Fun fact: the granite used to build the U.S. Capitol is so radioactive that the building would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants. Also, Brazil nuts are the most radioactive food on the planet. Men are more radioactive than women because they have more muscle which contains the radioisotope potassium 40 in higher amounts than any other tissue of the body. 

I'm reading Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. It's about how Chernobyl and Pripyat came to be and what happened the night of the meltdown. Not to get into it here, but reading this shows just how a Marxist communist society is completely unsustainable. 

The book also has interesting tidbits of info.

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Fun fact: the granite used to build the U.S. Capitol is so radioactive that the building would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants. Also, Brazil nuts are the most radioactive food on the planet. Men are more radioactive than women because they have more muscle which contains the radioisotope potassium 40 in higher amounts than any other tissue of the body. 

I'm reading Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. It's about how Chernobyl and Pripyat came to be and what happened the night of the meltdown. Not to get into it here, but reading this shows just how a Marxist communist society is completely unsustainable. 

The book also has interesting tidbits of info.

That certainly explains the addled behavior of some of our politicians.

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Looks like I’ll have a day off tomorrow!! Woohoo! (Fist pump).  

Friday comes along and (hangs head down in shame) looks like I’ll be working Saturday.

I have to work through the weekend, and at night. 

Driving a tractor around all night at 2.54mph makes a looooooooooooooooong night.

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Looks like I’ll have a day off tomorrow!! Woohoo! (Fist pump).  

Friday comes along and (hangs head down in shame) looks like I’ll be working Saturday.

I have to work through the weekend, and at night. 

Driving a tractor around all night at 2.54mph makes a looooooooooooooooong night.

 
You just need to spice things up a little bit. Hammer that throttle down to 2.55 MPH. Live on the edge for a while.

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Looks like I’ll have a day off tomorrow!! Woohoo! (Fist pump).  

Friday comes along and (hangs head down in shame) looks like I’ll be working Saturday.

I have to work through the weekend, and at night. 

Driving a tractor around all night at 2.54mph makes a looooooooooooooooong night.

I would trade that for what I do right now.  It's going to happen for me soon.  Our "McMansion" is almost complete and should be ready for us to move in within the next few weeks or so.

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There are 10 kinds of people in this world.  Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Whoa, certainly didn't appreciate that earthquake.

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I have to work through the weekend, and at night. 

Driving a tractor around all night at 2.54mph makes a looooooooooooooooong night.

 
You just need to spice things up a little bit. Hammer that throttle down to 2.55 MPH. Live on the edge for a while.

On the other block I go a blazing 3.3mph! Usually right around the time I get that black dog phenomenon.

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Still shaking. Yuck.

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Still shaking. Yuck.

Hang on!

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Still shaking. Yuck.

Hang on!

M6 is a pretty good one. I don't know how many of y'all ever experienced an earthquake like that but they make you nauseous really quickly.

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Fun fact: the granite used to build the U.S. Capitol is so radioactive that the building would fail federal safety codes regulating nuclear power plants. Also, Brazil nuts are the most radioactive food on the planet. Men are more radioactive than women because they have more muscle which contains the radioisotope potassium 40 in higher amounts than any other tissue of the body. 

I'm reading Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. It's about how Chernobyl and Pripyat came to be and what happened the night of the meltdown. Not to get into it here, but reading this shows just how a Marxist communist society is completely unsustainable. 

The book also has interesting tidbits of info.

That certainly explains the addled behavior of some of our politicians.

That was the first thing I thought after reading that tidbit.

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Is that for real?  If so, that is really funny.  What a coincidence.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvhzmuAXYAAn...me=900x900

Is that for real?  If so, that is really funny.  What a coincidence.

Quirky Research (@QuirkyResearch) / Twitter

It's from this Twitter site, which has all kinds of forgotten interesting tidbits. Like the Soviets actually fielding a football team which played a Canadian team and lost 61-0.

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Looks like I’ll have a day off tomorrow!! Woohoo! (Fist pump).  

Friday comes along and (hangs head down in shame) looks like I’ll be working Saturday.

I have to work through the weekend, and at night. 

Driving a tractor around all night at 2.54mph makes a looooooooooooooooong night.

often times I wish we could mow lawns at night. Do you work at night because there is a benefit to doing it at night? Or is it because you can?  2.54 mph.  That’s about the only time you made your job sound “boring” or monotonous.  Otherwise, sounds cool as [BLEEP]!   I can’t imagine if I was reduced to that speed on the mower.  Do they have GPS tractors/combines (or whatever you use) that can do it for you?  Maybe they too require supervision even if so.  

Here it is, Friday night!! Woohoo!! Until about 30 minutes from now.  Have a slap full day of making grass shorter than it was when I got there ahead of me in the morning.

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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvhzmuAXYAAn...me=900x900

Is that for real?  If so, that is really funny.  What a coincidence.

I looked for a date in the article.  I’m with you.  If that is real… that’s almost kinda scary.

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I have to work through the weekend, and at night. 

Driving a tractor around all night at 2.54mph makes a looooooooooooooooong night.

often times I wish we could mow lawns at night. Do you work at night because there is a benefit to doing it at night? Or is it because you can?  2.54 mph.  That’s about the only time you made your job sound “boring” or monotonous.  Otherwise, sounds cool as [BLEEP]!   I can’t imagine if I was reduced to that speed on the mower.  Do they have GPS tractors/combines (or whatever you use) that can do it for you?  Maybe they too require supervision even if so.  

Here it is, Friday night!! Woohoo!! Until about 30 minutes from now.  Have a slap full day of making grass shorter than it was when I got there ahead of me in the morning.

Most of the important stuff is done by applying chemicals diluted in water with a giant fan blown sprayer. Basically you're blowing water all over the foilage.
Anything sprayed on green tissue (even just water) when it's above 90 degrees will damage/wilt/kill the foilage. Which basically rules out 11:30am - 8pm for us. Somi can get up at dawn or do it at sundown. I prefer night because I'm just more of a night person but also because there's no clock to run up against (Noon).
Also, night is slightly better for the application because the vine tissue will stay wetted just a bit longer and it has a better translaminar effect imo. 
There are GPS tractors that are mostly used for planting purposes now. No more wavy rows. But from what I understand you still have to make the turns and get it lined up properly, then it will drive in a perfectly straight line. They're just barely starting to come out with autonomous equipment but guys like me can never afford something like that. 
I still use stuff that old farmer's built out of washing machines and stuff lol.

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Hey, SF, are you acquainted with this guy? His name is Steve Dulcich and he's on Road Kill Garage that airs on Motor Trend TV. For a living he's a grape farmer way down in Earlimart. I'm not sure if you Central Valley grape guys cross paths on occasion. 

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Hey, SF, are you acquainted with this guy? His name is Steve Dulcich and he's on Road Kill Garage that airs on Motor Trend TV. For a living he's a grape farmer way down in Earlimart. I'm not sure if you Central Valley grape guys cross paths on occasion. 

No can't say I do. I can see he's a table grape grower so slightly different niches, different processors. I'm more of a "westside" grower and he's in Tulare County so all the pathways we'd have to meet (processors, PCAs, water districts) are all different. Westside and South Valley guys don't really mix as much as you'd think we would, kinda weird I guess.

Custom operating, things like field planting, or mechanical raisin harvesting is how you get to know a ton of farmers and I don't really do anything like that either.

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Hey, SF, are you acquainted with this guy? His name is Steve Dulcich and he's on Road Kill Garage that airs on Motor Trend TV. For a living he's a grape farmer way down in Earlimart. I'm not sure if you Central Valley grape guys cross paths on occasion. 

No can't say I do. I can see he's a table grape grower so slightly different niches, different processors. I'm more of a "westside" grower and he's in Tulare County so all the pathways we'd have to meet (processors, PCAs, water districts) are all different. Westside and South Valley guys don't really mix as much as you'd think we would, kinda weird I guess.

Custom operating, things like field planting, or mechanical raisin harvesting is how you get to know a ton of farmers and I don't really do anything like that either.

The 'westside' growers over here use camouflage netting for their crop..

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We need help at work. It’s bad when you hire a guy even though you need 2 guys and choose to fire said guy. The new clients are STILL coming out
The woodwork. I just can’t find people that want to work. We had to work 10 hours on a (shudder) Saturday. Ugh! Even I didn’t want to do that. I’ve been giving out bonus to the other guys for their hard work and dedication. But something has to give. I’m not taking on just anyone as new clients either. It’s all neighbors of current clients. Stuff I can’t turn down. Not even for greed. Pricing it high and we’re still up 7 this month only 10 days in. I just don’t know what else to do. I’m offering 30k+ a year. To do a simple job. Paid workout. Whatever. We need at least 2 people. I’m at my wits end. I don’t even care about the money aspect. I just want to service my clients and not have crews working 10-12 hour days or have quality suffer. I know I’m not alone. Everyone is hiring.

Just had to vent.

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