[AJD] The grass is definitely greener!

[Michael Dixon]

And mowing lasts such a short time. Soon it must be repeated. Just like
washing dishes and taking a bath!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <greg at theoldtractorcompany.com>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
<antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:04 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] The grass is definitely greener!


> 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
>
>
> 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:
>
> >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:
> >> 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:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >    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
> >> work
> >> >on right now.  In the evening I headed over to a
> >> local
> >> >two cylinder club members house and looked over an
> >> AR
> >> >that he has been trying to sell.  You may have seen
> >> it
> >> >on Ebay about 3 months ago.
> >> >
> >> >     We came to agreement on a price.  It is worse
> >> off
> >> >than I remembered from the first time I looked at
> >> it,
> >> >but I did buy it.  Birdsnest in the gas tank,
> >> stuck
> >> >motor,  wrong seat,  cut offs and all.  The serial
> >> >number is 253149,  my AO is 252268.  Since my
> >> pickup
> >> >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
> >> Magazine
> >> >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
> >> under
> >> >the John Deere heading,  in the 1936 AR folder.
> >> Let
> >> >me know if the link works.
> >> >
> >> >http://f1.pg.briefcase.yahoo.com/jdnut
> >> >
> >> >                     Chris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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