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Offline geneg

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Re: yardstick
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2017, 06:41:53 PM »
A lot of farm equipment & agricultural supply companies used the "square" yardsticks / walking stick for advertising.  Some I know of used the extra sides for added advertising.  New Idea farm equipment on 1 side, Allis Chalmers on 1 side, the dealer's info on the 3rd, & the yardstick on the 4th.  They are also more durable than the flat ones.
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« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2017, 07:35:35 PM »
Best wishes on the health issue and many happy anniversaries to you and you Mrs.  :smiley:
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« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2017, 09:10:07 PM »
 some moons ago, I had seen a few farmers herding their cows to the barn with both square and tapered ends on the yard sticks, they
 walked with them like they were using a cane and tapped the cows with them to steer them in the right direction. 
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: yardstick
« Reply #18 on: October 23, 2017, 11:59:40 AM »
Quote from: turnnut on October 21, 2017, 09:10:07 PM
some moons ago, I had seen a few farmers herding their cows to the barn with both square and tapered ends, they
 walked with them like they were using a cane and tapped the cows withthem to steer them in the right direction.
I'm confused - did the barns have square and tapered ends?  The cows?  The farmers?

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Offline lptools

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Re: yardstick
« Reply #19 on: October 23, 2017, 03:32:44 PM »
Antecedent problem!!!!
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Re: yardstick
« Reply #20 on: October 23, 2017, 05:22:38 PM »
Quote from: lptools on October 23, 2017, 03:32:44 PM
Antecedent problem!!!!
Your English teachers would be proud.  I bet you can diagram sentences, too.
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Re: yardstick
« Reply #21 on: October 23, 2017, 05:44:02 PM »
I can diagram, but don't.
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« Reply #22 on: October 23, 2017, 06:08:52 PM »
Hello, Bill. Thanks, but my English teachers would never believe it. And you lost me on diagram!!!! Regards, Lou
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Re: yardstick
« Reply #23 on: October 23, 2017, 10:14:31 PM »
Quote from: lptools on October 23, 2017, 06:08:52 PM
Hello, Bill. Thanks, but my English teachers would never believe it. And you lost me on diagram!!!! Regards, Lou
https://www.wikihow.com/Diagram-Sentences
It's rather out of fashion now, and never was entirely accurate, in that English uses language in ways not contemplated in this rather mechanical model; but diagramming has some value in helping to understand the basic construction of a sentence.

I had a boss - with a doctorate, of all things! - who would have benefited from a little more time on that in her high school years.
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