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Dusty MI 
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 5:56pm |
A couple things of things that bug me. That thing that provides power that drives our tractors, cars, trucks, etc. is NOT an motor, it's an "INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE" or just "ENGINE". Not a motor.
The way many people use the term "American" it sounds like only a citizen of the USA in an American, NOT TRUE, any citizen of North & South America in an AMERICAN.
Sorry about that, I had to say that. Dusty
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 6:35pm |
hmm.. so Detroit shouldn't be called the 'Motor city' ?? 
yeah dusty I'm an 'American', heck I'm a 'Native American' at that ... born here in
Canada,eh !!  Course I don't get any free cheese and Ihave to have a passport to get south of the 49th..
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DMiller
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 7:16pm |
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Have been known forever as Motorcars
Motor and Engine are erroneously and conspicuously interchanged these days to a point does no longer matter
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desertjoe
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 7:46pm |
Well,,Dusty,,them two are two things that none of us will ever get resolved or even changed,,,, I used to try and correct many others but they got their ways of sayin things different from most people. I have been at lots of racing events and you cannot find anybody that refers to the I-C-Engine as an ENGINE,,,,to a one they call them a "MOTOR" even the announcers do,,,,,It's just more Glamourous to call it a motor As to the "American" reference,,,the only'ist people that claim that one ARE from the USA,,,like the Native Americans,,,even ole Jay here won't refer to himself as an "American Canadian" ,,,,and that's OK,,,it really is. Just got to grin and bear it,,,,, 
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thendrix
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 7:57pm |
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While I agree with you Dusty let me ask this, do you mow or do you bush hog?
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 29 Dec 2020 at 8:20pm |
Do you blow you nose in a Kleenex or a tissue ?
Kleenex is the name of a COMPANY.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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LeonR2013
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 1:25am |
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My sisters big complaint is Walmartz. Been looking for one but I don't think they're available anymore. Leon
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iowallis
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 5:26am |
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I was disappointed when I bought a copy of Motortrend Magazine and it had nothing about trends in electric motors, except an article about a Tesla.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 5:59am |
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Calvin Schmidt
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 7:35am |
My pet peave is calling concrete----- cement. Cement is only one component of concrete
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DMiller
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 8:12am |
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Then are people buying 'Bullets', bullets are the end part not the Whole part some use the term loosely enough to include for shotguns. And Are not part of Shotgun Shells. Cartridges are for weapons, shells are for shotguns, shot or slugs are from shotguns and bullets from pistols or rifles. Projectiles or cast bullets are from black powder weapons and cannon.
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Mactractor
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 11:45am |
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To separate them from electric motors, I always use the word ENGINE. A head scratcher for me is people calling machines a brand name regardless of brand. To them every skid steer loader is a BOBCAT
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thendrix
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 12:24pm |
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And every rotary mower is a Bush Hog. The problem here is if you say rotary mower a lot of people won't know what you're talking about. Tickles me when the parts people at the dealerships say "what brand is your bush hog?"
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"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 12:43pm |
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Now what are you going to call electric trucks and cars the are coming out ?
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DMiller
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 1:21pm |
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Defined "Motor Cars"!!!
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Mactractor
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 2:00pm |
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Guess I'll throw them in the same basket as the refrigerator, dishwasher, and clothes washer; HOME APPLIANCES
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Gary
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 8:57pm |
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Don't forget about the old Zerox Machine that was used to make a Zerox Copy.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 9:11pm |
A friend used to get upset about FORDS! That a bunch of Ford automobiles?
Up here we have Meijer grocery stores. Everyone calls them Meijers.
Then what is the correct term for a tire and a rim that is assembled and ready to go on a car? Tire, like spare tire? Or does wheel cover the assembly? Then why doesn't the steering wheel have a rim?
Then there's the whole English language, A real cluster f*&k! They're, there, their.
Why don't soup and four rhyme?
speaking of four, for, fore.
Why do people say ares meaning ours?
To be truthful with all of you I think the future generations are gonna fix this language for U n I!
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shameless dude
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Posted: 30 Dec 2020 at 11:14pm |
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o-k ya'll...lets re-write the dictionary...the english language just has to many words that mean the same thing or similar things!
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Darrell G (MN)
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Posted: 31 Dec 2020 at 7:16am |
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And then you have political correctness, that has changed how a lot of people speak/talk. My definition of PC is trying to pick up a t**d by the clean end.
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DMiller
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Posted: 31 Dec 2020 at 7:40am |
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Friend of mine, Tars are on cars, Tear is what they put on roads, and he will argue to no ends those ARE correct. Tire can be used in place of tear for road tar for him.
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 31 Dec 2020 at 9:42am |
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Mine is mayonnaise.
Mayonnaise there’s a lot of ways of saying the same thing.
That’s why it’s manaze.
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Gary
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Posted: 01 Jan 2021 at 4:12pm |
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Jack invited Jill out on a DATE.
They sat in the Park and each ate a DATE.
Jack asked Jill, what is your Birth DATE.
I love the FALL Season when leaves start to FALL.
Edited by Gary - 01 Jan 2021 at 4:13pm
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Ted J
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Posted: 02 Jan 2021 at 8:56pm |
 tadams(OH) wrote:
Now what are you going to call electric trucks and cars the are coming out ? |
I'd say a money grab and junk are what first comes to mind. Sure YOU are saving on gas, but it take electricity to charge them up. And how many batteries does it take to power them? What are batteries made of? And YOU'RE saving money?!?!
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Posted: 02 Jan 2021 at 9:04pm |
I'm gonna be on somebodys chit list.....nan-a-nan-a-nan-a.....
shameless dude wrote:
o-k ya'll...lets re-write the dictionary...the english language just has to many words that mean the same thing or similar things! |
It's TOO many words. To Too TWO Hehehehe I'm on somebodys chit list.....nan-a-nan-a-nan-a..... John, you are correct...... a new way of spelliing,,,,,,, just for U n I
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