@maxarmstrong

Retired Chicago radio-television ag guy. Lifetime Farmall guy.

 United States of America
Joined February 2009
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FIRE THREAT persists. Extinguishers and chisel plows on standby again today. IN farmer I know put out a fire yesterday…this friend in NW Ohio wasn’t as lucky.
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Looks like it, in a field, alright. Called the “Harvester.” Scouts to be made by @VW, usage licensed by @navistar. It’s electric with a small gas engine to recharge the battery. (500 mi. of combined range, they say.) Spend any time in an IH Scout, made from 1961-1980?
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Ship this. Guy in post office line had something more exotic than my little book box. (Recalling when grandfather unloaded baby chicks at the train station.) Ever ship or receive birds?
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Anybody check cattle with one (No, it wasn’t needed, but…)
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Chicago’s elevators. Flying over Southeast Chicago’s Calumet Harbor reminds us of the once much larger grain storage capacity. It dropped from about 50 million bushels 40 years ago to around 15 million today.
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River grain barges and unit trains made the lake shipment less competitive, especially since Chicago grain had to be reloaded from a laker to an ocean vessel in Canada.
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Windshear or runway congestion? Have been on 3 flights (that I noticed) where this happened. Pilot yesterday was just about to land, then goosed it and climbed for a go around. “Thanks for your fine work up here,” the passenger said, passing the cockpit door.
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RetroAg. Squirting sunflower seeds from #Mycogen circa 1996.
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“Grind it ‘til you find it, Maxie.” Those Korean War Era trucks have brought home the expression.
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Survey was prompted by the more numerous calls the past week. And it brought an Orion memory: A few times I heard him deflect a survey call by quoting his fee to the pollster. “You’re being paid to make this call. I should be compensated for my expertise you’re seeking.” CLICK.
Max Armstrong@maxarmstrongOct 7
Do you respond to surveys? Whether it’s a political poll, crop query, Census of Ag, farmer sentiment, etc., do you take the time or do you blow them off?
16%Yes, I answer
38%Nope, it’s my business
46%Well, it depends
207 votes • Final results
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Do you respond to surveys? Whether it’s a political poll, crop query, Census of Ag, farmer sentiment, etc., do you take the time or do you blow them off?
16%Yes, I answer
38%Nope, it’s my business
46%Well, it depends
207 votes • Final results
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I’m sure someone will say, “Why the hell would I answer this one?” 😂
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A personal first, I think: “You probably didn’t know that your name came up in Federal Court testimony the other day,” said the guy who won the case. “Uh, no sir…and I have an alibi.”
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How will you be quoted? Long time Indiana farmer friend died. At the visitation mourners shared his quotes that stayed with them. “Carry tools with you at all times just in case.” (and I prefer pocket tees)
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Winter Forecast. Check your wooly worms. @almanac almanac.com/winter-extended-…

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IH Tractor Gas Cap Story-WLS TV, Chicago May 13, 1980 (Did you get your replacement?) youtu.be/48epS8RQ3xU?si=URHd… via @YouTube

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Bears don’t play until tomorrow night. A farmer friend, though, found some playing last night. Count “em. 11 on the field.
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No. 91. International Harvester made the little combine from 59 to 62. (Drivers look like they didn’t belong. Guy from the ad agency mailroom maybe and some radio guy?)
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