Mike_Dumond
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Re:beenthere
OHOH, I'm gonna go hide for 30 or 40 years./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
OHOH, I'm gonna go hide for 30 or 40 years./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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rattledgirl
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Re:beenthere
Tractor manuals have traditionally been written by males. My Kubota manuals were written in Japan, where even to this day "only a very small percentage of working women are involved in specialist. technical, managerial, or other highly skilled areas."
(Greasy side down??? Should I dare to ask?)
Tractor manuals have traditionally been written by males. My Kubota manuals were written in Japan, where even to this day "only a very small percentage of working women are involved in specialist. technical, managerial, or other highly skilled areas."
(Greasy side down??? Should I dare to ask?)
PitbullMidwest
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Re:beenthere
<font color=blue>Tractor manuals have traditionally been written by males</font color=blue>
Can't (and won't /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif) argue with you there, but you did say they were ALL males.
Thanks for illustrating beenthere's <font color=red>"it is what I mean, not what I say" </font color=red>point better than I could have hoped to /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif.
BTW welcome to TBN
<font color=blue>Tractor manuals have traditionally been written by males</font color=blue>
Can't (and won't /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif) argue with you there, but you did say they were ALL males.
Thanks for illustrating beenthere's <font color=red>"it is what I mean, not what I say" </font color=red>point better than I could have hoped to /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif.
BTW welcome to TBN
MChalkley
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Re:beenthere
rattledgirl - <font color=blue>(Greasy side down??? Should I dare to ask?)</font color=blue>
I think (and really hope) that it's a request that everyone operate their tractor safely - i.e. the "greasy side" of a tractor is the underside, and always you want it "down", because any other place it could be is going to be big trouble.
If he means anything besides that, I'm going to let him explain it. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
rattledgirl - <font color=blue>(Greasy side down??? Should I dare to ask?)</font color=blue>
I think (and really hope) that it's a request that everyone operate their tractor safely - i.e. the "greasy side" of a tractor is the underside, and always you want it "down", because any other place it could be is going to be big trouble.
If he means anything besides that, I'm going to let him explain it. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
frank_f15
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Re:beenthere
MIKE: WHY ARE U GOING TO HIDE?did u do anything wrong? i can appreciate the inequties that are sometimes displayed, BUT I WILL NOT , take blame for them just because i am a male.if someone can write a better manual for my tractor go for it, i don't care who wrote it. be it male , female. OR OTHER.
PROBABLY TICKED OFF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, BUT I AM AM TIRED OF THE MALE BASHING
MIKE: WHY ARE U GOING TO HIDE?did u do anything wrong? i can appreciate the inequties that are sometimes displayed, BUT I WILL NOT , take blame for them just because i am a male.if someone can write a better manual for my tractor go for it, i don't care who wrote it. be it male , female. OR OTHER.
PROBABLY TICKED OFF A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, BUT I AM AM TIRED OF THE MALE BASHING
Mike_Dumond
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Re:beenthere
Greasy side down, has always meant the bottom of the airplane, during landings. In my family anyways. I guess it could apply to anything except a roller coaster, and there ain't enough money to get me in one of them.
Greasy side down, has always meant the bottom of the airplane, during landings. In my family anyways. I guess it could apply to anything except a roller coaster, and there ain't enough money to get me in one of them.
MChalkley
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Re:beenthere
Mike - I'm from the low-rent district; to us it always meant keep whatever it was on all four tires... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Same principle, obviously.
Mike - I'm from the low-rent district; to us it always meant keep whatever it was on all four tires... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Same principle, obviously.
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Re:beenthere
I, on the other hand, being happily married and quite used to being bashed on occasion, will stay out of this one. The chances of being able to trade in my 42 year old bride on a pair of 21 year olds with a fondness for overweight middle-aged men is, well, a long shot.
Though sweeping generalizations can be fun at times. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Pete
I, on the other hand, being happily married and quite used to being bashed on occasion, will stay out of this one. The chances of being able to trade in my 42 year old bride on a pair of 21 year olds with a fondness for overweight middle-aged men is, well, a long shot.
Though sweeping generalizations can be fun at times. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
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TresCrows
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Re:beenthere
Yes, Mike is correct, keeping the "greasy side down", is a term often used in the Male dominated world of aviation that refers to the grease/oil/fuel/ streaked bottom of the airplane being kept downward as a good thing. Why does the greasy side need to be down, because the pink squashy part (the pilot) up front in the cockpit (another male term) get's upset when it is the reverse and then has some explaining to do to his boss. Why is there a greasy side at all or why is it the bottom that has to be greasy?--why not the top?--the grease allows the airplane to slide more easily when the pilot forgets to put the gear down and that is why we lazy mechanics allow it to become greasy in the first place. This makes the boss happier than when the pilot lands upside down. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
If this is not PC, tuff.
J, just a white guy with crows for friends
Yes, Mike is correct, keeping the "greasy side down", is a term often used in the Male dominated world of aviation that refers to the grease/oil/fuel/ streaked bottom of the airplane being kept downward as a good thing. Why does the greasy side need to be down, because the pink squashy part (the pilot) up front in the cockpit (another male term) get's upset when it is the reverse and then has some explaining to do to his boss. Why is there a greasy side at all or why is it the bottom that has to be greasy?--why not the top?--the grease allows the airplane to slide more easily when the pilot forgets to put the gear down and that is why we lazy mechanics allow it to become greasy in the first place. This makes the boss happier than when the pilot lands upside down. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
If this is not PC, tuff.
J, just a white guy with crows for friends
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Re:beenthere
TresCrows - I think that's the best explanation of "greasy side down" I've ever heard. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Of course, for the record, it's also the only explanation I've ever heard, but I don't think that's relevant. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
TresCrows - I think that's the best explanation of "greasy side down" I've ever heard. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif Of course, for the record, it's also the only explanation I've ever heard, but I don't think that's relevant. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
