OT Utopia?

I was naturally curious about the show when they started advertising it before it actually started so I watched the first episode.

Nothing but a bunch of dimwits who can't get a long with each other. Anyway they kept showing glimpses of what I think is a 2N there on the property.

They're into about 6 or 7 episodes now and the only reason I keep watching it is because I want to see those dimwits attempt to get that 2N running and attempt to do something with it.

Personally I wouldn't bet on anyone of those idiots even getting it started. That tractor is the only thing that keeps me watching the show. Anybody else in the same fix as I am?

If you want to see a tractor accident waiting to happen, I would think those dum basses can accomplish it. I'm really surprised that not one of them has even mentioned that tractor sitting there.

Kill your television.
You and your family will be happier, smarter and more blessed without it.

(quoted from post at 13:43:31 10/01/14) Kill your television.
You and your family will be happier, smarter and more blessed without it.

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I suppose you're now living in Utopia since you killed your TV?

Which one of those nitwits are you?

Hung out in Utopia, Texas a bit in '79. Nice hills, mesquite trees, and a river. Compared to a lot of Texas it was Utopia.
Utopia

I'm thinking if it's ok for people to complain about crappy TV programming then it's ok for someone to remind them that they don't have to watch it.

(quoted from post at 15:47:30 10/01/14) I'm thinking if it's ok for people to complain about crappy TV programming then it's ok for someone to remind them that they don't have to watch it.

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I'm not complaining about the show. It is what it is. I just said I'm waiting for the idiots to start messing around with that tractor.

Thank you for being concerned with my well being. But, I don't think TV is going to be my downfall.

I'm not exactly one of those that think what they see is real. I get the concept, it's meant for entertainment.

Come on now! Do you believe what is on TV they call reality shows?
I hear that sum people believe the Beverly Hillbillies were real and Green Acres was a real farm.
Thar are sum folks think that Pawn Stars isn't rehearsed

(quoted from post at 17:00:38 10/01/14) Come on now! Do you believe what is on TV they call reality shows?
I hear that sum people believe the Beverly Hillbillies were real and Green Acres was a real farm.
Thar are sum folks think that Pawn Stars isn't rehearsed

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I don't have any people like that in my circle of friends, do you?

Dawg,

I totally agree and once you do sever the fixation, and later happen to watch a little, it's hard to believe you could have willingly wasted so much life and let yourself be subjected to such crap.

I put mine on a shelf down in the shop six years ago and haven't watched since . . . except for a very little while laid up recovering with this new hip. YouTube vids and movies on a laptop while lying in bed was infinitely more rewarding.

T

Good one Ultradog.

This poem has made the rounds on the web, but it makes a good point about TV's impact on our culture today...We have not had television in our house since our kids were born in the 80's and they seem to have survived.

The Stranger

"A few months before I was born, my dad met a stranger who was new to our small town. From the beginning, Dad was fascinated with this enchanting newcomer, and soon invited him to live with our family. The stranger was quickly accepted and was around to welcome me into the world a few months later.

As I grew up I never questioned his place in our family. In my young mind, each member had a special niche. My brother, Bill, five years my senior, was my example. Fran, my younger sister, gave me an opportunity to play 'big brother' and develop the art of teasing. My parents were complementary instructors-- Mom taught me to love the word of God, and Dad taught me to obey it.

But the stranger was our storyteller. He could weave the most fascinating tales. Adventures, mysteries and comedies were daily conversations. He could hold our whole family spell-bound for hours each evening.

If I wanted to know about politics, history, or science, he knew it all. He knew about the past, understood the present, and seemingly could predict the future. The pictures he could draw were so life like that I would often laugh or cry as I watched.

He was like a friend to the whole family. He took Dad, Bill and me to our first major league baseball game. He was always encouraging us to see the movies and he even made arrangements to introduce us to several movie stars. My brother and I were deeply impressed by John Wayne in particular.

The stranger was an incessant talker. Dad didn't seem to mind-but sometimes Mom would quietly get up-- while the rest of us were enthralled with one of his stories of faraway places-- go to her room, read her Bible and pray. I wonder now if she ever prayed that the stranger would leave.

You see, my dad ruled our household with certain moral convictions. But this stranger never felt obligation to honor them. Profanity, for example, was not allowed in our house-- not from us, from our friends, or adults. Our longtime visitor, however, used occasional four letter words that burned my ears and made Dad squirm. To my knowledge the stranger was never confronted. My dad was a teetotaler who didn't permit alcohol in his home - not even for cooking. But the stranger felt 1ike we needed exposure and enlightened us to other ways of life. He offered us beer and other alcoholic beverages often.

He made cigarettes look tasty, cigars manly, and pipes distinguished. He talked freely (too much too freely) about s_x. His comments were sometimes blatant, sometimes suggestive, and generally embarrassing. I know now that my early concepts of the man-woman relationship were influenced by the stranger.

As I look back, I believe it was the grace of God that the stranger did not influence us more. Time after time he opposed the values of my parents. Yet he was seldom rebuked and never asked to leave.

More than forty years have passed since the stranger moved in with the young family. He is not nearly so intriguing to my Dad as he was in those early years. But if I were to walk into my parents' den today, you would still see him sitting over in a corner, waiting for someone to listen to him talk and watch him draw his pictures.

His name? We always just called him TV."

I've seen Ns on TV a few times used as props,but
around here,in rural Tn,they are in almost every
small farms barn,used for veggie gardens and
mowing. Those dummies couldn't even start to get a
non-running old tractor running. My own son,now 25
years old sends his car for simple repairs,even
though I always told him to watch what I was doing
while working on my truck or tractor. He did help
me take the top off of the hydraulics on my 9n one
time,and was interested in all the stuff inside.
I'm afraid that the younger folks don't appreciate
old stuff,just TV. lha

You really should have seen the episode of doomsday castle(quasi prepper show) where oldest son tests front door with an 9,2 or8n
Straps along on front and rear axles like a battering ram...hits door,goes vertical and gets pulled off..tractor stays vertical,later they pull it over backwards on its hood ...talk about idiocy

(quoted from post at 14:17:42 10/13/14) I've seen Ns on TV a few times used as props,but
around here,in rural Tn,they are in almost every
small farms barn,used for veggie gardens and
mowing. Those dummies couldn't even start to get a
non-running old tractor running. My own son,now 25
years old sends his car for simple repairs,even
though I always told him to watch what I was doing
while working on my truck or tractor. He did help
me take the top off of the hydraulics on my 9n one
time,and was interested in all the stuff inside.
I'm afraid that the younger folks don't appreciate
old stuff,just TV. lha

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On the last episode they showed a small clip of things to come. It showed the dummies running along in back pushing it. So evidently they do try to get it running sometime in a future show.