TORT: The ONSC Rant Thread (3 Viewers)

[roadstr6]

My wife and I are friends with a couple that lives in Weddington down the street from us. The town of Weddington is nothing but one big subdivision. The couple is from Cleveland, Ohio. He is a doctor. They are constantly posting on social media about country life and the trials and tribulations of living "out in the sticks." They love to humble brag about power outages, freezing wells, septic tanks, slaving over thier "garden" which consists of three tomato plants and a couple of squash and cucumbers. They make a big deal over how they have to cut their yard with a tractor. Their yard is less than .5 acre and their idea of a tractor is the ride-on John Deere mower they bought at Lowes. We hardly ever hear from them unless they need something. They don't own a chainsaw, so the last time I was over there, I had to cut up a tree that had fallen. The wife suggested that we use their "tractor" to pull the tree out into the grass for better access. I rolled my eyes, laughed and said, "Look...that is not a tractor. Don't call it a tractor. It's a lawn mower. A real tractor has a three point hitch and a PTO." She looked at me all puzzled, and I knew that she had no idea what I was even talking about. Some country folks they are...

 

[izzyandsue]

My wife and I are friends with a couple that lives in Weddington down the street from us. The town of Weddington is nothing but one big subdivision. The couple is from Cleveland, Ohio. He is a doctor. They are constantly posting on social media about country life and the trials and tribulations of living "out in the sticks." They love to humble brag about power outages, freezing wells, septic tanks, slaving over thier "garden" which consists of three tomato plants and a couple of squash and cucumbers. They make a big deal over how they have to cut their yard with a tractor. Their yard is less than .5 acre and their idea of a tractor is the ride-on John Deere mower they bought at Lowes. We hardly ever hear from them unless they need something. They don't own a chainsaw, so the last time I was over there, I had to cut up a tree that had fallen. The wife suggested that we use their "tractor" to pull the tree out into the grass for better access. I rolled my eyes, laughed and said, "Look...that is not a tractor. Don't call it a tractor. It's a lawn mower. A real tractor has a three point hitch and a PTO." She looked at me all puzzled, and I knew that she had no idea what I was even talking about. Some country folks they are...

Its all perspective... reminds me of this old classic

 

[JohnVee]

To be clear, all I needed was some weed eater fuel line. They didn't even have that.

My neighbors have been buying some battery blowers and trimmers and are quite impressed across the medium to high price range. One day we'll all have them, but until then I'm just fine with my bulletproof gassers that sometimes need a filter or fuel line.

 

[izzyandsue]

To be clear, all I needed was some weed eater fuel line. They didn't even have that.

My neighbors have been buying some battery blowers and trimmers and are quite impressed across the medium to high price range. One day we'll all have them, but until then I'm just fine with my bulletproof gassers that sometimes need a filter or fuel line.

I shifted to battery about 15 years ago, got the Kobalt hedge trimmer, blower, weedwhacker, and mower in the 40V system they had back then. Returned the mower, it was crap and got a Huskvarna gasser. But the other stuff still works perfectly. What fails is the batteries, they eventually stop charging, but since each piece came with 3 batteries and a charger, I still have years until the last battery dies and they wont make the batteries anymore. But for the basic, 1/3 acre homesite, its pretty good stuff. They were a lot cheaper back then too, I see their prices now and gulp.

I like huskvarna, because I like to say their name. Also they seem to always have parts even for discontinued models, and replacing the wear items like idlers, belts, springs is pretty simple.

 

[roadstr6]

It seems to me that the push to electric and battery yard equipment started at about the same time as the worthless CARB compliant gas cans with the fiddly valves that require an engineering degree and three hands to operate. No spill my a$$!

 

[gasman4u]

I've got some Makita battery stuff because I was gifted my start of that ecosystem. I have their powered head thing with all sorts of attachment that are quite handy. With that said, for big jobs I have a Stihl with a blade attached to the head and it will lay waste to whatever comes in front of it. Quite satisfying to use on what was overgrown hedge, grass, weeds, saplings, whatever. I would never consider a battery powered chain saw, stihl for me. The tractor comment makes me laugh at your neighbors too. It's a MOWER...it may be green and yellow, but quite a different beast than is actually sold at the franchise/indy shops that also sell REAL tractors. smh, I feel your frustration @roadstr6

 

[Comet]

Ace Hardware has many different sizes of weed wackier fuel line. @JohnVee

 

[forrest5000]

I have the ego brand yard equipment, I’m very pleased. Have the trimmer ,blower , and mower.

 

[jynx]

I have some battery stuff, but it is definitely just for quick stuff. I mow roughly 4 acres at a time and have 20+ acres of trees and rough. I'm not giving up my gas/diesel equipment. Hell I had a 1.5" sapling I needed to cut, battery saw was laying right by the door, but no battery handy, grabbed one of the stihls and zipped it down.

I think the battery stuff has its place and i have several , but im not a fan of being forced into it because of a government reg. Most of this push is coming from our friends out west. Kalifornia has some pretty strong laws that are going to end the reign of the small gas engine. As they say, as kalifornia goes, so goes the country...

 

[QsLC75]

When you live on 5+acres, raise animals for meat or diary, grow vegetables, or have farm and Amish neighbors then you can call where you live country. Don’t come to the country to take our diesel tractors and gas tools, unless you don’t want to eat real food or .

 

[dbenke]

I mow about 15 acres...I dont see any battery powered mowers for me.
I do have a Makita hedge trimmer, but only for right around the house.
I bought a Stihl trimmer in 1992, paid over $350.00 for it back then, but I use it every other week for about 2 hours at a time, still runs amazing,
31 years later.

 

[roadstr6]

My Dad bought me a Stihl BR106 backpack leaf blower for Christmas of ‘93 after I bought my first house. It was manufactured in 1992 and still works perfectly. I have used it at least twice a month (sometimes more) for all these years. I noticed last year that it was making a rattling noise and it didn’t hold a steady idle very well. I kinda’ figured the carb was bad, so I took off the plastics only to find that the bolts that hold the cylinder to the engine had backed off and the cylinder jug was bouncing up and down with every stroke of the piston! I tightened the four hex bolts that hold down the jug and…fixed! Good to go another 30 years!

 

[NCFJ]

Anyone else tired of hearing about how people don't need things and working is a trap set by the wealthy to enslave all of them? All the while living on someone else's dime. Asking for a friend

 

[angerhater]

I saw a report yesterday that saying 40% of Americans are on some type of government subsistence

 

[izzyandsue]

Anyone else tired of hearing about how people don't need things and working is a trap set by the wealthy to enslave all of them? All the while living on someone else's dime. Asking for a friend

You been talking to my kids?

 

[AWOLDoc]

Does military retirement count as government subsistence? Asking for @NCFJ 's friend.

 

[NCFJ]

Does military retirement count as government subsistence? Asking for @NCFJ 's friend.

Personally, I'd say no. That is something that was earned.

For the sake of the survey mentioned above, I would think it was counted in.

 

[pkniland]

My grandmother is 96, I keep telling her shes gotten her moneys worth out of social security and medicare and she should really refuse to keep taking it. Deadbeat

 

[NCFJ]

My grandmother made it to 98. She would say "Bet old Uncle Sam never bet on paying me this long"

 

[uzj100]

It is sad however loans of all kinds keep most of the country enslaved to big business and our corrupt government. Always follow the money. The system was built this way for a reason. Too keep the rich people getting richer. The middle class to PAY for everything and for the poor people to stay poor. As far as subsidies, we are too far down the road now. Soon the takers will out number the payers and they will vote in all their buddies so they can take more. That is why I have always said, you need a w2 to vote and we need term limits. My new rule is I am voting for the person with the least amount of experience/terms. I could care less which criminal party they are part of. The multi-term folks have absolutely ruined this country while making themselfs and their families rich. And all the us verse them, media, movies, sports of all kinds, and consumerism are here to keep the entire country disctracted and happy. It is working very well. Don't even get me started on big pharma and big food companies. Sad.