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I'm glad that we haven't dipped to obfuscation, though some points do need a little adumbration still.
It's an archaic expression and possibly has a northern bias ... QuoteMost of the well-known manufacturers produced pony or horse drawn mowers but probably the best known was Alexander Shanks and Co of Arbroath, Scotland. This company had produced the first horse drawn mowers in the mid-19th century and they were immediately popular, especially on the growing number of golf courses and other sports grounds that were being built at the time. Some people believe that this is the origin of the term "Shanks's Pony", http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/moms/mom25-spm.htm
Most of the well-known manufacturers produced pony or horse drawn mowers but probably the best known was Alexander Shanks and Co of Arbroath, Scotland. This company had produced the first horse drawn mowers in the mid-19th century and they were immediately popular, especially on the growing number of golf courses and other sports grounds that were being built at the time. Some people believe that this is the origin of the term "Shanks's Pony",
Quote from: RD on 18/02/2009 19:13:57It's an archaic expression and possibly has a northern bias ... QuoteMost of the well-known manufacturers produced pony or horse drawn mowers but probably the best known was Alexander Shanks and Co of Arbroath, Scotland. This company had produced the first horse drawn mowers in the mid-19th century and they were immediately popular, especially on the growing number of golf courses and other sports grounds that were being built at the time. Some people believe that this is the origin of the term "Shanks's Pony", http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/moms/mom25-spm.htmThen how is it that here in the States it is also a well known expression?
We need a key!
I think the blocks are counties within states.The greater the (human) population density the more numerous and smaller the counties within a state.So poorly populated states have big blocks. i.e the block size is is inversely proportional to population density.
It's cobwebs you have to worry about!
... Loving County, which has a population of 67 people.
I thought it was 69. That would acount for a low population.
King County has the second-smallest population of any county in the continental United States
Quote from: JimBob on 18/02/2009 19:40:29Quote from: RD on 18/02/2009 19:13:57It's an archaic expression and possibly has a northern bias ... QuoteMost of the well-known manufacturers produced pony or horse drawn mowers but probably the best known was Alexander Shanks and Co of Arbroath, Scotland. This company had produced the first horse drawn mowers in the mid-19th century and they were immediately popular, especially on the growing number of golf courses and other sports grounds that were being built at the time. Some people believe that this is the origin of the term "Shanks's Pony", http://www.oldlawnmowerclub.co.uk/moms/mom25-spm.htmThen how is it that here in the States it is also a well known expression?A lot of Jocks emigrating to the states in the 19th century. [ Invalid Attachment ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish1346.gifdistribution of those descended from haggis-eaters.
RD...What is Haggis?
Quote from: Karen W. on 20/02/2009 02:43:22RD...What is Haggis? Haggis is a Scottish dish which looks the same before and after its transit through the digestive tract.