On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:47:30 -0400, Al Patrick wrote:

A few weeks back I pulled up to a stop sign and had to wait for an
18-wheeler lowboy to get by. As it passed I noticed its "load".

It had a toy John Deere tractor strapped dead center of the lowboy with
about a 4" wide strap. The tractor must have been about 8-10" long!

I guess he didn't want to be accused of towing that long trailer empty. :-)

Al


Chuckle..I see that a lot out here in California. Usually a bright
yellow Tonka dump truck, though this morning coming over the
Grapevine, I did see one with a shiney yellow Tonka dozer very neatly
strapped down with small straps.

Cool stuff.

Gunner

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Robert Roland wrote:
Jerry Kieffer has built a stunning model of a 1936 John Deere tractor.
There are several excellent pictures and even a movie clip. Well worth
a look:

http://www.craftsmanshipmuseum.com/Kieffer1.htm

Even the coffee can his gradfather used to keep rain out of the
exhaust is accurately reproduced.


"[L]iberals are afraid to state what they truly believe in, for to do so
would result in even less votes than they currently receive. Their
methodology is to lie about their real agenda in the hopes of regaining
power, at which point they will do whatever they damn well please. The
problem is they have concealed and obfuscated for so long that, as a group,
they themselves are no longer sure of their goals. They are a collection of
wild-eyed splinter groups, all holding a grab-bag of dreams and wishes. Some
want a Socialist, secular-humanist state, others the repeal of the Second
Amendment. Some want same sex/different species marriage, others want voting
rights for trees, fish, coal and bugs. Some want cradle to grave care and
complete subservience to the government nanny state, others want a culture
that walks in lockstep and speaks only with intonations of political
correctness. I view the American liberals in much the same way I view the
competing factions of Islamic
fundamentalists. The latter hate each other to the core, and only join
forces to attack the US or Israel. The former hate themselves to the core,
and only join forces to attack George Bush and conservatives." --Ron Marr