P-47 Razorback Question

[Jerry O'Neill]

Fellow cheeseheads, before you get overly excited, just remember that Paul was the one who thought Anoka was located in our fair state.

I would be very surprised to learn of an unknown razorback in our area. Closest is Randy Ferris's bits down in Marengo, IL (already mentioned). I'd be quite happy to be proven wrong though.

Perhaps the fellow saw some of the Hellcat chunks that used to exist over near Green Bay?

In all fairness DanK,
I'll take the hit on this one!
I think I was the one who thought there was an Anoka, WI!!!!
See your reply from the O-52 Owl thread below.
Blue skies and fresh cheese!
Jerry

DanK's reply from the recent O-52 Owl Thread.....

Jerry,

Being an east coaster, we'll forgive you (just this once) for your unintentional slander of the Badger state. To assist you in keeping Wisconsin straight from Minnesota, here's a short primer:

Wisconsin = folks tend to wear more green
Minnesota = folks tend to wear more purple

Wisconsin = bratwurst (sausage of the gods...tastebud heaven)
Minnesota = lutefisk (Cod soaked in lye; jelly-like...what evil crime did your tastebuds ever commit to deserve this?)

Wisconsin = large, beer-drinking wimmens; wipe mouth with back of hand
Minnesota = large, beer-drinking wimmens; wipe mouth with front of hand

I hope you and other nonuppermidwestern folk have found this useful. Now back to owl hunting.

[Dan K]

Buttered bisquits--now I'm messing up! It's a wonder I find the correct way to work some days.

Sorry Paul.

You Connecticut folks all look the same to me.

[Former Member]

Wisconsin = folks tend to wear more green
Minnesota = folks tend to wear more purple

Wisconsin = bratwurst (sausage of the gods...tastebud heaven)
Minnesota = lutefisk (Cod soaked in lye; jelly-like...what evil crime did your tastebuds ever commit to deserve this?)

Wisconsin = large, beer-drinking wimmens; wipe mouth with back of hand
Minnesota = large, beer-drinking wimmens; wipe mouth with front of hand

I hope you and other nonuppermidwestern folk have found this useful. Now back to owl hunting.

Thanks for sharing Dan's comments above...how very true they are!!

Reminds me of the old joke about Wisconsin women...What's the difference between a woman from Wisconsin and a cow?...(answer)...20 lbs and a bowling shirt!

John

[T33driver]

Wisconsin = folks tend to wear more green
Minnesota = folks tend to wear more purple

Wisconsin = bratwurst (sausage of the gods...tastebud heaven)
Minnesota = lutefisk (Cod soaked in lye; jelly-like...what evil crime did your tastebuds ever commit to deserve this?)

Wisconsin = large, beer-drinking wimmens; wipe mouth with back of hand
Minnesota = large, beer-drinking wimmens; wipe mouth with front of hand

I hope you and other nonuppermidwestern folk have found this useful. Now back to owl hunting.

Thanks for sharing Dan's comments above...how very true they are!!

Reminds me of the old joke about Wisconsin women...What's the difference between a woman from Wisconsin and a cow?...(answer)...20 lbs and a bowling shirt!

John

Yah dare hey, youz guys got most of it covered ainah?

[Dan K]

:oops: uh... who are they?

THESE Marengo guys:

http://www.marengometalworks.com/MMWWRD ... rProj.html

Somebody's got to know how to reach Randy Ferris.

[Eric Friedebach]

Yah dare hey, youz guys got most of it covered ainah?

The "New" Tourism Policy


Because of misunderstandings that frequently develop when Easterners and
Californians visit the Midwest, the Minnesota, Wisconsin and surrounding
states Tourism Council has adopted a new policy. In an effort to help
outsiders understand the rural Midwesterner's mind, the following list will
be handed to each person as they enter the Midwest.

1. That slope-shouldered farm boy did more work before breakfast than you do
all week at the gym. How'd you like to go home and tell your momma you got
your butt kicked by a big guy in bib overalls?

2. It's called a 'gravel road.' No matter how slow you drive, you're going
to get dust on your Navigator. I have a four wheel drive because I need it.
Drive it or get it out of the way.

3. We all started hunting and fishing when we were seven years old.
Yeah, we saw Bambi. We got over it.

4. Any references to "corn fed" when talking about our women will get your
butt kicked...by our women.

5. Go ahead and bring your $600 Orvis Fly Rod. Don't cry to us if a muskie
breaks it off at the handle. We have a name for those little 13-inch trout
you fish for...bait.

6. Pull your pants up. You look like an idiot.

7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of mallards are making their final
approach, we will shoot it. You might hope you don't have it up to your ear
at the time.

8. That's right. Whiskey is only two bucks. We can buy a fifth for what you
paid in the airport for one drink.

9. No, there's no "Vegetarian Special" on the menu. Order steak. Order it
rare. Or, you can order the Chef's Salad and pick off the two pounds of ham
and turkey.
Yeah, we have sweet tea. It comes in a glass with two packets of sugar and a
long spoon.

10. So you have a sixty thousand dollar car. We're real impressed.
We have quarter of a million dollar combines that we use two weeks a year.

11. Let's get this straight. We have one stoplight in town. We stop when
it's red. We may even stop when it's yellow.

12. Our women hunt, fish, and drive trucks--because they want to.
So, you're a feminist. Isn't that cute.

13. Yeah, we eat catfish,--and turtle. You really want sushi and caviar?
It's available at the bait shop.

[Aircraft Mech Paul]

Buttered bisquits--now I'm messing up! It's a wonder I find the correct way to work some days.

Sorry Paul.

You Connecticut folks all look the same to me.

Dan,

Tsk, tsk, tsk....I always said you folks in Wisconsin needed to get out more, there is more to life than Cheese, Brats, and the Green Bay Packers . ME ?? saying that Anoka was in Wisconsin ?? Well...there "might" be but the only one I ever knew of was the one where I would go up to the airport for Wally's Fisk's event. I met Dan Chavatal (sp) there as well...nice guy. We talked about his KingCobra projects. Funny thing was we both worked at the same airline for years and I never knew him from there.

Now...as long as we have all of the funny buisness out of the way. I think that Tim Savage hit the nail in his reply about a Jug in Janesville. But I coulda swore that the guy specifically told me it was a Razorback model. Now, I like to think I know a little bit about aircraft, and I can tell a Razorback from a Bubble canopy. But truth to tell, the gentleman I spoke to was either in or swiftly entering the age of the senior citizen. So he may have been mistaken.

Either way...this thread has made for some neat conversation.

Paul

PS....some say Wisconsin is God's Country.....well...I gotta tell you after living in Minnesota for 22 years.....God must be kinda upset with you folks in Cheese Land with all of the Bratwurst flyin around