Re: Ahead of its Time . . . ?
| February 08, 2019 10:00PM |
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Chris Walker Wrote:
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> Perhaps that Pumper was not only self-
> propelled but also appears to have been
> the first autonomous vehicle in those parts.
An astute observation, Chris -
But did you perhaps mean 'awed-ominous', as it probably scared the piss out of the Clydesdales that pulled its predecessor.
(Said effluent leading to the establishment of the first Budweiser bottling plant in New England.)
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
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> Perhaps that Pumper was not only self-
> propelled but also appears to have been
> the first autonomous vehicle in those parts.
An astute observation, Chris -
But did you perhaps mean 'awed-ominous', as it probably scared the piss out of the Clydesdales that pulled its predecessor.
(Said effluent leading to the establishment of the first Budweiser bottling plant in New England.)
- Sincerely, Willie (Wm. Claude Johnson-Barr III, Esq.)
"Not All Who Have Cell-Phones Do Twitter *
"Not All Those Who Ponder Can Think . . . "
* Only TWITS Twitter!
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