"Ned Simmons" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:49:58 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
wrote:



I've heard that in some parts of New Jersey you can see cement
mixers
used as contractor-chic lawn ornaments.
-jsw


Just last week I tried to convince my wife that we needed a cement
mixer and that this one would be a nice lawn ornament when not in
use.
She's skeptical.
http://maine.craigslist.org/tls/4642527190.html

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Ned Simmons

Oooh, who could resist that? It cries out for a hit-and-miss engine to
run it.

Doesn't she appreciate that the uncompromisingly functional designs of
the 1930's are recognized as legitimate ART?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieselpunk

Around here the status lawn toy is a backhoe or loader.