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Re: "farmers three way" question here

#4926 07/28/02 12:00 PM

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One old term for Joe T's 07-28-2002 10:08 AM diagram used to be "LA three-way."

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Re: "farmers three way" question here

#4927 07/28/02 01:19 PM

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Also, sometimes called a "Coast 3-Way" too, and was not common to just the West Coast area.

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#4928 07/29/02 07:38 PM

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In DC, we call 'em "Lazy Susans"

Re: "farmers three way" question here

#4929 07/29/02 07:47 PM

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I've heard 'Chicago' 3W, but i'm sure in Chicago they'd call it a 'Vermont' 3W......funny how everyone gets blammed for this jem.......

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