Comments on: The Transplant http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/ My digital scrapbook, historical record and online playground. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:20:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Michael Comfort http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Michael Comfort Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:50:40 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-105 Thanks for the encouragement and tips! I'm sure enjoying the interaction on this topic. Thanks for the encouragement and tips! I’m sure enjoying the interaction on this topic.

]]> By: kathy http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-102 kathy Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:19:41 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-102 I heard of someone one time that took a picture of everything before he unhooked it. My dad is a mechanic and he lays everything out on the floor in the same order it came apart in. That was a very helpful tip when I started taking my sewing machines apart to fix them. I hold all mechanical people in very high regard. :) Nice work. I heard of someone one time that took a picture of everything before he unhooked it. My dad is a mechanic and he lays everything out on the floor in the same order it came apart in. That was a very helpful tip when I started taking my sewing machines apart to fix them. I hold all mechanical people in very high regard. :) Nice work.

]]> By: Misty http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Misty Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:07:21 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-100 <p>Keep plugging along on that motor! (or unplugging along?)</p> Keep plugging along on that motor! (or unplugging along?)

]]> By: Mom http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Mom Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:11:35 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-97 I admire your attitude. Reminds me of that old song, "You've got to acc-cent-uate the positive. E-lim-in-ate the negative.... Looks like a terrible mess to me, who once poured oil in the air filter in Bolivia when I couldn't get the generator to start to talk to Dad on the shortwave radio! Mom I admire your attitude. Reminds me of that old song, “You’ve got to acc-cent-uate the positive. E-lim-in-ate the negative….

Looks like a terrible mess to me, who once poured oil in the air filter in Bolivia when I couldn’t get the generator to start to talk to Dad on the shortwave radio! Mom

]]> By: Alan http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Alan Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:58:01 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-96 I see that stuff now. That'd help. But, still too many things which I don't know what they're for... "Connects to mid-size black round thing found behind the large blue jug" would by one of my captions. You're right, Mike. Farming has gone high-tech with GPS-driven tractors from sowing to reaping, remote in-soil nutrient analysis sensors with cell data or satellite uplinks, and satellite-based soil moisture mapping to adjust the patterns of GPS-assisted irrigation systems. Not our grandparent's farm any more. I see that stuff now. That’d help. But, still too many things which I don’t know what they’re for… “Connects to mid-size black round thing found behind the large blue jug” would by one of my captions.

You’re right, Mike. Farming has gone high-tech with GPS-driven tractors from sowing to reaping, remote in-soil nutrient analysis sensors with cell data or satellite uplinks, and satellite-based soil moisture mapping to adjust the patterns of GPS-assisted irrigation systems. Not our grandparent’s farm any more.

]]> By: Michael Comfort http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Michael Comfort Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:47:05 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-94 <p>Oh wow...What a great comment, Alan. You really cracked me up!</p> <p>You are right. It is an incredible mess! You can't really see it in the picture, but I have been marking the wires and cables, hoses etc, so I'll have some kind of a clue when it's time to put it all back! (Notice the masking tape by the windshield)</p> <p>Also, notice the pop cans in the upper right. Those help too.(Your observations on my "Christmas in Poland" photo have made me look a lot closer at what else is in a picture!)</p> Hey - I could picture you in cover-alls and a John Deer cap! From what my cousin in Idaho tells me, modern tractors now plow entire fields by GPS (even controls the steering). So you could use your computer skills, in addition to being muddy and cold! Oh wow…What a great comment, Alan. You really cracked me up!

You are right. It is an incredible mess! You can’t really see it in the picture, but I have been marking the wires and cables, hoses etc, so I’ll have some kind of a clue when it’s time to put it all back! (Notice the masking tape by the windshield)

Also, notice the pop cans in the upper right. Those help too.(Your observations on my “Christmas in Poland” photo have made me look a lot closer at what else is in a picture!)

Hey – I could picture you in cover-alls and a John Deer cap! From what my cousin in Idaho tells me, modern tractors now plow entire fields by GPS (even controls the steering). So you could use your computer skills, in addition to being muddy and cold!

]]> By: Alan http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Alan Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:17:04 +0000 http://mikecomfort.net/blog/2008/01/29/the-transplant/#comment-93 Ummm.... Holy cow. I know that my high school aptitude test said I should be a farm machinery mechanic. I don't know what was wrong with that test because that tangled mess in that picture (what it looks like to me) makes me shudder and anxious just sitting here in my warmness. I am glad that <em>you</em> are enjoying it. Ummm…. Holy cow.

I know that my high school aptitude test said I should be a farm machinery mechanic. I don’t know what was wrong with that test because that tangled mess in that picture (what it looks like to me) makes me shudder and anxious just sitting here in my warmness.

I am glad that you are enjoying it.

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