Stephen
>The Old Tractor Company
>Stephen Equipment Company
>PO Box 709
>Franktown, CO 80116
>303-663-5246
>303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!
>
>On Wed Apr 20 22:05 , Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com> sent:
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>>You guys would not like it out here,  I had to mow my
>>lawn starting in the end of February.
>>
>>                     Chris
>>--- greg at theoldtractorcompany.com wrote:
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>>>Link worked for me Chris but I have a question,
>>>what's all that green stuff on the ground under 
>>>the tractor?
>>>Greg
>>>
>>>Greg Stephen
>>>The Old Tractor Company
>>>Stephen Equipment Company
>>>PO Box 709
>>>Franktown, CO 80116
>>>303-663-5246
>>>303-468-0377 FAX
>>>
>>>On Tue Apr 19 23:33 , Chris C jdnutinwa at yahoo.com>
>>>sent:
>>>
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>>>>   I managed to scratch the I need another tractor
>>>>itch last night.   In the moring I looked at a BR, 
>>>>but I decided it was tougher than what I want to
>>>>        
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>>>work
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>>>>on right now.  In the evening I headed over to a
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>>>local
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>>>>two cylinder club members house and looked over an
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>>>AR
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>>>>that he has been trying to sell.  You may have seen
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>>>it
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>>>>on Ebay about 3 months ago.  
>>>>
>>>>    We came to agreement on a price.  It is worse
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>>>off
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>>>>than I remembered from the first time I looked at
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>>>it, 
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>>>>but I did buy it.  Birdsnest in the gas tank, 
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>>>stuck
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>>>>motor,  wrong seat,  cut offs and all.  The serial
>>>>number is 253149,  my AO is 252268.  Since my
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>>>pickup
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>>>>is still inthe shop getting a new transmission,  I
>>>>won't get to haul it home for a few weeks.  
>>>>
>>>>    I am going to go to the auction in Eastern
>>>>Washington that was advertised in the Green
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>>>>
>>>Magazine
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>>>>on Saturday,  not really anything there I am too
>>>>interested in,  but if I don't get then it will be
>>>>another buyers delight like the Postma Brothers
>>>>auction was.   If I show up,  then I am sure things
>>>>will sell for far more that I will pay.
>>>>
>>>>     I put some pictures in my Yahoo Briefcase
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>>>under
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>>>>the John Deere heading,  in the 1936 AR folder. 
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>>>Let
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>>>>me know if the link works.
>>>>
>>>>http://f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/jdnut 
>>>>
>>>>                    Chris
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