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I went to an estate auction yesterday; it was in a newer development of a fairly small (+-) 2,000 resident town. Being a spring auction and a fair distance from any larger town it wasn't well attended-maybe only 75 people or so. Among a few other things that I picked up was a snowblower...

Last winter I picked up a John Deere Signature X738 at an estate sale. I didn't really plan to buy it, but I was having fun bidding against someone else and ended up getting it for $7,050 which is well below retail. It's a 2015 model with less than 200 hours on it. The deck is a 60" high...

The news just gets worse for Sears. If it's determined that they were insolvent at the time the Craftsman sale was signed, or if Sears becomes insolvent because of it, the deal could be "voidable, in whole or part". If Sears is found insolvent or is bankrupt, the brands would then be sold to...

I made catfish for dinner last night-one of our fall and winter favorite fish. Simple, healthy and full of flavor. Just a wash made up of whole milk and eggs, and then a dredge through seasoned stone ground white corn meal. Along with home made cheddar biscuits and coleslaw. A touch of real...

The first self driving semi delivered it's first load today. Originally Posted By: Article For this initial delivery, Otto’s truck departed Anheuser-Busch’s facility in Loveland, Colo., in the early morning before reaching the interstate in Fort Collins. The truck drove through Denver —...

I picked up a couple of vehicle batteries today, and the date code on both is J6. Am I correct in assuming that the date codes are October of 2016?

We've decided that our Durango is getting a bit long in the tooth, and it's time to start shopping for a newer vehicle for my wife. After decades of driving either an SUV or Subaru, she has decided (after our recent long highway trip) that she might like an all wheel drive luxury car. She really...

Wells Fargo Fined Creating phony accounts? Moving money from one account to another without customers knowledge? Opening 2 million deposit and credit card accounts without customers knowledge? More than 5,000 employees involved?

After a multi-year investigation, the EU is requiring Apple repay equivalent of 14.5 billion dollars after it was caught funneling all of the profits to a "head office" that existed only on paper. Apple should repay Ireland Originally Posted By: BBC Article "Member states cannot give tax...

It looks like Apple has a significant issue on their hands with failing iPhones. Ouch. iPhone Touch Disease Originally Posted By: From Article A week ago, we published a story about a problem surfacing with the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone 6 lineup, especially the iPhone 6 Plus. So-called...

My wife and I came home this morning from a couple days of RAGBRAI and found these waiting in the garden for us. Needless to say we needed nothing else for lunch today. The one on the left is almost the size of a basketball. There are 4 more that will be ready by the weekend-good thing we have...

Coming soon to a Sears near you (assuming Sears lasts that long). Sears DieHard Tires Originally Posted By: ModernTireDealer He says the company decided to leverage the iconic legacy of the DieHard brand, beginning with a study of nearly 600 consumers. Each was given a list of 10 tire brands...

We had some guests over tonight and I did a couple chickens on the rotisserie. The chickens went into a brine for 24 hours that included sliced lemon, lemon zest, and fresh rosemary. Then an orange was cut with slots and put inside the cavity (I used cara cara oranges) and a lemon was cut with...

I made some pork chops tonight for dinner; some nice Iowa chops that were marinated for most of the day. One of the twists that I use is to cook the really nice chops standing up. I'm surprised that more people don't cook them on edge-it's really the best way to cook a chop. Standing them on...

We've had a prairie restoration area that the state has been working on since 1960. A couple weeks ago a newly restored area opened to the public and this was the first time we were able to walk it with the dogs. The slight "haze" in the photos is actually smoke from the fires in Canada. Part...

It's been over 20 years since I did any real work to my winter work tractor-a 1947 Ford 2N. When I brought this tractor home in 1997 it was in pieces and I rebuilt it into a working tractor. Other than a few odds and ends I haven't done anything to it other than rebuilding the distributor last...

I hear a lot of complaining and whining about good jobs not being available, especially for college grads. Yet I continue to see grads get good paying jobs, even here locally. We have a goddaughter who is now 24 years old. She attended school in Colorado, graduating in 2014 with a bachelors in...

We had a dinner meeting at the house this evening. Since the weather is turning cooler it's time for some soups and pulled pork again. We started off with some chicken and mushroom soup. Next was some pulled pork. 4 pounds of pork ribs, brined for 20 hours and then smoked for 4 hours. Then...

Since we live in a rural area, from time to time we'll get a dog or cat that wanders onto our doorstep, usually from some knuckledragger that drops them off "out in the country". A couple weeks ago this guy showed up and sort of adopted our place. We've been making certain he's fed and has...

It's going to be a bumper crop again. All 3 trees are absolutely loaded this year. Now I need to figure out how we'll put them all to use.