Last October, I attended the American Thresherman Assn. Steam, Gas and Threshing Show in Pinckneyville, III. While I enjoyed the unseasonably warm weather that day, the falling leaves made me realize that soon, the show season would be over, and I'd be spending a restless winter waiting for spring. Fortunately, I found something that has made the winter months a little more bearable: www.YouTube.com. For those of you not familiar, YouTube.com is a free video-sharing website. While you need to register in order to post videos, unregistered visitors are allowed to view any of the videos on the site without becoming a member. Type "hit-and-miss engine" into the site's search function and you'll find yourself swimming in gas engine clips from around the world. I was aware that some collectors had been posting videos of their engines on YouTube, but I had no idea that there were so many on the site. The international representation is particularly impressive.
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