[Farmall]

[Arthur Umland]

    Steve, it looks like you would be a possible candidate to join a group 
that I recently learned about. A college buddy of mine from St. Louis 
stopped to visit after having not seen him for years, obviously retired 
now. He had never been in SD before and made a swing through MN, WI, IL 
on his way back to St. Louis. In the course of his travels, he passed 
through 98 new counties that he had never been in before. The group he 
belongs to "collects" counties, and over fifteen of the members in this 
hobby group have visited the 3100 plus counties in the lower 48!

    Frankie worked for over 30 years making maps for the Federal 
government at a facility in St. Louis. Lots of classified stuffed for 
the military, but was not limited to just this globe as he also made 
maps of the moon!

    Frankie is also fun to have around because he enjoys seeing my tractor 
collection. He was born and raised in NYC and was thrilled years ago to 
visit our farm in NE on his way home from a year of college. I still 
have photographs of him with a big grin on his face driving around my 
Dad's Farmall H. He took lots of pictures to show his family back in 
NYC.

    Have a good day!        Art

On Aug 17, 2005, at 6:25 PM, Steve Offiler wrote:
> You're very welcome, Art.  No trouble at all.  I'm thinking the old 
> dog did indeed learn a new trick today!  As for me, I am sort of a map 
> enthusiast - when I visit a new place, first thing I have to do is get 
> a map and see where I'm at. Over the years my collection of folding 
> paper maps has gotten rather extensive, and ratty as well because I 
> use the heck out of 'em.  Mapquest on the Internet was revolutionary 
> to me a few years ago.  And then, quite recently, Google Maps came 
> along and blew Mapquest right out of the water.  Check out those 
> Satellite and Hybrid buttons once you access a map.  (Of course it's a 
> lot more interesting if you live in a populous area like I do - 
> southern New England - because they have some mighty detailed ariel 
> photos.  If I call up my own address, I can literally see my wife's 
> car in the driveway.)
>
> Best regards,
> Steve O.