[AJD] INFO- Speed Hour Meters

[wjohnson]

WOW!!! I thought you worked on tractors Eric.  Good points none-the-less.
Merle

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric LaCruze <elacruze at comcast.net>
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:48:29 -0500
Subject: Re: [AJD] INFO- Speed Hour Meters

> I'll take a kick at this dead horse too.
> 
> My kid calls me the Word Nazi, because I'm always picking at her
> speech. 
> Communication is one of my high interest areas and this thread/item 
> illustrates perfectly why clear communication is important.
> 
> Analysis; my word fetish would never allow me to entertain the 
> possibility that these are NOS because the description contains these
> terms-
> 
> REPLACEMENT PARTS
> WOULD HAVE LEFT THE FACTORY WITH
> EXACT REPLACEMENT
> THIS TACH SUBS TO
> LIKE THE ORIGINAL
> 
> In the absence of any other content not specifically stating that the 
> item is NOS or OEM, there is no logical conclusion but that these are 
> similar, perhaps exact replacements but not actual OEM parts.
> 
> In the real world of communication, words are only a minor portion. 
> People naturally and always attempt to divine intent from context, body
> language, culture, etc. though in this case additional communication 
> vehicles are limited by the venue-obviously no body language is 
> available through the computer. Still we assume intent beyond words 
> through the style of writing; syntax, punctuation, sentence 
> construction. The problem with that is the lack of context-we don't
> have 
> real experience over time communicating with an individual, so our 
> assumptions and experience with others have weight where it is not 
> appropriate. In the light of imperfect communication, I'll present the 
> counter-argument.
> 
> NEW!  AA6572R JOHN DEERE TACHOMETER
> HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE 1959
> WOULD HAVE LEFT THE FACTORY WITH
> ORIGINAL AA6572R DIAL
> 
> These statements are very poor indicators because they all have the 
> implication that the parts are OEM-however, an implication requires an 
> assumption and you know what that means. Read in the light of the first
> set of statements above which are absolute rather than implicit, the 
> logical conclusion remains that they are not OEM parts.
> 
> The bottom line for me is that had I been asked what I thought of that 
> description before it was used, I'd have predicted the
> misunderstandings 
>   and discussion which killed the horse I'm now kicking.
> 
> </academic rant off>
> 
> I think my foot's stuck.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
>  > Dean VP wrote:
> 
>  > Greg:
>  >
>  > They are Stewart Warner Tachometers not Borg Warner, my mistake. 
> This is my
>  > last communication on this subject. I am including the eBay auction 
> copy for
>  > the tachometer that I purchased. I'll let it speak for itself.
> > 
> > THE BEST GENUINE REPLACEMENT PARTS!
> > 
> > WOW!  1 NEW!  AA6572R JOHN DEERE TACHOMETER
> > 
> > NEW!  STEWART WARNER TACH !!!
> > 
> > OUR EXCLUSIVE, THIS TACH HAS NOT BEEN AVAILABLE SINCE 1959! 
> > 
> > AND IS THE TACH THAT ALL 620 & 630's WOULD HAVE LEFT THE FACTORY
> WITH! 
> > 
> > ORIGINAL AA6572R DIAL # 423865 540 R.P.M. EXACT REPLACEMENT! 
> > 
> > FINALLY - THIS IS THE ONLY TACH THAT WILL RECORD M.P.H. FOR A 620 &
> 630!
> > 
> > CORRECTLY!   YOU WONT FIND THIS TACH ANYWHERE ELSE NEW!  
> > 
> > THIS TACH SUBS TO AR21662R WHICH IS N.L.A. FROM DEERE, FOR YEARS!
> > 
> > THE CURRENT AR21664R IS NOT CORRECT FOR ANY, 620 or 630.
> > 
> > GUARANTEED TO FIT AND WEAR LIKE THE ORIGINAL!
> > 
> > THE STARTING BID WILL BUY THIS TACH!
> 
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