Thursday :: 28 August 2008 :: 03:51 AM
119 days to Christmas!
If you love old crawlers, then you've come to the right site. From the finding of old dozers hidden in woods and bogs, lying rusty and waiting, to the restoration of all types of crawlers, bulldozers and loaders back to their original grace and power, we love these old machines. We love bringing them back to life.
When you consider that the use of this type of heavy machinery only came into common use around the turn of the century, you have to wonder about how hard it must have been to build the roads, dams and infrastructure of modern cities using only rudimentary draw or batter boards, horses and men. These machines were literally earth changing and rebuilt America, as well as most of the developed nations of the world. The history behind their feats is rich and extremely interesting. These machines were built to last, and the stories of the men who drove them are amazing. We will be featuring some of these stories in the months to come, so be sure to come back and visit us.
Fourth Of July Fact
Why do we celebrate Independence Day on July 4?
All kinds of history books and reference books will explain that the federal holiday celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring our independence from Great Britain. However, while that day is celebrated as the day of independence, it really is not. Our nation officially became independent on Sept. 3, 1783, when the British King George III and the American leaders signed the Treaty of Paris.
-- from Land Line magazine, published by OOIDA. July 2007 page 106.
This next commentary is from the same magazine and page. It is an excerpt from an article by Pete Rigney, the Silver Fox:
". . . Every time I read the original document [Ed - Declaration of Independence], I get goose bumps. I think about a little remembered delegate named Richard Henry Lee, a farmer from Westmoreland County, VA. Lee took on the whole British Empire when he introduced a motion that declared we were free from all allegiance to the British Crown on June 7, 1776. Talk about guts!
"John Adams seconded the motion. Thomas Jefferson penned the first draft based on Lee's outline. Ben Franklin and Adams made a few more changes and we were on our way with the noble experiment. Eventually we would become the most powerful nation in the world.
"Thank you, Richard Henry Lee. Thank you, signers who put it on the line for all of us. . ."
Random Humor: The Dentist Visit
Dentist: "Your teeth are perfect."
Patient: "Oh, that's wonderful!"
Dentist: "But your gums are so bad, I'll have to remove all your teeth!"
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