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[EdithStourton]

The thread in which Gosie's mysterious adventures will continue. All women welcome to join us for a virtual tipple, fun, support and arcane knowledge. And tractors.

Ok, am off to view <whispers> bungalows today. Don't know if you should wish me luck or not, but I will be some time. If you all decide to up and move the Bluey, someone let me know, please? Ta!
Have a great day, everyone!

Hope it goes well, Angle.

I was going to scoff at the idea of the Bluey moving then I glanced at the Page number - we're on 38 already😬

A John Deere 6320, top of the wheels higher than my shoulder. I resisted the temptation to take it for a joyride for fear that in my inexperience I'd kill someone, probably myself. Though I see secondhand ones are priced €23k up . . . .

Anyhow, it's gone now, just I was building up a head of indignant steam about the noise and the fumes and the drive-blockage.

Like this but less shiny and with a big metal overbite attachment.

Maybe they are protesting the high cost of fuel and the country being overrun etc etc.? Call in the Army!😄
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Random's suggestion is an excellent one - you know how popular tractors are here in the Bluey, just imagine being able to boast that you've actually driven one to day! You have to get all the details of make and model, and a photo of it as well.

Or you could drive it down the road at speed, with a half a dozen squad cars on your tail..

By the time I've finished writing this and posted it, the owner will probably have come back and driven it away😐

edited to say that I was nearly right about taking so much time to post this - you've already done everything I suggested🙄
Must think and type faster... must think and type faster... must think and....

well predicted all round!

Another lovely story of our fave doggies thank you Edith!
A spring lamb in a dog suit 😁

I've spent the whole morning having great fun here and on That Other Thread, I have to go and do boring but important stuff now, dammit!

See you l8r, 🐊s

I'm disappointed in you, Dean. Resisting the temptation to drive a tractor? Must do better.

How many gerbils would it take to drive a tractor, I wonder ...

The morello cherry tree that DH planted for me is now in full bloom. Might post a pic, later, so long as everyone promises to ignore the the rest of the messy garden and seagull mess besplattered car.

Some of us are - more hard-wired for larceny than others.

Yeah, ditto. I'd at least have climbed up and tried out the seat...

A farmer friend was due an operation, so I offered my help if he needed any. I should probably have specified that this was up to and including learning to drive the tractor...

I'm wondering what the 'overbite attachment' noted by Deano was. Counterweight? Some sort of digger?

With a diagram.

I expect the diagram took so long and by the time it was finished the driver had come back so it's all useless now. AIBU's loss.

I was wondering about a grabber for round bales. It's that time of year.

When accusing us of having a hive mind they should have specified our reaction to temporarily abandoned tractors. They'd look a bit less silly.

I don't know about abandoned tractors, but I think I've got over my discomfort with Google searches giving you an AI summary at the top, and am now finding it very useful for historical research.

I read out Deano's discovery of the tractor, & DH's eyes lit up at the thought of driving one. But the other day a Unimog went by us on the road, & that's what he really wants.

Were you watching Airplane when it was on earlier this week, by any chance?

I've been in a Unimog. It's a lot of fun.

I have no idea what a unimog is.

Meanwhile, I’ve been out today volunteering - activities started with Strip the Willow.

….and then we used the whips to make raised beds which are going to have wildflowers in them.

Me neither. And I don't even have a car driving licence.

I do have a full motorcycle licence though.

I’ve googled it - ok, that’s an ugly vehicle I wouldn’t argue with.😬

surely a unimog should be a single occupancy vehicle which either looks like a cat (yes they exist) or else are designed to be driven by a cat.

that reminds me about the question re how gerbils drive tractors - I think this came up before and suggested it would be the same sort of teamwork as is employed by nomes.

What occurred to me after admiring the size of 'my' tractor is that from Saturday until the end of August, 16 year olds, not licensed to drive cars, are going to be barrelling round the back boreens in vehicles like that, pulling trailers the size of bungalows.

Defensive driving from now until the school hols are over.

Sadly, the only Unimog experience I can find is in Croatia. Damn, he's so hard to buy for.

Phew, I'm a month out. School hols start at the end of May, not the beginning, so the roads are safe for a few more weeks.