1939 Overdrive Trans

[Hudsy Wudsy]

Someone in Sanborn, MN is offering a side shift overdrive transmission along with a '39 Chrysler six cylinder engine for five hundred dollars. There's no reason to think that he wouldn't sell them separately. The ad says to contact "Swede". 

 

Ad copy:

1939 Chrysler Royal motor and overdrive transmission along with some various other parts. Call Swede for more info (no texts please) 507-227-2576

 

https://marshall.craigslist.org/pts/d/1939-chrysler-royal-motor-and/6720894420.html

 

[Hudsy Wudsy]

I hope you guys appreciate the cliché to be found in dealing with a Minnesotan named Swede.

[Spinneyhill]

On 10/27/2018 at 9:34 AM, Hudsy Wudsy said:

I hope you guys appreciate the cliché to be found in dealing with a Minnesotan named Swede.

Um, no. Can you enlighten us foreigners please.

[Hudsy Wudsy]

Spinneyhill, Minnesota, in the north central part of the continental US is sort of known as the state where the most Scandinavian immigrants settled. While you might encounter a guy name "Swede" in any state of the union, you would be most likely to run into one in Minnesota -- thus the cliché.  Did you ever see the movie "Fargo"? It jokes good-naturedly a great deal about the heavy Scandinavian influence here. While I am all Irish, I have always admired the values, high standards and general good nature of these fine folks and their influence on our local culture.

Edited November 13, 2018 by Hudsy Wudsy (see edit history)

[Spinneyhill]

LoL. Thanks. The first thing that came to mind for me was the brassica. They are in the shops at the moment.

[Hudsy Wudsy]

All right, now you've got the better of me! I Googled "brassica" and came up with a genus of plants in the mustard family. Spinney, how did "Swede" get us to a member of the mustard family? Maybe it's time that we got a professional translator?

Edited November 14, 2018 by Hudsy Wudsy (see edit history)

[Spinneyhill]

23 hours ago, Hudsy Wudsy said:

 Spinney, how did "Swede" get us to a member of the mustard family? Maybe it's time that we got a professional translator?

Swede is what we call a type of turnip, short for Swedish turnip. They are yellow fleshed. Turnips are white fleshed. I think you might call them or something similar rutabaga. They are a variety of brassica napus. They are grown as winter forage for cattle, for the tops and the roots and of course a perfectly edible by human beans. They hardly need cooking.

 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Turnip can refer to three vegetables, which are described under the articles Turnip, Rutabaga, and Jicama. The confusion results from the following regional differences of usage.

Scientific term	Brassica rapa rapa	Brassica napus or B. napobrassica	Pachyrhizus
Southern England, most Commonwealth countries	turnip	swede (from "swedish turnip")	yam
Scotland, North East England, Ireland, the Isle of Man,	swede or white turnip	turnip, yellow turnip or "neep"	yam
Cornwall	swede or white turnip	turnip
United States, South Yorkshire	turnip	rutabaga or yellow turnip	jicama
Malaysia, Singapore, and Philippines			turnip
also called	white turnip or summer turnip	yellow turnip or winter turnip	sweet turnip

[Hudsy Wudsy]

I Most edifying! I thank you for taking the time to enlighten me. As my little corner of the world drifts further and further from the sun this time of year, most of the Swedes that I encounter regularly are getting quite white, indeed.

Edited November 15, 2018 by Hudsy Wudsy (see edit history)

[Spinneyhill]

20 minutes ago, Hudsy Wudsy said:

As my little corner of the world drifts further and further from the sun this time of year, most of the Swedes that encounter regularly are getting quite white, indeed.

LoL! Yours are paling from lack of sun and ours are bleaching in the sun!