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I like to read some, but not everyday. Last winter I read the book about the fellow who was a New Holland baler inventor, Ed Nolt and a book by Jerry Aaps called Old Farm a History. This winter I'm nearly done with Decision Points by former president George W. Bush. Also read some in the Bible. Recently found an internet article about software programs and what they are good for, how hard or easy they are to learn, which one or ones are best to know for getting a current job, etc. Book marked it and will refer to it again if I think I need a challenge. I learned Fortran when in EE college but never used it later in employment.

Sorry for the criss-cross of subjects here or some would probably call it rambling ! Ron
 
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I read a couple books every month. John grisham, Steven King, Max Lucado, and several other christian authors. Plus lots of educational stuff on the internet. And some Bible everyday. Odd mix huh?
 
I read several books a month.

My mother was a voracious reader, and even a month before she passed away at age 94 she was still reading meaningful books and magazine articles, continually expanding her knowledge.

A lot of it was passed along to me.
 
This is a stupid question I suppose but how was the book by Ed Nolt? I like reading about people that invented or trace the design of equipment. Does it get into the knotter and who invented that and a little bit about how it evolved? Thanks.

Paul
 
I don't read many books, but just finished "The Oregon Trail" by Rinker Buck. Just loved this book and how Rinker writes. He and his brother take a covered wagon pulled by 3 mules and follow the Oregon trail as close as possible. This was in 2011, what a summer they had.
 
Been very busy the last year, haven't had any free time much at all, but it's getting better a bit. I love old time logging books, old airplane stories, (fighter, bomber, SR71 Blackbird) and old frontier/mountain men stories, both fiction and non fiction. Another favorite topic of mine is the Civil War, Vietnam, and both world wars. I can just get lost in those books. I feel like I would have fit right in roaming the mountains with Daniel Boone or Kit Carson. I also come across interesting to me articles online and save them to look at "when I have time". I have 50 tabs open on my phone of interesting stories and articles I slowly read through as I get to them.

Ross
 
The book 'Oxcarts to Rockets' is very interesting. About early farm equipment and the men behind the companies.
men like Roy Ingersoll and J I Case.
 
My recollection of the book after a short scan to try to remember some of what I read seems to imply the Mr. Nolt's main contributions were the way to stop the plunger while the bale is tying; adding a cutter on the input side of the plunger for clean and distinct breaks in the incoming material, and improvements to the pickup. No mention of the knotter as relates to invention.

Lots of other stuff of his life not directly related to the NH Baler.
 
Probably read too much but I really enjoy it when I get time. Just finished A Painted House by John Grishom for the third time. It's a good book written in our time from the eyes of a seven year old boy.
 
I do quite a bit of reading..
Been a long time since I saw the word Fortran. You must be at least as old as I am.
Come to think of it, I hope I never see that word again. LOL
Richard in NW SC
 

My wife likes to point out now and then how studies have shown that reading somewhat "challenging" books as opposed to "page turners" can make a substantial difference in how you can retain your mental faculties into old age. I am currently reading my Bible and The Long Gray line by Rick Atkinson. I highly recommend "Lions Gate", even though it is a page turner, about the six days war. Amazing story about victory against incredibly long odds.
 
I thought that book was pretty far fetched .A seven year old boy who witnesses two murders and does not tell his Dad, Not buying that book sorry.
 
Good tractor related book " A Corporate Tragedy " by Barbara Marsh The rise and fall of the great International Harvester Company. Sad but good.
 
Wife and I read a lot, go to the Green Valley Book Fair in Mt Crawford, VA a couple of times a year. I read a lot of John Grishsm, Clive Cussler, Lee Child and some of the mystery thriller series. We've probably got 2500-3000 books in the house!!
 
(quoted from post at 11:32:26 12/11/18) Wife and I read a lot, go to the Green Valley Book Fair in Mt Crawford, VA a couple of times a year. I read a lot of John Grishsm, Clive Cussler, Lee Child and some of the mystery thriller series. We've probably got 2500-3000 books in the house!!
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Phil, I have read a few Cussler, and more than a few Grisham, They are very quick reads, but then I go back to some more challenging material.
 
I have a couple of hundred, maybe as many as 500 or so I have bought over the past 40 years. Now that I am retired and when I get done hauling n fords to the scrap yard, I might have time to re read them.
 
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