[AT] old expressions

[Almost-Running Deere]

geeze based on the size of my FATG belly that would be about 2000 ft/lbs.

Dana
SE PA


>From: "captneb" <captneb at agristar.net>
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>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:58:06 -0500
>
>Nice!!!  Before the computer, there was "Xeroxlore," all those battered
>sheets of "unofficial culture" we carried around folded in our billfolds!
>And before that the chapbooks known as Tijuana Bibles.  And jokes that 
>can't
>be told anywhere except in the shop when ladies aren't present.  One of the
>first things I did in my classes was disabuse anyone of the notion that
>folklore is "old stuff."  I wonder what percentage of what we all know 
>about
>tractor mechanicking is "official information" from shop manuals, tech
>sheets, etc., and how much is passed along from one of us to the other.  I
>remember asking the master mechanic in this town once how tight to turn 
>down
>a rod cap nut (before I could afford a torque wrench!) and he said, "Rog,
>just push on the socket handle until your bellybutton pooches out about a
>quarter inch."
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
>To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:51 PM
>Subject: Re: [AT] old expressions
>
>
> > On 2 Aug 2006 at 11:03, captneb wrote:
> >
> > > My friend Jan Brunvand came up with the misnomer urban legend and I 
>have
> > > chewed on him about it ever since.  They are obviously as rural as 
>they
>are
> > > urban; he lives in a city (Salt Lake), heard them there, and simply
>presumed
> > > that they were more urban than rural.  A more accurate term would 
>indeed
>be
> > > "modern legend," but arguing with language is rarely a productive
>activity.
> > > Thing is, old legends were meant to provide explanations in a world
>where
> > > there were so few answers and so many questions; modern legends give 
>us
> > > mystery and surprise where there is far too little of that.
> > >
> > > Roger Welsch (who was a folklore researcher and professor before he
>became a
> > > MTD....Master Tractor Dabbler)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Roger, maybe since most of this stuff now comes from the internet
> > instead of "modern" legend we should call one a "modem" legend...
> > <(^¿^)>    <(^¿^)>    <(^¿^)>
> >
> >
> > --
> > "farmer"
> >
> > "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be
> > continually fearing you will make one."
> > Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana, USA
> > robinson at svs.net
> >
> >
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