[AT] Some ads from the 1/28 Lancaster Farming

[Mike Sloane]

I think you may be right about the "BN" Dudley. The ads have to be hand 
written and then submitted on a form printed in the paper, and then they 
are mailed in to the paper. Clerks then have to read the writing and do 
their best to figure out what the seller wrote and get it into the 
system. I can well imagine an Amish farmer writing by kerosene light at 
the end of a long day filling out those forms with a pencil might not 
have the best handwriting in the world. And a clerk trying to get 500 
ads into the system by the paper's weekly deadline might not have a lot 
of time or interest in making sure that every letter is 100% correct.

Mike

Dudley Rupert wrote:
> 1948 Farmall 3N tractor good rubber runs well $3,000 obo, Leb. Co.
> 717-865-5126. [OK, I give up - any guesses what he might have for sale?]
> 
> Actually Mike there were probably a half dozen ads appearing before this one
> for the 1948 Farmall 3N where I was scratching my head wondering exactly
> what it was that was for sale!
> Maybe this was a typo that should have read out as "BN" ... but that seems a
> bit far fetched for even one of my fingers to stray up to the top row and
> type a "3" when I meant for it to go to the bottom row and type "B".
> At any rate I always enjoy reading these ads.  When they are not informative
> they are at least humorous and worth a good (and needed) laugh.
> Dudley
> Snohomish, Washington
> 


-- 
Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
mikesloane at verizon.net
Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I
learn." -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); US politician and scientist.


-- 
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.23/243 - Release Date: 1/27/2006