J/K....I know how much this bothers you guys, yet I still can't resist taunting you. I'm an evil, immature bastard.. If it's any consolation, I'm going to mow the lawn, set some poisoned raccoon traps and burn some yard wast later on.. (great use of two vacation days). That puts me in direct control of fire, poison and a mechanized sharp object. That is a reciope for mayhem if I ever heard one!!
Tommorrow I'm digging some drainage trenches...if there's any mosquitos out, I might contract west nile or malaria...
I'm getting a new (technically slightly used) zero turn Toro delivered tonight. So I'll be mowing too. I think I'll hold off on the poison & fire.
Zereo turn? A riding mower? you wuss...I do a couple of acres with a push mower that isn't even self propelled. Actually, I did use a tractor, but the trannny blew. I mowed it with the push mower for a couple months last year and dropped close to 30 lbs. I's a rreally crappy mower, so I have to rake the whole two acres or so to get the clippings off the lawn so I don't get too much thatch. Thatch is like jock itch to a lawn.
I'm gonna go burn stuff now...I'm not going to put poison in the animal trap. I'm afraid the little bugger will evade caputre and die elsewhere only to be consumed by one of my neighbors dogs. That could be very ugly... If I catch the little bugger I'm either going to kill him in the trap or take him several miles up the road and dump him off by some woods.
I hate raccoons...the little SOB has already mixed it up with my cat (at least I think it was a raccoon that she treed last weekend) and I really don't want to chance a rematch.
Yeah, I am a wuss.
More accurately I like to fish, camp, golf, play softball, grill, etc in the summer time. As a result I like to spend as little time as possible doing yard work. My old rider was shot, and I toyed with the idea of getting a push mower. It was certainly cheaper and would be great exercise, no doubt. However, my love of fun won out. It already took me an hour on the tractor to do it, I couldn't imagine how long it would take me to push it w/ a 22" cut. The new mower did it in about 40 minutes, and I'm still getting the hang of the zero-turn
Yeah, it's overkill for 2/3 of an acre, but that's extra time that I can be doing all the stuff I love in the summertime.
Well, my prayers have actually been answered now that we appear to be replacing that pasture we called a field with a nice playing surface such as FieldTurf. And after watching us go a combined 4-5 at home the last two years, that “hallowed ground” we’ve been playing on can’t get over to Steller Field quick enough. Bring on the FiedTurf!
BGSU33 wrote:Well, my prayers have actually been answered now that we appear to be replacing that pasture we called a field with a nice playing surface such as FieldTurf. And after watching us go a combined 4-5 at home the last two years, that “hallowed ground” we’ve been playing on can’t get over to Steller Field quick enough. Bring on the FiedTurf!
Um, yeah. Makes sense especially when the team has a 68% win percentage (70% in just the past 10 years) in the Doyt overall...........on grass. The last two years is a reasonable gauge of failure.....I guess.
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BGSU33 wrote:Well, my prayers have actually been answered now that we appear to be replacing that pasture we called a field with a nice playing surface such as FieldTurf. And after watching us go a combined 4-5 at home the last two years, that “hallowed ground” we’ve been playing on can’t get over to Steller Field quick enough. Bring on the FiedTurf!
Um, yeah. Makes sense especially when the team has a 68% win percentage (70% in just the past 10 years) in the Doyt overall...........on grass. The last two years is a reasonable gauge of failure.....I guess.
But it makes just as much sense to claim the reason behind our home winning percentage was BECAUSE the team played on grass and not an artificial surface. Over the past few decades of Falcon football we have had some darn good teams. That is why we have an overall home winning percentage of 68%. If those teams had not "brought it" game in and game out we could have played on clouds and not won a game.
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BGSU33 wrote:Well, my prayers have actually been answered now that we appear to be replacing that pasture we called a field with a nice playing surface such as FieldTurf. And after watching us go a combined 4-5 at home the last two years, that “hallowed ground” we’ve been playing on can’t get over to Steller Field quick enough. Bring on the FiedTurf!
Um, yeah. Makes sense especially when the team has a 68% win percentage (70% in just the past 10 years) in the Doyt overall...........on grass. The last two years is a reasonable gauge of failure.....I guess.
But it makes just as much sense to claim the reason behind our home winning percentage was BECAUSE the team played on grass and not an artificial surface. Over the past few decades of Falcon football we have had some darn good teams. That is why we have an overall home winning percentage of 68%. If those teams had not "brought it" game in and game out we could have played on clouds and not won a game.
Strawman, much?
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Not that this is new news or anything, but this article was in the Sentinel Tribune today (May 4th):
FieldTurf to be installed at Perry Stadium
Bowling Green’s Doyt L. Perry Stadium will have a new playing surface for the first time in 41 years.
FieldTurf will be installed, replacing the natural grass surface. The new surface is expected to be in place for the 2007 home-opener against Temple on Sept. 22.
“FieldTurf is a product that our players and coaches have a great deal of confidence in,” said Greg Christopher, BG’s assistant vice president/director of athletics. “The new surface also benefits BGSU on two fronts: it allows us greater flexibility with the stadium, meaning many of our teams can practice on the surface and Perry Stadium can host more events which helps the department generate new revenues. Secondly, we expect to see cost savings over time related to maintenance of the old surface.”
Work has already started on the $966,000 project.
“We have long prided ourselves regarding the grass surface at Perry Stadium and it has served us well over the last 41 years,” said Christopher. “The surface itself, which has never been replaced, is in outstanding shape and will be used at other facilities on campus. Our concern is with the condition of the existing drainage system, which also was installed in 1966, and we believe this change best serves the interests of our program.”
Bowling Green is among the many universities and professional organizations which have chosen FieldTurf as its playing surface over the past eight years. Bowling Green will be the 29th NCAA Division I-A school and sixth in the Mid-American Conference to have FieldTurf installed for football.
