[AT] OT--string trimmers

[Larry Goss]

Don't feel bad about it, Charlie.  It's one of those things that make sense ONLY after you know a bit of the history behind it.

Here's another one -- there is a very large bank named 5/3 or Fifth-Third Bank.  It seems to be the dumbest name you could think of for anything until you realize they are headquartered in Cincinnati and are located at the corner of Fifth and Third.  It doesn't make their banking policies any better, but it at least lets their name make some sense.

Larry
 

----- Original Message -----
From: charlie hill <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 4:24
Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Larry, I should have read your  post before I yet again 
> proved how ignorant 
> I am.  LOL.  Thanks for explaining that.  It's 
> perfectly logical now that I 
> realize that is a 1 and not an I.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
> 
> 
> > Those symbols snuck in the back door when we weren't 
> watching.  They got 
> > imported to us from other countries when electronics went 
> global back 
> > prior to the 1970's.  They're actually the standard 
> symbols used for logic 
> > and binary counting.  Rather than "O" and "-", they are 
> "O" and "1" -- the 
> > symbols used for binary arithmetic.
> >
> > I'd better stop before this discussion gets political.and/or 
> > controversial.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Brian VanDragt <bvandragt at comcast.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 20:42
> > Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> >
> >> I don't know what the "-" and "o" are supposed to represent, but
> >> I think of
> >> them as the "o" is open, as in an open electrical circuit (off),
> >> and the "-"
> >> is closed, as in a closed electrical circuit (on).  Or on
> >> your trimmers, the
> >> "-" could be an "i" for "ignition", and the "o" is for "off".
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Warren
> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:32 PM
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] OT--string trimmers
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Oh I have one of those here.  That sort of memory, 
> that is.
> >> > (The string trimmer here has one of those switches, too)
> >> >
> >> > Roy
> >>
> >> Thankfully the new trimmer I bought is spring-loaded "normally
> >> on". It's a
> >> good thing too because I never did, and still don't get the "-"
> >> and "o"
> >> thing.
> >>
> >> Warren
> >>
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