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Unread 05-05-2018, 10:15 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by Tom Flanigan View Post
When I was a small boy and out in the yard, I'd hear what I thought was someone in the woods starting up an engine. Drumming sounds a bit like that. I had no idea what I was hearing until years later when I became informed. I love that sound. It reminds me of my childhood.


My Dad had a "hit or miss" walk-behind garden tractor with a one-cylinder engine (and a 60 lb. flywheel) that sounded like a drumming grouse from start to finish.... thrump - thrump - thrump - thrump, fump,fump,fump,fump,thud,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d,d ,d,d,d,d,d,d,d





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