Spotlight on Ed (ScottyD's Dad) Darowski

[Cecil]

Name?Edward Darowski

Age? 64

State/Province of residence? Rehoboth, Massachusetts

Marital Status?Married

-- How many years (if married)?37

-- Wife's name (if married)? Rosemary

Children?

-- Boys/Girls? 3/1 Michael, Adam, Kathleen, Scott

-- Ages? 20 to 33

Grand Children?

-- Boys/Girls? 1/2

-- Ages? 6 mo-4yrs

Great Grand Children?

-- Boys/Girls?

-- Ages?

Do you have any pets? yes

-- Names, breeds, etc.german shepard Bandit, 2 cats Decker and Sydney

Line of work? Radiologic technologist (X-ray tech)

Retired or working? Retired

Degree's/Licenses/Certificates? Registered Technologist, American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, Mass State Radiology license


TRACTOR RELATED QUESTIONS

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Tractors and models owned? 4 F cubs 4 lo-boys, 154, 184, IH 444

-- Any other type of farm equipment? Oliver OC3 crawler, Cadet Original

-- Combines?

-- Trailers?

-- Hay balers?

-- etc... IH corn grinder, ? JD potato digger, IH 100 manure spreader

Are your tractors used for show or working? Both

How much Land do you work (Acres)? Own 18, work about 4

What was your first tractor experience (does not have to be a Farmall or Cub)? My father bought a cub, in th early 50’s Learned to operate it.

What is your Cub's primary work? Plowing, cultivating garden, mowing pastures

What is the favorite Cub of all which you have owned and why? 55 lo-boy,
looked like crap, and ran the same, when I got it, looks good,and purrs, now (my show tractor)

What first sparked your interest in owning a Cub? Cut my teeth on one, then went, for years, without one. Scott fell in love with one, at school. I bought him one, for Christmas.We restored it, then I needed one. I got a breeding pair, and now I have a herd of them.

What task/use of your Cub provides the most enjoyable seat time? Cultivating the garden,especially corn. I also enjoy grinding corn,at shows. I think that active displays, are much more interesting.

Favorite thing you like about Cub's and Cadets? Do a lot of work, for a small machine. Rugged, easy to fix

Describe your most satisfying or frustrating experience working on your own or someone else's Cub? Bringing in a very rusty, sputtering tractor, into the shop, and have it come out,like new. (with someone else painting the sheet metal. I can’t paint! (or type. Cecil figured we’d both be dead, before I finished filling this out)

Do you host or participate in CubFests, Cubarama, Mini-CubFests? How so? Hosted two, attend Cecil’s cubfests,and Minifests, and ConnectiCubfests


OTHER ENJOYABLE ACTIVITIES

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What other hobbies do you enjoy? Gardening, playing with cubs

Do you hunt or fish?

-- What is your favorite game?

What is your favorite Sport?

-- Do you have a favorite Sports team?

Favorite Book?

Favorite Movie?

Favorite Actor/Actress?

Magazine(s) you subscribe to? Antique power, Farm Collector, Scott gets Red Power

Favorite outdoor activity? Gardening, tractor shows, Cubfests

Do you maintain a garden? Yes

-- How large? 1/4 acre

-- What vegetables to you grow?Whatever the woodchucks allow Corn, beans,tomatoes, peppers, squash,

Do you maintain a personal orchard?

-- Type of fruit grown?

What is your favorite Quote or saying?

Do you have any immediate goals in your life? Enjoy retirement, restore more toys, the 100 spreader, potato digger, and more cubs. Attend more shows. Working weekends, lomited my ability to attend shows, and Cubfests.

[Rob in NH]

nice bio ed

[Bill Hudson]

Ed,

Thanks for the bio.

Bill

[Rudi]

Ed:

Great bio.. and I enjoyed reading. Looking forward to meeting you and Scotty hopefully at Cecil's next fall. Hoping to see Jed too.... Enjoy retirement. You are going to be wondering how you ever found time to have a job.. trust me

[Barnyard]

Thanks Ed, I really enjoyed reading the write up. Glad you have improved your typing skills enough for us to know more about you. I learned quick though that my typing was much better if i put my donut down and typed with both hands.

[ScottyD'sdad]

Thanks Ed, I really enjoyed reading the write up. Glad you have improved your typing skills enough for us to know more about you. I learned quick though that my typing was much better if i put my donut down and typed with both hands.

Bill, I dislocated a finger,a couple of days ago. Now, I have to put the donut down, to type. Won't see many posts from me, for a week or two. Ed

[Don McCombs]

OUCH!!!

[daddydip]

nice knowing ya Ed

[John(videodoc)]

thanks for the share.

[VinceD]

Great bio, Ed. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy retirement.

[Joe Malinowski]

You are whole new person since retirement, I wonder what the Bio would have looked like if it was done 6 months before you retired? Dislocated your donut finger, tough break.

[dirt devil]

Ya know I think this has to be one of the biggest shockers for bio's as I would have never guessed Ed as an x-ray tech. I was thinking more along the lines of a professional donut eater the way you and Joe talk. However I do appreciate the great read thanks for sharing Ed.

[Trent M]

Ed, my friend, thanks for sharing! Hope you are enjoying your retirement.

[Peter Person]

I think Ed just likes to eat....doesn't matter whether it's donuts, cornbread, or ice cream.


Look forward to seeing you at Cecil's in a week.

Peter

[Buzzard Wing]

Interesting.... I guess the breeding pair does in fact work. Even with red and yeller Cubs.

I have done enough driving in Mass to know how you injured your finger!