would like to clear something up...
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Topic: would like to clear something up...
Posted By: abbaschild95
Subject: would like to clear something up...
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 12:06am
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Just so you all know not all teenagers are like the stereo type. Some of us do work hard and try our best to help society out. I dont cuss and I get good grades. Heck I am a freshman in high school and i farm 125 acres, run a few cow calf pairs, restore tractors run, a goat milk business, and work for a farmer and a crop insurance agency. There is still hope for this country just dont give up on my generation. thats my little rant haha. thanks ------------- Great-granfather's WC---- hopefully many more to come! |
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Posted By: Wendell(OK/TX)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 12:59am
| There are a few of you out there, probably more than a few but the duds get all the attention. Keep up the good work. |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 6:00am
| Dignity and Grace will take you a long way. Keep up the good work, you sound like a hard worker, I was the same at your age [ I'm like an old dog now, hard to get moving in the morning, every ache and pain know to man!]. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 6:55am
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Glad to hear from the YOUNGER generation. The difference between you and a zillion other teens is that YOU have some pride. That is one thing missing is sooo many others. Keep up the good work and be proud!, honest! and LEARN. How do you learn? By listening. My Grampa told me that if you don't learn something new EVERY day, you just wasted the whole day. Good luck today and always!
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Andrew(southernIL)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 7:36am
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My buddy is an Ag teacher at the high school on his third year, I'm 28 and he is 27. We are both like you describe we go go go and believe in sleepin when we're dead, even on a Friday night when I was 20 and he was 19 we set up a generator and flood lights and built fence all night long, actually done it more than once. But we have noticed from his students at school that even in the short time that it has been since we were in school that as a group todays teenagers are much lazier and more spoiled than we were back then. All they do is text all the time even in class and when I was a freshman I remember a guy who got suspended cause he had a pager on him. Also they know a lot less on how to work with their hands, for a lot of them its there first time to work with their hands. There is always a select few, maybe 10-15 out of the over 100 kids, that he has like you that he doesn't have to worry about. So just keep it up and don't let the jug heads drag you down cause the ones like you are fewer and farther between.
------------- If fishing is a sport your looking at an athlete |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 8:06am
| Our future is our youth. In every generation there is, and probably always will be, those that do and those that take. Here is a salute to those that do. Keep up the good work and our country will be just fine. |
Posted By: sks72107
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 8:08am
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I concur with andrew. Folks like you are getting rare. Im now 25, went to a small country school (thank God). I look back and think wow, things have changed and not for the better. For instance; when i was in school a pregnant teenager was an oddity (in my small school) but now my wife works there. And she said there is now 4 pregnant girls there; and their proud of it. I cant imagine what it would be like in a big school now adays. This country really needs to get back to when men looked like men, and ladies look like ladies and both acted so.
something comes to my mind about "gripping a tackle box" in a country song
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Posted By: Herb(GA)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 8:11am
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Mark; your post is refreshing; certainly worth rereading. Keep up the good work, and good attitude. Regardless of what you do in life, you will have an impressive resume. You are very fortunate in that at the end of the day you can be proud of yourself. You probably have observed that many of the professionally unemployed seem rather bitter; at times I feel sorry for them. I would not want to walk in their shoes. Herb |
Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 9:33am
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Probly your one of those conservative young fellows that will get rich on your (own) before before your 30. Then all the liberals that want government help will think you got it unfairly and try to take it all away.
I love it!
Keep up the good work and if I can be of any help alls ya gotta do is ask. I will do what I can.
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Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 10:06am
| that felt good. you tooted your horn so loud that you blew the wax out of my ears. :-) |
Posted By: Hurst
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 10:06am
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Keep it up. It seems hard to believe at times, but good things happen to good people. I'm a few years ahead of you (a Junior in college studying mechanical engineering and marketing at UPenn) and can tell you the road you're taking isn't going to seem the easiest or even the right one at times, but stick it out through the tough times and you will be rewarded. If you ever have doubts, just tell yourself that all the hard work you're putting in right now is going to be rewarded at some point in your life. Too many people my age just want instant gratification in everything they do (work, school, relationships, sports, etc), but you'll find that it's those things you have to work and wait for that you really appreciate. Keep it up and you'll do great things, because there aren't many like you out there. Hurst ------------- 1979 Allis Chalmers 7000 5800 Hours |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 10:29am
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John Denver came to mind while reading your post: Thank God I'm a Country Boy. [TUBE]kzldLJcorbo[/TUBE] Keep up the good work and maybe it will rub off on some others as you go. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: allisrutledge
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 11:59am
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This is very refreshing, Thanks. If you are ever in east TN on vacation look me up and we will pick up rocks to pass the time. Scott ------------- Allis Chalmers still exist in my mind and barns |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 12:08pm
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Mark you have my respect! Hopefully we will see more kids like you coming to the forum and contributing... ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 1:21pm
| Hey now! Theres more then just one of us on here like that! I'm a freshman in college, AG COLLEGE, Crop science major. Couldn't have said it better myself Mark. |
Posted By: RSponenberg
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 1:33pm
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abbaschild95 wrote:Posted By: Larry(OH)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 1:46pm
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Hey SKS, I just read an article saying teenage pregnancy is up and that part of it is they go after their "older" boyfriends for money, and get money to live off the system. Not the thing I want from my daughters ------------- '40 WC puller,'50 WD puller,'50 M puller '65 770 Ollie *ALLIS EXPRESS contact* I can explain it to you, BUT I cannot understand it for you!! |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 2:30pm
| I read this just the other day. "Wisdom, is knowing which road to take next. Integrity, is taking it". |
Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 2:58pm
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I too am a teenager and have full intentions of being a good guy. I know the whole argument about being a teenager and you are going to say a thing or two once in a while that you probably shouldn't but there is a difference in occasionally letting one or two slip and just rolling one off after another. For what I can tell, the younger people on this site are wonderful people and very honest when it comes to telling the truth and doing what is right. The reason the bad mouthed and inconsiderate people stand out is because they are different. To be honest, people find it more entertaining (for the most part) to watch others act dumb and get into trouble because they know it is wrong. For every person that acts up there are way more who do the right thing. My hat is off to those who do chose to do the right thing because in the end you are responsible for your actions alone, not what someone else did. ------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Posted By: realolman
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 3:13pm
You just can't keep the political crap in the politics section can you? |
Posted By: bakwoodsfarm
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 6:45pm
| It is great to hear that there are some teens out there to keep the world turning. I am a Sheriff Deputy and 50% of the calls are teens out of control or runaways (large lack of discipline) the other 50% is domestic violence that usually comes from late teen/early twenties couples that shouldn't have gotten married in the first place!!!! My grandfather taught me to help others as much as posible, love your family, keep a good name, and above all else Love God. |
Posted By: abbaschild95
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 7:16pm
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AMEN BAKWOODSFARM!!!! ------------- Great-granfather's WC---- hopefully many more to come! |
Posted By: TractorKidPA
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 7:20pm
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I too am a teenager 15 years old, and all hope is lost in my generation. You have kids bringing guns and knives to school, drugs, etc. I have a huge passion for all kinds of tractors I know yall didnt wanna hear that but I try to keep it Allis orange as much as I can. Aside from tractors, I spend all my time I can working outside and cleaning up "the compound" 150 acres we own. I cut grass, etc. On my extra time I cut grass, help the neighbors do whatever, I take martial arts, and throw axes. As soon as I turn 16, I am applying for a job cannot wait! I hope our generation can turn around and gain some more respect for themselves. Its the 98% of the bad ones that ruin it for the 2% of us good ones. ------------- Allis Chalmers 5050 |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 7:28pm
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Was just in a small town called spooner and on the rail passenger cars that are there some dum teenagers had painted graffetti on them just like in da big cidies. First thought was them young punks they're all alike. To bad some one didn't have a bb gun and shoot them in the butt as they were reaching up to spray their paint.
well, its nice to know that there is a few good boys still around. Keep your nose clean and do the right things and walk/run away from the wrong/bad things that tempt you.
I remember wishn I was at home combining or baling or chopping when I was in 7th grade on those sunny, warm, weather days. Or even working with the tractors that dad had and messing with my old WC. I had put in seat time on the tractors since I was 6, and Pa bought for me a WC when I was 9...Kind of a joke, I had to use the WD tractors because they had electric start and I couldn't get my WC started because , well I wasn't tough enough to hand crank it for a couple years more. Thats been some fifty years ago. man, I am feeling old all of a sudden.
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Posted By: Daehler
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 8:40pm
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Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 8:46pm
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Keep going the way you're going, and you'll be fine. Stay the course and do not be pressured into making foolish decisions by your "so-called" friends(you won't see any of them a year after graduation). You will make enough decisions you will regret on your own, but that's all part of it. ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |
Posted By: texaskeykeeper
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 10:03pm
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Agreed. Kids these days have some real problems. I'm proud to NOT be one of them. lol I'm 14 and I have 7 pieces of old iron (not counting implements) and i love working on them. (1 Allis and a bunch of them farmall things. lol. Allis is the best) Always looking for more too! ------------- I work on all brands of old equiptment with my grandpa but i love my allis! "You can't save them all but you can sure have fun trying" |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 10:09pm
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In all reality I would guess that if this forum was around 30 years ago the responses would have been similar....we had our share of burnouts back then, too....just sayin LOL! ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 10:22pm
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I am 19 and my first year in college, im live in the country, but went to a school in a small town with a population of around 900. i just graduated high school and every year as far as i could remember for homecoming we had a Drive your tractor to school day, in the fall and also in the spring. Well last year, my senior year, 4 other people and i drove tractors to school, thats sad and three of us were seniors, now this last fall no one drove theres, there used to be aleast 20 tractors or more, but now as the time go's by most kids now dont even know what a tractor is hardly. In my graduating class i was the only farm boy, that is pretty sad if you ask me, everyone else just would sit around and plays games, party and get into trouble. The world is falling apart if you ask me. ------------- Go orange or Go home!! |
Posted By: Reeseholler
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2011 at 11:11pm
| I'm the same. Never swore and never got written up in high school. I got the respect of the teachers and had a great time in school and in band. To the college level, I'm still definitely different. I haven't drank, my character sticks out in ROTC and I've gotten a ton of complements from the cadre (officers) that have noticed. It will take you a long way being respectful and sticking out like that. May not seem worth it at times but it makes us better I suppose. |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2011 at 1:02am
| congrats to all you youngins! i'm proud of ya! you'll be the ones that amount to something...aww shucks...worded that wrong! YOU have amounted to something already! backwoods is right...about all those calls keep us in a job! have to go out and teach parenting skills all the time! that and the laws...now the little kids..5 years on up have figgered it out! and even the best parents are gittin a bum rap of trying to disapline the kids. think it all boils down to is kids need more to do, (construcively) (sorry bouts the spelling-misplaced my glasses) just remember one thing....everyone is born with a clean slate...it is completly up to him or her to keep it that way! and it can be done no matter how worthless the parents are! good things are just as easy to learn as bad things! and good things...pay better! |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2011 at 7:39am
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Much wisdom I see from the youth here. I think we have the cream of the crop on this forum. Well done. ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: EricTn
Date Posted: 11 Mar 2011 at 8:13am
| Abbaschild, I commend and respect you and any youth that are interested in agriculture. I think that in the near future people are going to wake up and realize it is the farmers that feed them, not the supermarkets. I know several kids, both guys and gals, that are in college majoring in various areas related to agriculture ( ag business, engineering, management etc) and a few into turf management also. Near me is a young man, age 26 I think, from a farming family who is now farming on his own. He raises 200 acres of burly tobacco, 2500 acres of row crops plus beef cattle. One hard working youngster! The past few months have been good for him, sold lots of bushels of corn and beans for high prices. It can still be done but easy. Hang in there and work smart and hard, it will pay off in more ways than one. |