farmernick06

Funny thing about this topic is i went to kmart yesterday, and the have the construction sets there and the tractor i want is in one of them.... The most expensive one 2

I know what you mean mate, i wanted one of those mini milking parlours but they were in a huge set full or rubbish so didn't bother  \

Down here we currently have:

Wheat ( cut yesterday ), OSR ( cut a few weeks back ), Lettuce, Spring onions, Onion, Coriander, Parsley, Barley 

Absoelute stunner down here though, got alot of combining done ahead of some expected rain. But an awesomely hot day, not so good for the twix in my pocket i forgot about 

Today i got up at nice and early at 9:15 run out doors, got my John Deere hat and went to see the local contractors start harvest at JJ Barkers, running a John Deere 98.. STS something or other, John Deere 8520 with Hawe chaser bin and another 6920S w. Marston tipping trailer.

After a few runs i got offered a go in the combine and he never really asked me to leave so i stayed in for a good 3/4 hours  :) They moved about 12 lorry loads at 30T each so we shifted just under 360 tons.

But whilst getting back i caught my leg on something and thought 'ouch' then looked down and my whole foot was covered in thick blood. So now with my feet up 

Mandy - Yeah i've always loved tractors, i still don't know how i lost them all  But when i found them they were pretty deep in the ground  Now what do i do with them  :D

And Nashmach, thought exactly the same about the Renaults, it seems to be that New Ray or whoever make them make a cheap version of real machines, e.g. the combine is a Claas Dominator  \

Well the contractors got to work on harvest today, all new kit including a Hawe chaser bin which is practically unheard of down here, brand new John Deere combine, 8520 ...  do you think i could find the camera?

But it was actually brilliant got to do 6 fields with them  :)

Didnt think you would shes older than you. got a party on monday last one i went to apparently i was getting into most of the lasses i tell you its our country chime not some chavvy idiot.

I'll start PM'ing you, were kind of hijacking the topc 

Sorry lads

Yeah Blake, she didn't seem to care ... she said hi the next minute i was down her throat 

And impressive mate very impressive .. us country lads are a big hit  And probably mate, probably kissed her i just don't do names  .. Seriously don't think i've heard of her  \

Ohh the joys of begging mum to buy me new ones every time we went to the toy store I remeber the yellow ones well, id love to get one again, it had a grab on the ront and a grapple on the back i think they were pretty hardly lil beggers 2, alot of mine were friction powred,

You reminded me nick, next time i go home i have to dig up the gradens to find my old britans, they are there some where

Yeah Nick, i don't know how i got soo many  There all the same, but they were soo much cheaper than a Britains and soo much easy to replace.. they were designed practically to be played out or broken.

And our garden is like a gold mine .. about 4 years ago i found a kids set of dinky toys, all metal ... still got that somewhere  \

Im moving to kent if its as easy as that.

Hell yeah feel free  I'll show you the ropes  I kissed this girl without knowing her name the first time  [

Agreed

I've been out with her 3 times before, just see what happens  \

Going to Thorpe park with her  :D

Nick you legend i also remember many of those great sunny days playing with them up in north yorkshire or ploughing up the beach. Good times if your looking to sell one of those water bowsers im may be after one.

Oh soo many memories, i remember i used to sit behind the shed and then run outside when i heard a real tractor and just play and play. Wish it was like it now  \ Yeah mate drop us a PM and well sort it out if you want one 

nick she's taking you for a mug mate, if she liked you why would she be hanging round so much with this other lad? your still young mate and should go fishing as "theres plenty more fish in the sea" 

I just arranged to go to Thorpe park with one of her mates  :D 1-1  :D I'll show you a pic in a sec 

Finish her. Kick the lad in then get with her best mate works everytime.

Works everytime .. until you see her best mate  :D Im thinking about it .. but i really like her  \

NICK!!!

I remember those   :o

I used to have some of those. The tractors with the digger on front,the dumper,the loadall and the bale conveyer :)

I also remember those type drivers with the "knob" between there legs to go into the seat :D

Good Days  

Thought you might remember Blake, being around the same age 

Tell me about it good ole days ... yeah i always wondered why those drivers why like that .. i've never seen a farmer like that 

But you still see some of these toys kicking around .. a few alterations from the original cast. Still making quick easy cash  \

Glad you enjoyed it, i certainly did 

Yeah these literally are straight out of the ground  \ I must of been called in one day for lunch and forgot completely about them and say 8 years later they've been dug back up  \

And forgot to mention if any budding conversionists could do with any parts feel free to ask, i'll check if it's condition is ok and wash them up and you can get them 

OK lets get the jokes out of the way, firstly i did not play with lipstick or barbies as a kid... glad thats sorted.

OK well i was sorting out our overgrown spare garden and found these in one corner behind the shed. There was a huge pile with all different little holes where i'd obviously sneak behind the shed and play with them ... 

I hear alot of you say about Britains as your childhood toys, and my childhood was mainly dominated by these plastic horrible things. To be smashed up and played with Britains was not an option  \

You may be thinking Nick's lost the plot but i feel passionately for these little plastic things, whereas you may of had your Britains when you were young these cheap sets were perfect ... you probably could of bought five or 6 for one Britains tractor.

So here we go ...

First up my pride and joys, sprayer tanks ... may convert these into water bowsers or even fuel tanks  \

Then the fleet of tractors, very damaged but packed with character 

A few construction things, shortly replaced by Joal but these were my garden toys 

Some random bits, interested about the conveyor  \

Then this, a Bruder truck ... a bit smashed but every week my Dad brought me in one from work ... i love 'em 

And lastly something i can proudly carry onto my diorama and my models ... Drivers!

Thats it folks , hope you enjoyed a short history of my childhood toys 

Been to ma grandmas went to watch the massey combining. Did you go see that lad nick?

Nah not yet mate, hes still sniffing around my lass ... there both going to a house party tomorrow and she snubbed me out to go with him ... so duno whats happening. Shes still adement there only friends 

Getting fed up with it all

For me nothing ... AGAIN!

How much will these beautys be Paul?

Looks cool my friend, have you been adding chlorine to your grass  Bundles and bundles of potential, keep us posted on whats happening at pine view farm.

Any shots of the fleet your running?

Never subrscribed to it, but seeing the mess i really take my hat off to Old pond as said before, certainly a very nice gesture for an unfortunate situation.

Think i might Masseyrules and Blake, really do especially as he used to be one of my close mates.. im certainly not afraid to give him a whack  Will teach him a lesson for trying to go behind my back 

And today i've been up to London with my Dad in Kings college in London, he needed an operation on his kidneys and they got him in there and told him he was absoelutly fine so let him straight back again. Then just got this silly MSN virus just when i didn't need it to see if i still had a girlfriend .. or if the baseball bat will be meeting a certain nose  > :D

Will hopefully doing both, if i can't then probably only Spalding but went to the April show and what an awesome first major show. Really advise going there, well worth the journey even if you don't have much to spend 

Know what Ben... suprised how long it took you to figure that one out

Please Ben your frightening me mate, she wonders why i had a little moan at her because she told me to stop flirting with people when all i say is how are you? And then today it leaked that she is going to the park with some other guy tomorrow on her own  :o .... And he usedto be one of my best mates at primary  >