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Originally Posted by john hall
Never tried to drain oil with "paper" (I bet waxy cardboard would work great!) but we used to have a farm tractor with saddle tanks on the sides (100 gal).It used 1 qt of oil per day. In the field we would rip a section out of a soybean seed bag and roll it into a funnel, about the size of an oversize waffle cone so we could pour in the oil---from a can we punctured with a screwdriver and hammer---Dang I'm getting old, I haven't seen cans of oil for sale in close to 30 years  |
Ya I remember when we went to paper qt containers.
I thought it was a joke and they would leak.
And having to use a "church key" to open a can of beer, or the bottle opener on the other end.
Coffee/sardine cans had "keys" so the lids could be opened.
Dial up phones with 6 people on a party line, no fast food choke and pukes,
no Television sets, wringer washing machines, and hand push reel lawnmowers.
older days for sure.
