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Its hard to explain,but I do feel like talking about it. I live in nj,where most of my neighbors have better jobs than me,more atractive than the jobs I come home from,all of my daughters friends always lived in much bigger houses and fancy cars, I feel like a loser much of the time. Nobody really cares too much about our place in PA except me,I love it. I think this site makes me feel important,because people on here seem to have the same love for the country and tractors as I have. On this site I feel like I am somebody,and most of the time I feel like I am nobody, SORRY,but I just felt like talking. I am glad to be part of this great site ,thank you all
 
I kind of know what you mean except that I never feel like anybody else is any better than I am. A bit 'better off, maybe, but better, NEVER. True I know people that drive better cars or trucks, live in larger houses, etc, etc. Heck alot of them are just like me and are self employeed so I know they share the same headaches and concerns I do, and deserve everything they've worked for. Thing is regardless of where they live, or what they drive, I (BIG I) am the one they all come to see when they have a problem. That being the case I guess I ought to feel like I'm better than they are since I am their problem solver. I don't though because the way I see it, all I know how to do is to be me. If my lot in life is to always be in the middle and to help out those on top as well as those on the bottom, then so be it. In the end as long as I (BIG I AGAIN) am happy, and am able to take care of my family, then nothing else matters.

That being said, there is always something to be said about having others to talk to that share the same likes and dislikes, the same values and views about things (for the most part), etc, etc, etc. My wife and little girl always give me a hard time about talking too much, and at times I guess I do. Thing is when you work alone most of the time, like I do, when you finally do run into somebody who can talk about tractors, equipment, or anything else, besides the all mighty sports world 24/7, then it's a real treat. I've got a few friends and customers like that, but when I get home at night, this site is usually the first place I go. Although I've only met a few of the people on here, or talked to them on the phone a time or two, the one thing I know is that at the end of the day the people on here are the ones that, were I stranded on Gilligans island, or any other for that matter..LOL...are the types of people I'd want right there beside me.
 
You just a regular old common country fellow. Your just stuck in a city place to live. The country life is in your heart and mind. I have traveled to many places in the world. I usually found that the places people tell me will be special just look so-so to me. Then I will see some valley, field or mountain an think that is real beautiful.

An example of this is I have been to Paris, France. I thought it was a filthy disgusting place. The great art places where all dirty and stank. We then went to see the beaches at Normandy. I was over come by the emotions that that place brought on to me. We spent most of a day just walking at looking at the cliffs. I swear I could feel the souls of the men that died there.

We spent the majority of the time in the French country side visiting just common everyday folks. I would love to go back and do that part of it again but you could not pay me to go back to Paris or London. I would like to visit some farmers in Yorkshire England. I have read about how that part of England has feed a great part of the country for centuries.

I bet that you enjoyed your trip to the PA place today more than you would ever any Broadway show. You just have a different value set than the people you live around.
 
people on here seem to have the same love for the country and tractors as I have
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I think you're right on this point Larry, I know I share that love.
I can't tell you how many "tractor people" I have me that have the same core values.
The values that tell us we don't have to have the best house, the best car,
the best of everything and brag about what we spent.
We do have to have our morals, our virtues, our honesty so we are able to sleep at night.
Better than you? Let them tell us about it. I for one will disagree!
 
Larry,most of those with bigger houses and fancier cars also have larger payments and are deeper in debt. I never let that worry me. You have talents that many would envy, and it shows in the photos of your work.You love to grow things and have a place to do so, how many of them do? If it came down to it, you could move to your farm and be largely self sufficient. How many of those people could do that? How many of them even know which end of a shovel to pick up? I grew up without the proverbial pot to pee in, and had a bad inferiority complex. Over time I became a small engine tech. at a Sears Mail Order Plant. Many of the smaller stores had no service dept. so they shipped customers goods to us for repair.A lot of stores that did have a service dept. sent mdse. to us also. One day while at a one-day class, I over heard some others talking about what they did for this and that, and I realized, these were some of the ones who had been sending stuff to the plant for me to fix. In other words, if they ran into a problem, they just sent it to us to fix. So I decided right then, "Hilton, you are as good as the best, and better than the rest!" After that I held my head a little higher. So just hang in there, you probably wouldn't like their shoes anyway!
 
The very nature of riches is happiness. I believe you share regularly the happiness in your life. (with us, and with others I am sure)
Many very rich are just like us. Many are far from common folk.
I will take happiness anytime over the stuffed shirt money grabbing tactics of socialites.

High moral ground is populated by many, and is shredded around the base by those without the traction to get there. Jim
 
I never judge anyone , by what he has in material things. A man can be as poor as can be , and still be rich with the pride of knowing he has the most precious things in the world like his family , and friends.

Not just your close friends and family, but the ones you have collected out here in cyber space.

Just because you read these words .. doesn't mean there aren't fingers attached to a heart that dont care.

I have no Idea where in Jersy you live, but I lived in Old Bridge (not far from New Brunswick) for a couple years, and I wouldn't trade my country living here for the whole settlement.

After seeing your jobs you do with the stone and mason work , you need a place to relax , and get away from it all..
 
Larry,

Everyone on this board enjoys knowing you. Your posts are always fun and uplifting. I read a book one time where the author was warning about putting too much emphasis on money and not enough emphasis on simple service to God.

He said, "But godliness, with contentment, is great gain." I've been encouraged by that sentiment for many years. Riches isn't counted in dollars and cents.

Tom in TN
 
Larry, I take pride in having less than some others and keeping it going!. I see as we are getting deeper into this economic recession and the current wet weather we are getting over here that most times less is more. The big guys are falling like stones over here, and the big tractors are sticking in the mud....Better to carry your head at the same steady height than to carry it high and then have to hang it in shame. I reckon as long as I can keep food on the table and provide enough clothes and heat for my family I am not a looser. Maybe if you had the pressure in your head that some of your high paid neighbours have, you might not feel so good.
My father always said never judge a men by his clothes, by that he meant by material things.
Keep your spirits up and keep on posting here.....You have many friends here and that is something money cannot buy!
Sam
 
Larry;

I've felt like you for most of my life. I always saw others as more successful, more important, etc. Money has never meant much to me; I can have a ball with two cents in my pocket, always have. When I see the first sprouts in the garden or my food plots take on a greenish tint, like when wheat or rye pokes through, I'm elated. I'm like a kid watching corn tossle and the ears forming, growing to frutition even thogh it's just a small plot. Deer tracks and picked cobs tell me I have met my goal, to help critters through winter. My wheat plot will provide spring nourishment for pregnant does and later spring fawns. I love the connection to the earth and appreciate all of God's gifts nature provides. We all enjoy your pictures and the love of your garden and occupation shows through. Many of us wish we had your talents.

Larry
 
Larry:

I lived in New Jersey for 12 years. Had the "big jobs", commuted to New York City, from the western part of New Jersey took 5 hours around trip daily. Had the 'big house' and the big debt, but we did it for the kids. Oh as a counterpoint the town over had bigger houses with fancier cars. Talking to someone one day, we talked about the town over becuase the property tax was at the time 90's was in the $20K range.

The guy mentioned to me yeah, some of those 'mansions', with exotic cars in front if you were to go inside have little to no furniture. It was a façade.

I really never chased a dollar, I liked the work from the challenge perspective. I liked the work (it involved commodity markets trading), because it was like you against the rest of the world. It wasn't like writing a report then submitting to someone for approval. The whole market knew exactly what you did good or bad.

But honestly I never found peace. All the money in the world can't give you that. Once the kids were a little older, I just said I've had enough, we moved to a small farm we owned in northern Florida. Yeah, gave it all up. The jobs I have down here annual salary was essentially what I was paying in taxes in New Jersey.

But getting on that tractor sun shining, I was finding peace. There is something about it.Can't explain it. Yeah, all my 'friends' up north basically disowned me. Could not understand why I gave it up.

I tell people yeah, I have an advanced degree but no skills. I can't fix a tractor. I look on this site and I see pictures of a stripped down tractor then after a while someone will post a before and after picture. First the tractor is stripped down to nothing and then it looks flawless mint, with the comment something like "I did this on my spare time". I have to stand in awe.

Folks one this site are farming 100's to thousand of acres taking business risks every year that would make Wall Street shutter.

Think of it every year starting out with just land, don't really know what the farm input costs are really going to cost the next year, have no control of the weather and really don't know what the 'finished product' is going be worth but every year, they make it work. Mostly by themselves. To me it's totally remarkable and I stand humbled.

These guys that were in the military, like JD Seller, 75th Rangers 4 tours in Nam. I was in during the tail end of that era. Even being a LT in the 1st Cav. All that training I had only to get knocked out of the box in a stupid training accident in CONUS. My driver fell asleep at the wheel during a night live fire exercise and we hit a tank at about 30 miles an hour. Well a 1/4 ton is no match for a 52 ton tank. God must of been driving because we hit the track and not the front slope. Had we hit the front slope I would not be writing this now.
But my tour of service to all those that were in country, I feel like I did nothing.

The core values folks have on this site for God, Family and Country are second to none.

I really like your picture's from PA and you do far better work, then I can ever hope to accomplish.

In the end the value of a person is not what he has in his wallet, but what he has in his heart.

Maybe I'm getting a little long winded but I guess I had to talk too..
 
Larry,
It is not the "stuff" that one has in their garage, barn or bank that is important in life. We live very modestly. But our stuff is mostly paid off. Our house is not fancy at all and it is actually quite small. Husbands shop is just a little old hog house with a cracked up old floor-but we could not have more fun together if we tried. WHAT IS IMPORTANT is the stuff you have in your heart and your head.

You obviously enjoy spending time with your wife and your daughter. You have a great sense of humor. You love the country. You share produce with others. You seem kind to others. I think you have the "right stuff". Carry on!
SweetFeet
 
Larry,
Many people never leave high school, and I feel sorry for them. Thank you for feeling secure enough in your manhood to express your heart. I think each of us who have come to love this site and the quality people who frequent it will agree with me in saying, "We love ya man".

Glenn F.
 
Larry, I'm 30 years old and have many more years to leave my mark on this earth as do you. I have always lived by the idea that its not the amount of things you have, its about the amount of love you have in your heart and that you share it with family and friends. Love unconditionally, offer help to any that need it, raise healthy/honest/hard working children, and you will be the wealthiest person you know.

I come to this site not only for help (and boy do i need it sometimes) but I too feel like im talking with a group who truly care and understand a way of living that many in the cities across the county do not. I'm an educated man, I have 3 colleges degrees, one being a masters degree, and I interact with those in the "professional world" on a daily basis, and let me tell you, I prefer the company and friendship of the hard working "country folk" I live around more.
 
You know how the old saying goes; 'I felt bad that I had no shoes until I met a man that had no feet'.
 
i have seen your talents in masonry and you are a true inspiration. father was a bricklayer who took great pride in his work. he would have approved of yours and that is saying a lot.
 
You are not a nobody because other people have better jobs or cars or houses than you. It is my opinion that we all can be somebody by living good lives and being good people on whatever social plane we are. I have much more respect for someone who does good work at a low paying or difficult job than for someone who gets paid a lot to do nothing or to do their job badly.
Zach
 
After reading some of the posts on this forum I realize what good neighbors I have. This site has been very helpful and I enjoy the pictures and videos.
 
I worked in the auto industry, most of my coworkers had bigger, fancier houses, newer cars, more toys. I got my time in and got out, by living withing my means. Many of my former coworkers are misreable, they can't find work at a decent wage, and they can't retire. You have a nice life, and a nice family.
 
I worked in the auto industry, most of my coworkers had bigger, fancier houses, newer cars, more toys. I got my time in and got out, by living withing my means. Many of my former coworkers are misreable, they can't find work at a decent wage, and they can't retire. You have a nice life, and a nice family.
 
When you first started posting your "random" photos on Tractor Talk, it was obvious to me that you really enjoyed sharing some of your daily travels through the countryside with us.

I always enjoy your photos with their narratives and appreciate you sharing them with us.

You also take sharing to a whole new level with the bounty from your garden.

Imagine our surprise the day we received the "postal potatoes" and salsa - which Nancy ate before I even got a taste.

You have a beautiful farm in PA and there is no doubt that you love it.

All of us on this forum have a common interest in tractors, but each of us has a special gift or talent that contributes much more to these forums.

You have contributed much more than you realize in ways you may never know; this subject being a very good example.

You might be surprised how each of us defines our own success.
 
Larry, from what I can see from your post is that you are one of the wealthiest person on this site. It took me many years to learn that wealth isnt measured in dollars
 
Every time I see your "handle" I anticipate seeing some great pictures--- keep them coming! (I wouldn't have guessed you feel the way you describe)
 
loser? I don't think so you have family - you have skills that some only wish they had- you have a lot going for you. keep the pics and stuff coming. and yes this is a wonderful site.
 
Larry, you must be following the election too closely. And the O's lost to the Bummers yeasterday. It's starting to get cold, and we had frost this morning. Gas prices are up and they want to tax air. We all have problems from time to time. Just keep plugging- we all do. You may not always be the biggest, best or richest. It don't matter. The higher you get on the hill, the easier it is to fall. I'm not the BFO I once wanted to be, but I have learned to be happy with what I have. As I age, all the toys are rusting, and I can't get up enough gumption anymore to want to play with them as I did twenty years ago. But I have learned that it is now time to enjoy what I have now, and look forward to what I have left. Good family, great friends and fond memories of the wild ride. Go on up to Berks and smell the air. Not many of your neighbors can do that. The bounty you have harvested this year will see you through the long winter. The pictures you have taken are some memories. Your friends and family will see you through. What more can any man have? Besides seeing the Yankees lose.....
 
Larry,
Your No Looser! those people with the big homes and fancy cars are. They live in a very limited little world. doing the same thing each day. Most of that type of person can not exist without us folks that know how to use our hands to build and repair things,grow their food, and haul away their junk. When food gets much more expensive, they will be envious of you! As Hank Jr. says "A Country Boy Can Survive"
PS it must be about time for your hunting buddys to come to PA and set up camp??
Loren
 
I'm not awake enought yet to say much, don't want to say the wrong things. but I'll post a picture that helps Me feel rich.
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I'd say your family is one of the luckiest in the neighborhood having you.I live in an area where there are lots of very well off people and I'm talking multimillionaires and I'm on the low end of the financial scale here and its no big deal.
Most of the time I rarely give it a thought over the years I've made friends with alot of these peolple as they moved into what used to be a rural area and am constantly surprised that many comment how 'lucky' I am to have lived here all my life and been able to farm and do the things I do.In my opinion money or lack of money has nothing to do with how successful a person is.Its their general character and how they treat their friends and family and without a doubt from your posts here you are/have been exremely successful.And I see some kids here that are basically hung out on their own by wealthy parents and no matter how much money they get to spend it doesn't replace parents that care about them.
 
Used to be that skilled workers like brick layers,carpenters,cabinet makers,mechanics etc were very respected and valued in a community and I think its coming back to those days slowly.
 
First off who cares what anyone else has that you don't have. A guy I work for has over a million dollars in cars? That's just crazy. Second be happy with yourself and what you have accomplished, and know you did it the right way threw your hard work. And yes you bring alot to this great site.
 
In my opinion the "happy man" is the one who is happy with what he has versus running the rat race (stress, tension, sleepless nights, heartaches) trying to keep up with your neighbors.

If your priorities are with God, Family and Country, how can any other lifestyle compete with that????

Ive NEVER owned a new car, drive (but meticuously maintain) older cars and RV's, go to church, raised a wonderful family, married 42 year to the SAME (my "first" wife, what a lucky woman lol) and Im so very happy and content and live an extremeeeeeeeee low stress peaceful laid back lifestyle NOW HOW CAN FAME AND FORTUNE HOPE TO COMPETE ????????

Listen to some Jimmy Buffett music: "If you ever wonder why you ride the carousel, you do it for the stories you can tell"

God Bless ya Larry, hang in there and screw what others may think........

Ol John T in Indiana, Christian, Conservative and Patriot God Bless the USA
 
Larry, With your pictures, some of us are seeing part of this beautiful country we would of never seen. You have a skill that a lot of younger folks someday may wish they had learned. With the computer age and the way kids today spend so much time looking at them I am afraid we are raising some young kids with no skills at all and they don't want to learn. When you are on the job and one young kid is watching you work, you are a great teacher.
 
Larry, just reading all the good things on this site about you, that tells the story. We enjoy the pic. and post you have put on thie site. That is what makes it interesting.
Keep up the good work.

Hammer Man
 
Larry , You don"t have to have a big house ,expensive vehicles and a big bank roll to be a rich wealthy and important person.
You are a very rich,wealthy and important person my friend.I say friend and I don"t even know you personally but thru this forum I look for your comments stories and photographs which makes you very important , wealthy, rich and a friend to me.
Have a great day Larry
Tony
 
Larry: I am lucky enough to have travled all over the world ,yet I really enjoy your photos of the country there. You have just about got me thinking I am going to make a swing up in that part of the country around the first of the month. Keep up the good work and remember Life is just what you make it, and in a lot of cases it is way too short..
 
Larry, glad you feel that way. I can't seem to get any one to care about me, or what I do, even on here.
 
Larry,
Life is good to all of us as we see fit. I myself have had my days as I am plugged into a dialysis machine for 4 hours 3 days a week. I am a retired architect and am glad that I got to practice as one for about 30 years. I put myself through college after my wife divorced me and had the best 4 years of my life. I was 28 at the time and had to put up with a bunch of 18 year old kids. It was hard but I did enjoy it.
My dad passed and I moved back home to take care of mom's place for her and now she is gone but I still enjoy the home place. It is paid for and now all I have to do is maintain it.
Would I like to travel,sure. But I am on a short leash called dialysis. I see people all the time complain about how bad the treatment is for them but every day that I get up I realize that I am still vertical.
I don't talk politics because it is still my decision and that is fine with me. I enjoy this site because there are so many great people who will give advise freely and without any flack. We all just put it out there and we all try to help when we can.
 
Larry,..you are far more valuable than what money or wealth can bring you. Having friends and you health far outweighs status and wealth in someone else's eyes. Everybody has something to offer in life and I see alot of good in all you have brought to this site. Knowledge and caring are definately your strong points.
As long as you are happy with your life and with the friends and family around you,..You Are Golden. Being at peace in life is sought by many but gotten by few. You have a beautiful farm up there in PA. Larry and your talent for photography is special.Just stay happy and don't worry about what other people have or don.t have.
Leo
 
Larry, you and I are about the same age. I have a son that turned out great despite the raising that his mother gave after we divorced.

I have always felt that I am on the low end of the totem pole but there are a lot of people that respect me for the knowledge that I bring to the table.

I am in the process of retiring form the military after 26.5 years and feel kinda lost as to finding a new job but know that I will, may not be making as much as I want to but I will survive.

I have been the primary care giver for my dad who had a very bad accident last November and I have never been this close to him and tell him that I love him multiple times everyday.

I am also in the process of getting the farm in shape for planting in the spring. Farm has not been worked of taken care of for better than 10 years.

All my equipment is OLD. Newest piece is a tag along swather built in 1968. All is in working condition and I have the books and knowledge to maintain it. By the way, it is all paid for.

I also have a few very good friends. You know the ones that you can call on and they will drop everything to come help in your time of need. And I am the same way.

Larry, I thoroughly enjoy and anticipate the pictures and stories that you post here. It gives me insite to the differences in land and farming styles on the opposite sides of this great country. You have nothing to be ashamed of as you and your wife have raised a great daughter, you accomplish quality work and have a great imagination on what to do with things that others consider waste.

I applaud your resourcefulness and your down home sensibility. I also want to say that you are the salt of the earth. This country needs more like you.

Leonard
 
Larry...

You're happy - that's about all you can ask for isn't it?
Like you, many of my client's live the other life. Many friends do too. I was even in business with a friend for a while who lived that life. I wouldn't wish it on too many people. Its not a bad life, just not me. Too much stress for what we all face in the end - the real end.
Seeing the post someone just put up about view from the tractor seat... is there a better "pic from my office"?

Anyway, several years ago myself and a few friends coined the "cookie philosophy":

Go up to a 4 year old and show him a briefcase full of $20's and one full of cookies. See what he picks. That's our goal for retirement.... cookies (and I'm only 46). The money is just to get from point A to B in life - spend what you have to, squirrel the rest away, and eat cookies. And most 4 year olds are very happy.

Enjoy, and keep up the posts and pics - gives me something to shoot for at my place.

Tony
 
Larry,I have not read through all the responses here so I may repeat what others have said (hopefully so) but you seem like a very passionate, hard working, down to earth, humble guy whose understands more of what life is about that many many others. What you bring to this forum is unique and spcecial. I thouroughly enjoy your pics, you have a natural ability behind the lens and I like your rhymes too! You are a very blessed man and deep down you know it but sometimes we need to hear it - so here it is!
 
I think that after reading the many, many post to you here Larry, I can sum things up for you like this. WE, the folks here on this site, are all part of a farm based subculture! If anyone can figure a way to exploit this subculture, they will. But they still cannot change the way we think, or the things we value.
 
Glad to have you on here, Larry. I always look forward to reading your posts. One of these days, if I'm ever in the neighborhood, I'm even going to come and visit.
 
The more money we have, the more we worry. When you don't have much you don't worry about keeping up with the Jonses'.It's a true fact. We are all plain old (and young) down home folks here at YT. That's what keeps me coming back. We all have our individual opinions for sure but we don't have our noses up in the air.

Larry, keep sending the pics. I don't verbally respond to them but I do look at and admire them. Jim
 
I have felt the same way at times lately for the same reasons. The neighborhood has changed over the last decade and the new people think they are high and mighty but they are not. There are ways to be rich out side of measuring only material aspects and I would say in that respect you are one rich fellow. I wish my health was as good as yours to bust tail at your regular job the way you do. You have to keep going with the PA thing as it gives me something to aspire to with the garden you have. I've got to put some beds close to the farmstead for next year.
 
They may have more $$ and more "prestigious" jobs, but there ain't a one of them that have half the talent you have, both with the camera and as a stone mason. Probably ain't 100 people in the world that have your talents. That's something to be proud of, and makes you a somebody to me. Keep the pics coming my friend.
 
This site is a neighborhood that extends all over the world with dependable friends at every corner. I feel as you do sometimes but here we are all special. It is great to have these friends to talk to that will help with any thing or problem we have.

Later Roland (AL)

PS Love your pictures..
 
You're a good man Larry, you care for your family more than yourself and work hard with your hands. Don't ever let society make you think less of yourself.
 
Larry, even though I don't know much about you, I can relate. Last year I had to give up all my hobbies while I see many prospering around me. I have a menial job and medical bills stacked to the ceiling. I manage to buy a few cheap used ag books now and then. Just finishing reading three about Cyrus H. McCormick. I will start on John Deere next, from the library.

My twelve year old car keeps breaking down. I raised two kids in a 800 square foot home and I still haven't got it paid off. I have pictures of my grandpa's farm but our family is so small that nobody else cares about them. Owned one tractor in my life and had to sell within the first year of buying it. Many days I feel small.

Take care.
 
Well,now that we know all this about you......
No,just kidding buddy. Glad to know you on here. Wish you lived closer so you could get together with some of us at local shows.
 
(quoted from post at 21:02:58 10/12/12) Its hard to explain,but I do feel like talking about it. I live in nj,where most of my neighbors have better jobs than me,more atractive than the jobs I come home from,all of my daughters friends always lived in much bigger houses and fancy cars, I feel like a loser much of the time. Nobody really cares too much about our place in PA except me,I love it. I think this site makes me feel important,because people on here seem to have the same love for the country and tractors as I have. On this site I feel like I am somebody,and most of the time I feel like I am nobody, SORRY,but I just felt like talking. I am glad to be part of this great site ,thank you all
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Larry, Larry, Larry............Larry, Larry.......
see what takin all green tractor pics has done to ya??????????? Got ya feelin all dull and gloomy..... Open up a jar of them sweet peppers or yeller squash,and look at some red tractor pics. That'll cheer ya up..... I was about 9 and made a comment about someone bein rich cause they had a bunch of tractors and stuff dad's friend was there and said they just owed a lot more than we did........... carried that with me ever since and the only thing we owe on is the house..... I's the same sweet and loveable guy with overflowin people skills in my 250 buck VW as I would be in a 80 thousand buck mercedes.......
Cheer up Brother........ Here's sumpin ta gitcha started...




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I think all of us really need to step back and think what this site really does.

20 years ago people with common interests used a phone, "snail mail", and maybe a yearly gathering or two.

Now look at this site (thanks to technology). People from around the World can get an answer to a question they have in mere minutes. Others scan service manuals to answer questions. Posts with photos are almost expected.

AND!!! The expertise on this site. That is as valuable as having a service manual. From dozers to planters to lawyers to Masonry (YOU Larry), experts in their respective field are on here. Lots of people comment on your work and ask you for advice.

You may be trapped in NJ, but your pictures tell a different story. People around you may not understand you, but all the people on YT have a similar interests and do understand. When the time is right, escape NJ for the PA countryside.

Rick
 
Larry,

Those thoughts are very unhealthy.I am sure the rich guy up the road worries about losing all of his fortune.Once you have it and are affected by it you can never return to a normal existence.

If your family loves and respects each other you are a very wealthy man.That's what my father said to one of my sisters when she made a comment about not being rich.He raised 12 children that are all doing ok.

JMHO

Vito
 
My uncle bought grandpa's homestead. He farmed 80 acres and rented 40 more. He had a small operation and all the neighbors had the bigger farms. He raised 6 kids and did as well or better as the neighbors did. Size does not matter. If you are comfortable with who you are, then the neighbors don't matter. This site has taught me to enjoy what I do and to do what I enjoy.
SDE
 
Larry, I have always said a tape measure is a lousy way to measure a man, but it occurs to me the size of wallet is an even worse way. My Bible says "Man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart."
PS. I like your pictures to.
 
Larry, I feel the same way a lot lately. I am 50 and clearly see that i will never accomplish what i wanted. My wages are stagnant and it is now clear that i will NEVER be able to retire. My job hangs in the balance and may be gone any day, week or month. I am "George Bailey" only I don't have any friends. Those that say money is not important have never been without. I too am surrounded with luxury. I don't wish to be rich but just once would like to not worry about money. I go the gas station and put in $10 not because the price is high but because thats all I have. My 3 kids go to a Catholic school where the students drive nicer cars than my wife and mine. I know life is about whats around you but just once i would like to take a relaxing vacation. There are only so many "romantic walks" you can take before that doesn't qualify as a vacation. Its my family that suffers when we can't do fun things together because we just don't have the money. 20 yrs ago my dad and I squirrelled away 20 or so tractors and now I cannot afford to do a thing with them. I gave up all my hobbies to fund my family. This site is my hobby, my therapy. I come here daily and enjoy the photos and advice and try to give it when I can.
 
Larry
seen you take veggies to your mom and workers in nursing home, magazines to the man in home, grow food for neighbors in PA, teach you daughter about how Amish work hard and dont mind it, man you are the one living the dream, your touching lives in a positive way. Keep it up, know who the important people in you life are, help them and enjoy what God has given you!!
 
Jumpin' Jehoshaphat! Throw those bummer pills in the trash. Most of us get bummed every now and then, but put it behind you. You have so many skills and talents. Truth be known, those neighbors with "nicer(?)" stuff, probably admire your ability to do so many things well.

Forget what the others think, you've got way more going for you than a lot of folks who have 6 figure jobs.

We always enjoy your posts and seeing what you've been building.
 
Larry, people like you are what makes the site worth coming to every night before I go to bed. It is like a community with people from all walks of life. I really enjoy your pictures and commentary.
 
There right now. Know little about lots and lots about nothing. Hopefully can start saving for retirement in 10-15 yrs (am 52 now). Newest thing in yard is a 95 Toyota @ 238,000 miles. Deadend job. Even try to not post as dont have anything useful to add.
At least from pics you post can grow food and make beautiful things from stone.
Good Luck!!
 
I know how you feel Larry. I'm 21 and can do more things with my hands then most 50 years olds around my area. When I was in high school i was never popular. Never bothered me but never felt at home. Here i feel like someone. People who know what its like to use your hands and use up some elbow grease. Sorry for the long post but we like you here Larry. You gotta keep the pics coming!
 
larry , you are much appreciated , i love seeing your pics.some country i will never see in person.sometimes i feel the same way, can't afford a new house or a new truck.just hope social security will be there so i can slow down some.then i think about the wife who has stood by me for 38 years, the three children who love me and ask for advice, and especially the grandkids. then i realize i am richer than the next door neighbor, who is divorced twice.i don't have a lot, but i have satisfaction in knowing i earned it.i too work with my hands, roofing ,siding, windows or any type of maintenance.we keep this country running, without us things just fall apart.hope to someday meet a few of you fellow YT junkies. enough said, God Bless You and the rest of the working men and women who keep the USA going.
 
You are like the rest of us on here, what I call the REAL people of the REAL world.

Your pics are the greatest! Keep them coming.

The majority of the NJ folks that you mention probably think that the "Green Giant" picks, processes and puts the veggies in the freezer at the super market. It's their loss so don't worry about it and keep up the good work.
 
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