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Old 04-01-2019, 11:05 AM   #1
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Time for a spelling lesson. What is a Wench and what is a Winch.
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Old 04-01-2019, 11:20 AM   #2
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Time for a spelling lesson. What is a Wench and what is a Winch.
LOL! now thats funny!
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You are goin to hell for this. LOL
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Well tell that to Elmer Fudd
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Love it......
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Old 04-01-2019, 02:49 PM   #6
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Well tell that to Elmer Fudd
Soo Funny as my long time nickname is Elmer Fudd. I do have a NOS Elmer Fudd patch that needs to get sewn on my club vest. I got tagged with Tacoma Bob on the old Ford Barn or perhaps Ahooga. One night in the chat room there were 5 Bob's on at once. LOL
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How about “wench the winch wench!”?
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Old 04-01-2019, 07:22 PM   #8
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Well tell that to Elmer Fudd

Several sixteenths wench.
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thanks cool hand for the spelling lesson. sometimes my fingers type faster than my brain thinks and i seldom do spel check. and somtimes my bran dont think.
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Old 04-02-2019, 08:47 AM   #10
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Haha good one! I had to correct a classic car company once on that very thing when they advertised a trailer with a 'wench' and they didn't know the difference til I told them exactly what your pic implies....
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Haha good one! I had to correct a classic car company once on that very thing when they advertised a trailer with a 'wench' and they didn't know the difference til I told them exactly what your pic implies....
But it could mean that their trailer came with a Wench to turn the manual Winch. That would make her a Winch Wench. I think the earlier trailers made before Halloween even had a Winch Witch as an accessory. But they only worked one day a year so it made sense to move up to a full time Wench.
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Funny stuff. Another word I see often on this board is "prolly". I wasn't sure if maybe that's modern internet shorthand that I've never heard of, so I never mentioned anything. But if it isn't, please note the word is "probably", not "prolly".
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Funny stuff. Another word I see often on this board is "prolly". I wasn't sure if maybe that's modern internet shorthand that I've never heard of, so I never mentioned anything. But if it isn't, please note the word is "probably", not "prolly".
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I've had Autocorrect substitute "prolly" for "probably" a number of times. If you're typing fast you can miss it before you post. If you use the "look up" function it takes you to Wiktionary which defines it as:

"(colloquial, slang) Probably. 'I should prolly keep my eyes on the road.'"

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Good one !
For a winch - go to Tractor Supply
For a wench - maybe Pirates of the Caribbean
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Time for a spelling lesson. What is a Wench and what is a Winch.
Maybe it's me,,,,,,,,,,but i think they both pull on things that are hard.........
Just sayin.
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Maybe it's me,,,,,,,,,,but i think they both pull on things that are hard.........
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Funny stuff. Another word I see often on this board is "prolly". I wasn't sure if maybe that's modern internet shorthand that I've never heard of, so I never mentioned anything. But if it isn't, please note the word is "probably", not "prolly".
Not probably not prolly, it is definitely not prolly
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ZZ,

You’ve been thinking of that wench with the tommy gun that pops up on Fordbarn every once in a while.

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Ya. I think you are right David. I get so confused some days. Them wench's are all starting to look alike. Mark.
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