Danny's Doting(s)

  So this guy calls today. I could make a play on words of his last name given the way he is, but I won't do that here.  I'll just think it.  "I need rear rims for a 1465". "Ok. What do you have on it for tires? 16.9 30's or 18.4 30's?" "18.4 30's".  "Ok, we have new 15x30 rims here which will fit 18.4 30 tires, but you have to check the measurement on the zigzag lugs. I think we've run into this before. The bolt holes are 24 and half inches center to center".  "Well, I took one off an old 1365 one time and tried to put it on and it wouldn't fit. I had to have it redrilled to fit".  "That's what these ones are. They are for 1365's and that's why I gave you the critical measurement; because I didn't think they'd fit a 1465".  "How much are they?"  "Six hundred dollars apiece plus tax". But they won't fit, so it's kind of pointless.  "So how much is...

  Not everything old was good on the farm. And not everything was tried and true; some technologies needed to be developed to a finer, more finalized extent. That kind of thing seldom really stops, but once the concept or principle of a good design is settled upon, the core operational aspect of it remains in perpetuity. Sometimes, you'll see a gadget or gizmo that attempts to do two or three or four jobs all in one; 'As Seen On TV'. They are gimmicks actually designed NOT to do several jobs, but only a single, very key one: Part you from your hard earned money, and as many people like you, as soon as possible. Seldom did any of them live up to their hype and survive. Most of these cheesy things were quickly relegated to the junk drawer. Two exceptions to this rule came out of the agricultural industry: the lesser known fencing pliers, and the almost universally known Vise Grip pliers. Both of these tried to do more than one job at a time. The fencing pliers were the stando...