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Tuesday, March 23. 2010

John Deere du Jour

I guess it's a motorcycle. The cowbell is a nice touch. We believe that these jolly good folks in their Sunday Best are the Maggie's demographic.


Posted by Gwynnie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 16:42 | Comments (19) | Trackbacks (0)

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heh --bet they're on their way to dinner --shame on me --i love 'em --but they DO need that third wheel ya gotta admit --
#1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-23 17:47 (Reply)
The Early Bird Special, no doubt.
#1.1 Bird Dog on 2010-03-23 17:52 (Reply)
...them bones over the front tire --wanna guess what happened to the rest ?

(>>burrrp
#1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-23 18:01 (Reply)
just before suppertime yesterday, it was grazing in the pasture
#1.1.1.1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-23 18:11 (Reply)
Who has the info on this neat dream? would like to know what is in it? thanks
#1.2 Two Cylinder Pete on 2010-03-25 11:24 (Reply)
Salt of the earth.
#2 ahem on 2010-03-23 18:29 (Reply)
As a Brit there are so many things about America I love...this pic is one of them.
#3 Thud (Link) on 2010-03-23 19:59 (Reply)
Someone told me, or i read somewhere, that when the yanks started arriving in England for the big invasion buildup during WWII, that the British planners were amazed how many of them were mechanics --from building contraptions just like the pic, back on the old farm --heh --
#3.1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-23 20:27 (Reply)
that appears to be a gremlin bell. motorcyclist employ them.
#4 tippy on 2010-03-23 21:05 (Reply)
No fair stimulating Dr. Mercury with that heaping helping of Hot Totty!
#5 Gerard Van der Leun on 2010-03-23 22:46 (Reply)
The feller in the pic has "1946 LUC" painted on the engine cover. That's probably a birthdate, so at that age he ain't doing too bad, keeping up with that much younger heapin' helpin' of hot totty. Looks like he may have been trying to write "LUCK" but unluckily ran out of room, and wisely decided to tempt no further fate --as in, if he couldn't have LUCK then by golly LUC would do just fine.
#5.1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-24 00:14 (Reply)
LUC is part of the nomenclature
#5.1.1 gg on 2010-03-26 18:15 (Reply)
Hubba-hubba! Yep, one thing that really gets me going are a whole bunch of calf tattoos! Moo-ooo!

Hey, wait -- is that a joke or not?
#5.2 Dr. Mercury on 2010-03-24 08:28 (Reply)
This reminded me of Don Walser. His son put together this eulogy to his father where at around 5:20 you can hear Don singing his John Deere TractorSong. I recommend the whole video. Good ol' TX swing + country. Good yodeling, also.

Not everyone realizes that Bill Haley, best known for Rock Around the Clock, was previously a pretty good yodeler.
#6 Gringo on 2010-03-24 00:49 (Reply)
...speaking of yodeling, looking for that "O Brother" song by John Hartford the other day, came acrost an old college video of Bird Dog and two of his cousins performing that very song.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBEOjcQstUc
#6.1 buddy larsen on 2010-03-24 01:20 (Reply)
I imagine he has to e-e-e-ease out that clutch. Too fast and 1946 LUC (and Her Ladyship) will be sitting on the street.
#7 Gwynne on 2010-03-24 09:38 (Reply)
That's a feature, not a bug.
#7.1 arcs on 2010-03-24 15:17 (Reply)
right on --that CG has gotta be too close to the axle --they need a bigger cowbell --maybe something like the Liberty Bell --
#7.2 buddy larsen on 2010-03-24 15:46 (Reply)
John Deere built power units, for combines 12A model in particular. It appears that it is a 1946 LUC power unit. Converted into a cow catcher, it also appears to work!
#8 Mark on 2010-04-02 23:44 (Reply)

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