A while back I posted about my Whizzer.
Well....my wife couldn't stand it any longer so week before last, we ordered an 08/model, canary yellow, Whizzer N.E. :). We can pick it up today. Now everyone can point and say "Look at those crazy old Nap's". ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Yep Peter I think it is only right that she should have a new toy as well. I would imagine she doesn't enjoy the mill and trailer that well. :D
LOL....I expect your tight John! ;D
Give her a week and she'll have it all decked out in Jessica Fletcher style! c*
Sounds like fun. Cool looking bikes.
Have you given it a name?
You don't have to name all of your machines, Stink
My kids would beg to differ on that... they name everything, from stuffed animals to blenders to our vehicles.
I have two thoughts on this "Whizzer"
First I think of an asthmatic, then I think of Louise from the Jeffersons.... :)
Name?? ??? I've only had one vehicle/machine that had a name. Victor the Volvo racer.
If those cool Whizzers belonged to us we'd probably be calling them "Mine" and "Yours", or maybe the "Yellow One" and the "Black One". :-\ OMMV ;D
I'd love to have one but I'd get squished by a 4WD or a semi the first time I tried to ride it to town.
How much does one of those cost?
Quote from: ScottA on March 25, 2008, 05:26:00 PM
I'd love to have one but I'd get squished by a 4WD or a semi the first time I tried to ride it to town.
Scott, I have a philosophy about that. I assume everyone has insurance. If I ger squished and die.....my wife will become very rich and I'll be dead and won't worry about it.
But if I live, I can buy another farm or 2. c*
Stinkerbell, they cost 1,600.00.
After a quick lesson today, we went for a 20 mile ride, ate dinner and came home in rush hour traffic. The wife did fine!
Sale me yours for $89.00
:)
Thanks in advance!
Quote from: StinkerBell on March 25, 2008, 06:43:19 PM
Sale me yours for $89.00
:)
Thanks in advance!
Sorry Stinkerbell.....I saved $89.00 in gas TODAY ??? Well....almost anyway :-[
Had three "graveyard" ponies. Thanks for a guy in Bayonne NJ in a 76 Monte Carlo that ended one of thems lives by making one of those moving stop sign manuvers. Survived obviously but waited a year and bought another. Then decided that i needed a tractor instead. Sold it to my BIL. Still could use it if I wanted but haven't felt the need. Be careful Peter they actually don't see you all the time.
Wow I had one of those when I was 15 years old. It even looks the same sorta just not as brand new shinny but it was a blast to ride. Got pulled over by a cop and he said stay off the streets till I got a licence?!! I paid around $25.00 for it cause it was not running and got it going the same day I brought it home. It had a dirty carb thats all, mine was painted black. Course that was 41 years ago but it brings back some good memories. Mark
Willy your telling your age.
I put one of thos electric air horns like the Mexicans use on the Taco trucks on my Suzuki 500 (I know -- Rice Burner). Sometimes it will keep someone from hitting you.
I probably shouldn't tell this ....but ....
I wear a backpack when I ride. I've found that by attaching my holster (With revolver) to one of the straps on the back, does wonders in keeping people behind me polite. :)
;D ;D
Hmmm. Think what courtesy that new pump scattergun on a sling over your back would inspire.
Quote from: MountainDon on March 25, 2008, 08:57:45 PM
;D ;D
Hmmm. Think what courtesy that new pump scattergun on a sling over your back would inspire.
Reminds me somewhat of a Sicilian squirrel gun. :) "Saw it in Godfather II"
A Lupara = wolf shot.
I believe it's generally a sawn off double barreled shotgun. A 'hammer gun' where each barrel has it's own manually cocked hammer and thusly can be safely carried loaded.
With the start of the summer 4H programs I thought I would show you the addition to Redoverfarm of my son. With the cost of feed I shutter to think what he will have in these by fall show's. Now they are about 50-60#. They should max out by August at 295-300# The little blue pig is my pet. Actually she is pretty clean in this picture but she hasn't been in the pen that long.
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Peter, how do the Whizzer's do on dirt/gravel roads?
What size are the tires?
It depends on your speed Don. They are more stable than a bicycle on dirt and gravel....but not as stable as a motorcycle.
They come with either 24" or 26" tires. Both Jane and I have the 26".
And this little piggy goes to market. Monday. It is the last of the 4H project for this year. Originally there were two. The first was sold at the 4H sale a couple months ago. This ones future is for Ham & Bacon show in early spring. The high school had built a special curing room for the FFA & 4H participants to cure their ham and bacon.
As you can see it is amazing what a couple hundred dollars of feed and five months growth will do. And we have all but stopped running the garbage disposal for the last five months. I guess we will start it again after Monday.
I think they were about 40-50#
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This wa last night and I would guess about 240-250#. Yep probably about a dollar a pound in feed.
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It looks like Spike, John. :( I'm not hungry right now.... ::)
I raised a few of those but mine kept digging escape tunnels so I gave up.
Looking good John. What are hogs going for now?
Not real sure Peter as the 4H sales go a little higher than regular sales. The one back a month ago the son got $1.87 a pound. This one is not going to be sold well part of it in March after the Ham & Bacon cure out. The rest goes into Mom & Dads freezer. ;)
Well another year has passed and it is that time again. With the economy pigs are getting hard to find. We picked up his show pig this evening. It originally came from Ohio. Still haven't found one locally to raise for butchering for his ham and bacon sale. It is a little smaller than last year at 36# vs 50# but that is probably because it came from a later litter. By August it should be between 290-310#.
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Of course the girl had to greet it as well. I guess next year I will be buying 4 hogs so each of them will have two.
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Oh Yes Dad got in the act as well last week and picked up a couple to graze during the summer. I went to another sale this past Friday and the cost had gone up 10-15 cents per pound in two weeks. But it always happens that way. Right now the grass is a little on the light side so in a month or so I will get a couple more. By that time the price should fall a little and the grass will be better.
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