[AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming

[charlie hill]

I know John.  If I were within a couple of hundred miles I'd have to look at 
that!

Charlie
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From: "JParks" <jkparks at flash.net>
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Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming


>I also suspect that the price on the D6B is also an error...."D6B, good
> undercarriage, old but poerful, works
> great $1,200."   is one heckuva buy.................
>
> John Parks
> Boise, ID
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> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
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> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 8:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming
>
>
>> I suspect that is the exact reason why the paper won't accept any
>> submissions except ads hand written on the provided form. But you also
>> have to understand that many of the Lancaster Farming subscribers are
>> members of various Amish denominations, some of whom, especially the
>> older ones, don't speak or write English as their first language and are
>> using an old pencil by kerosene lamp light to fill out the forms. I have
>> called the numbers in response to some of those ads, and I have not
>> always been able to understand more than a few words spoken by the
>> seller. Thank goodness for MapQuest, or I would never find their farms,
>> based on the directions provided! On the plus side, you can often find
>> an old tractor with brand new tires - tires and rims that were taken off
>> and set aside, replaced with steel wheels when the tractor was purchased
>> brand new.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Larry D Goss wrote:
>> > LOL!  That's what makes publications like the one you're dealing with
> and
>> > others like "Thrifty Nickel" so much fun to read.  I've always 
>> > suspected
>> > that the ads were called in and miscommunication occurred because of
> speech
>> > patterns.  Didja ever notice that when someone leaves their phone 
>> > number
> on
>> > your answering machine, the number itself is the only undecipherable
> item?
>> > People get so used to rattling it off that they assume whoever is on 
>> > the
>> > other end can listen with the same speed that the caller can talk.
>> >
>> > Larry
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 5:47 AM
>> > Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/11 Lancaster Farming
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>I just sends 'em the way I gets 'em, Skip. And the clerks at the paper
>> >>just input them the way the subscribers write them on the coupon inside
>> >>the paper, misspellings and all. That's why you see ads for "Ford ate
>> >>end" and stuff like that. If you want to complain to the source, call
>> >>585-437-2796. :-)
>> >>
>> >>Mike
>> >>
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