[AT] Some ads from the 10/2 Lancaster Farming

[Mark Greer]

As a bona-fide classified ad addict I've become pretty good at interpreting
ads over the years. I've also gotten some pretty good deals over the years
from those ads. :-)
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dudley Rupert" <drupert at premier1.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 4:49 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] Some ads from the 10/2 Lancaster Farming


> Mark,
>
> I am sure yours' is the right interpretation - at least more so than mine!
> I think it's amusing/head scratching to try and diagram some of these ads.
> With the multiple subjects, modifiers that are as apt to appear after the
> subject as before and almost total lack of punctuation I think five
> different folks would often come up with five different interpretations.
>
> Dudley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Mark Greer
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 12:23 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 10/2 Lancaster Farming
>
>
> I read that ad as a JD 520, a JD 60, a JD B, a hydr. car lift, a garden
> pulling tractor, an IH 544, a Farmall H, and two Corvettes for sale in
> Franklin County, PA. Anyone see something different?
> Mark Greer
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dudley Rupert" <drupert at premier1.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 1:19 AM
> Subject: RE: [AT] Some ads from the 10/2 Lancaster Farming
>
>
> >
> > John Deere 520 60 A B hydraulic car lift Garon pulling tractor IH 544
> > Farmall H (2) Corvettes. Frank. Co. 717-532-2873.
> >
> > >From my earliest childhood I can still remember hearing mom and dad
> telling
> > us kids that life isn't fair. I've often thought, however, that life
could
> > be pretty close to being fair if I could just boast of having one
corvette
> > parked back in the shed.  But ... here is a guy in Franklin County that
> has
> > two Farmall H's for sale so he says in his ad that he has (2).  However,
> he
> > must have so many corvettes for sale that he doesn't even know how many
he
> > has (or the number he has is too big to put in the ad) so he just simply
> > says "corvettes" as in plural/many/more than one.  Gee Whiz, why did I
> even
> > question mom and dad - of course they were right after all.
> >
> > Dudley
> > Snohomish, Washington
> >
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