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Posted by Mike in Wi on November 23, 2004 at 12:57:15 from (66.170.11.19):
In Reply to: Way OT: The shocking truth! posted by Rauville on November 23, 2004 at 08:37:30:
The discrepencies are not just about how shocks were made, but how they were placed as well.... As I remember it, farms of Germans, French, and English and their decendants always placed shocks neatly in rows facing north/south, whereas Russians and Scandanavians always placed them in rows facing east/west. The reasons for the difference was the varying amount and direction of prevelant sunlight in those countries. To further muck up the issue, the Amish didn"t put shocks in any rows at all...they just put them up any old way that was convienient.
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