tractorboy

@tractorboy (62)

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Tired of given them such special treatment...

devilsangel @devilsangel (1817) • United States 23 Jun 08

Ok this is my rant and if I p*ss someone off I really don't care. I'm so tired of this country bending over backward to accomidate Spannish speaking illegals and immagrants to this country. GUESS WHAT YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY...

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tractorboy Mexicans and other foreigners are moving to the US because they can earn more money than in their own country as unskilled labourers. This benefits US society because you pay less for general cleaning, sanitation, road maintenance, food and the like. This...

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do u know the answer??

grace24 @grace24 (1049) • Philippines 20 Jun 08

can u give the history of conservation and environmentalism?...

history

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tractorboy This is a better balanced view of the issue, as it shows how Environmentalism is based on an indefensible collection of ideological untruths.

22 Jun 08

Healthy food

roseidhaya @roseidhaya (11) • India 2 May 08

I often hear that we consume lot of poisoneous chemicals as they are used as psticides. If that is true then what will be the fate of mankind in the near future?

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tractorboy This idea gained public popularity in the 1960s with the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring", a novel in which she speculates that whole ecosystems and even children, get sick and die because of pesticides. The resulting hysteria led to the banning...

20 Jun 08

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is democracy good?

fightingistheonlyway @fightingistheonlyway (2658) • Canada 3 Aug 07

in a country where flashy lights, hot dogs and paris hilton are more popular than world issues, can we really trust all of our votes to the hands of this disoriented crowd? throughout history, and even now, democracy has not...

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tractorboy There is a major disinterest in politics today, our contempt with the elite and their contempt for us rising quicker than ever. Like on TVs "Futurama" where the year 3001 Earth elections gained a record 6% of voter turnout and the initial debate was between 2...

20 Jun 08

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What happened to Personal Responsibilty?

34momma @34momma (13882) • United States 19 Jun 08

I have been reading all about who is going to be our next president. I have read the hate post on many different topics. From relationships to politics. My questions is what about your role in your life? When do you stop...

get with it

master of your own destiny

personal

responsibilty

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tractorboy Unfortunately, we have created a seemingly irreversible collectivist mentality, to the extent that we expect the government to intervene for everyone and for everything, and only the vote count matters. What used to be a safety net has become a hammock, and...

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Where is the quality?

crazynurse @crazynurse (7482) • United States 19 Jun 08

Is it me or are recalls becoming more and more prevalent. We are a 4 vehicle family and 3 of those vehicles have current recalls! We have received notices that we need to take them in for repairs to make them safe. Geeze. Is it...

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tractorboy Is it really a problem? The modifications are free and they give you a courtesy car while the work is being done. Usually it is because someone thought of a possible mechanical issue that might, just might have a bearing on safety, even if the chances of...

19 Jun 08

Do you hate it like I hate it?

wildplace @wildplace (154) • Germany 19 Jun 08

I am sitting here since 8 am and waiting for the craftsmen to come. They want to come between 8 and 11 am. So I have to wait one hour more. And I hate that. You sit there waiting and most of the time no craftsmen is...

waiting hours time

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tractorboy What are your 3 hours worth to you? If it has a money value, like you have to take time off work, propose a tip to the craftsmen if they get there at a certain time. If it's worth only time to you, then spend the 3 hours doing tasks that you would have done...

19 Jun 08

I want to QUIT smoking!

keelymcilwain @keelymcilwain (797) • Canada 2 Apr 08

How on earth do you people do it? I've tryed the patches, tried cutting down, tried the gum... Some people I know have been able to quit cold turkey.. So have I but after about a week I give in and buy another pack.. Smoking...

smoking

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tractorboy You need to buy a book called "Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking". Have a look on Amazon. I was a 40+ a day smoker from 1978 to 1996. When I read this book I began to understand why I smoked and what I could do to stop. Scales fell away from my eyes and I...

19 Jun 08

Do you think its fair treating smokers...

dangnabit67 @dangnabit67 (2021) • United States 19 May 08

like they have the plague? I can see a non-smokers point of view-they hate smoke. And everyone should be smoke free and smoking kills and smoking causes cancer.... But do you really think its fair to treat a human being like...

human being

rights

smoking

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tractorboy This had nothing to do with smoking and everything to to with state coercion and the eroding of our freedoms. I am an ex-40 a day smoker (gave up in 1996) and so am considered anti-smoking. "I might not like what you do but I will defend to the death...

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Are you concerned about where your chicken/meat comes from?

Fish16 @Fish16 (37) 1 Feb 08

Are you concerned about how chickens are treated? I recently watched a programme on farming and the conditions chicken live in during their pathetically small painful life. Would you be willing to pay more money knowing that a...

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tractorboy As a farmer and ex-dairy farmer I spent 20 years looking after dairy cows and calves. The reason that people do this is because they love cows and want to spend what is essentially a hard, dirty life being around them and working with them. You get a lot of...

19 Jun 08

Organic food or Non-organic food?

Admirela09 @Admirela09 (160) • United States 15 Jan 08

I have often considered the credibility of the claims made by experts and amatuers alike about the supposed benefits of eating organic food. To satisfy my curiosity, I did a good deal of research and found disturbing things...

farming

food

organic

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tractorboy If you research information on conventional food whilst having an organic bias, you will invariably come across scary propaganda about conventional food. There is no scientific data that says organic is better. This is why they rely on emotional rather than...

19 Jun 08

genealogy

48Jesussaves @48Jesussaves (112) • Canada 16 Jun 08

I love digging information of my ancesors. I have one ancessor with qbout 14 generations. Anyone have any idea of the best sites to get the info. the sites I know is genealogy.com accessories.com

genealogy

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tractorboy genesreunited is the best. You can upload your tree in gedcom format so others can see it, and also communicate with other users. For a $20 membership for 6 months you can see other peoples trees and compare matches with other people. You can also purchase...

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Do traffic jams irritate you?

WATARIKENJI @WATARIKENJI (1534) • Philippines 18 Jun 08

I think traffic jams really get into people whether commuter and even more so drivers. Listening to music while caught in a traffic lessens this and the possibility of a road rage.

road rage

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tractorboy I get this every time I use the M25 (London outer beltway, England). Music or not, I am compelled to take a detour. Sure, it takes longer but makes me feel better. Like in life, I'd rather make my own way than follow the crowd - you would never know how pretty...

18 Jun 08

Scientists say cow farts are partly responsible for Global Warming!

Yestheypayme2dothis @Yestheypayme2dothis (7874) • United States 17 Jun 08

Scientists say cow farts are partly responsible for Global Warming! http://www.show.me.uk/site/news/STO873.html Imagine the money they are spending on this!

cow farts

global warming

methane

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tractorboy This came from a UN study in 2007 called "Livestock's Long Shadow". CO2 has a half life of around 80 years in the atmosphere, whereas methane, which is what they are talking about, has a half life of around 11 years. Methane is a much more efficient...

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Were you attacked by an animal before?

clowdine @clowdine (1402) • Philippines 15 Jun 08

Have you been attacked by an animal before? I'm talking about at least the size of a domestic cat. I was once attacked by a monkey when I was 3 or 4 years old. The monkey did not hurt me though but my sister recalled I was...

animals

pets

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tractorboy I once got thrown against a wall by a 700kg Holstein cow. She was quite right, as I had tried to take her new born calf away; that's part of dairy farming I suppose. I had no serious injuries and I learned from this. It's best to have the cow calve in a pen...

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where can i get good computer programs to protect viruses

moose8 @moose8 (483) • Canada 18 Jun 08

every time i go to dwnload a good computer virus protector, i get another virus from it. it doesnt make any sense. its like that the whole point of downloading something to protect my computer i making mine worse. how and why is...

computer virus

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tractorboy I know what you mean but I think you need to bite the bullet and pay for a subscription service. Kaspersky is a good one, you pay about $20 per year, download it and forget it, it works in the background and keeps itself up to date automatically. Or get a...

18 Jun 08

Gout,Painful,crippling.

Gollywog @Gollywog (1092) 6 Jun 08

Hey mylotters do any of you suffer from Gout! I get it in my feet the joints swell up and are very painful. It lasts about 3 weeks and then the swelling goes down and then the skin peals off the area that was swollen. You can have...

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tractorboy You don't need to suffer from this debilitating disease - EVER AGAIN! You need to go to your doctor. Your gout is caused by a fault in your metabolic system involving protein digestion. He will give you a product called ALLOPURINOL which you will need to...

18 Jun 08

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