New fandangled crap

[LEP]

I bought a used John Deere tractor a few years ago. It was brought in from Europe. I can barely operate the radio. But it is awesome on AM. It tunes in by the individual number not by tens. I am currently listening to QR770 out of Calgary. It is tuned in at 774 on the dial. Strongest signal of any radio on the farm.

All I can think is there must be alot of stations in Europe.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Wait a minute, you guys have those infernal radios in your equipment? What's next, electric start and cabs?

[Sheepwheat]

I am clueless with tech. I don’t even know how to use auto steer, not a foggy clue. And I am good with that.

I was born fifty years late, maybe more. I’m 44.

[burnt]

Anyone born post post 1985 wouldn’t know how to operate a push button radio geez they wouldn’t know what a 8 track tape was or a cassette or am I the oldest one on here and you guys have no idea.....lol

Haven't seen an 8-track player for years and years.

But I resolutely refuse to part with my collection of 8-track tapes. Why just the other day I found one laying on the workbench of the old shed where such things collect...

It was a lovely, heart-warming moment or ten as I gently picked it up, dusted it off and relived the distant memories of driving down remote roads with my girlfriend, now wife, listening to the big hits of the day and...

Yup, "Those were the days, my friend, we thought they'd never end" ..here we go again...

Now I don't even turn the radio on when I'm out in the field.

[blackpowder]

I couldn't once ever turn the radio on in the combine last fall. Even when I wanted to.
Now add in the need for bifocals.
Your not alone Mallee.

[farmaholic]

Wouldn't want to be without GPS, but damn are the replacement components and dealer service diagnostics expensive. Basically highway robbery. Lube doesn't even help with the discomfort.

When you've done all you can to troubleshoot it yourself and you need the dealership to start swapping out components to eliminate possibilities thats where it gets expensive, even if they don't leave the new components in that weren't causing the problem. Who keeps components on the farm just in case? Unless you can borrow the neighbors, but with all the settings etc...

[malleefarmer]

Cb radios all the rage in late 70s 80s sadly social media no need anymore

Often wonder if mankind has actually progressed with social media, nothing better ya king to someone you didn’t know and they didn’t know you well now with social media also different

[malleefarmer]

Anyone born post post 1985 wouldn’t know how to operate a push button radio geez they wouldn’t know what a 8 track tape was or a cassette or am I the oldest one on here and you guys have no idea.....lol

[farmaholic]

I thought it may have been like Siri operating on voice commands.

That technology isn't new anyway, wives have been using it for decades.

[malleefarmer]

Hmmmm, voice recognition. Does it understand the Austailian accent and it's slang?

Lol sorry should reword post but comes across the dialogue screen and you have to push yes or no or plus or minus or something I ain’t used it I spray alone with my thoughts