A request.

[Frank Drew]

I'm sure I'm in a minority here, but in the interest of those of us who no longer religiously read equipment catalogs, could posters please identify tools and machinery with a bit more information than simply a model number? CU700, CG3065, ("Major gloat: my new RM766 arrived today!") etc.. Those numbers alone, without a manufacturer's name or at least a machine category, don't mean anything to some of us.

Thanks in advance.

[Glen Blanchard]

Frank - You and I are in the same boat. More often than not I have no idea what kind of machinery is being referenced when only a model number is referenced. Heck I don't even know the model number of most of the stuff I own! So that makes 2 of us - still a minority, but not a minority of one.

[Ted Evans]

Ditto, add one more.

[David G Baker]

Another minority member. I have to copy and paste the information into Google and occasionally it stumps even Google.

[Frank Drew]

Nice to hear I'm not alone; I'm all for time-saving abbreviations and short cuts, but there is such a thing as too short.

[Clifford Mescher]

Another minority member. I have to copy and paste the information into Google and occasionally it stumps even Google.

You made me chuckle, Dave. I wish I had a dollar for every time I did a number search. Clifford.

[Rod Sheridan]

Great idea Frank..............I'll try to keep it in mind when posting..........Rod.

[glenn bradley]

I don't have a problem pasting the mysterious info into Google; it even yields more info that I might enjoy beyond full maker/model info in a post. BUT, I am totally in favor of making the Creek as enjoyable for everyone as possible and will endeavor to avoid vague references and incomplete information. I share your experiences when folks refer to certain hand tools and almost anything "spinny". I find myself staring and a voice in my head saying "a what?". Good thread and a good idea.

[Brad Wood]

maybe we are actually the majority

[Brent Smith]

One more here. Like Glen, I've forgotten most of the model numbers of my own equipement. When researching to buy I know the numbers, but after the machine is bought, it becomes useless info to me. If I need a part I'll search my box of owner manuals to find the model number.

I usually skip by threads with only model numbers in the title line.

[Steve Rozmiarek]

Count me into the movement. Griz numbers really get me. There are just too many to even try to remember!

[Brian Kincaid]

Moot point because gloats are no good without pictures
(Like what cows think... moo-t)

All in fun-
Brian

[george wilson]

Me too. I don't keep up with all these model numbers either,as I already acquired my machines long ago.

[Larry Edgerton]

Ditto.

Now if you want to see someone that hates abbreviations, my sister is a literature major, president of the Michigan Library Council, and a librarian, and she is always ranting about how abbreviations are ruining communication and the English langauge.

TTFN........

[Roger Newby]

Heck....I'm doin' good to remember my street address. I know the brand name for all my stuff but if you want a number yer gonna hafta wait a few minutes while I totter out to the shop and write it down 'cause if I just look, I'll forget by the time I get back. Seems the minority is gettin' bigger all the time.