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originally posted by: DigginFoTroof
I used JD equipment almost every day from the time I was about 7-8yrs old and then I worked selling the equipment for almost a year in college. I remember the first time I saw the "Deere" (online ad), I started looking online for the company thinking it was maybe the European spelling and I saw that the entire company was named this which is not what I saw every day. I grew up in one of the largest farming area's in the US and there were John Deer tractors everywhere, our equipment was JD.
Words have a feeling, especially when there is symmetry in words, like a two word name where each word has 4 letters. It has a different feeling than a name that has a 4 letter word and then 5 letter word. On top of that being an area with a lot of deer, I would have been very aware of a different spelling from the animal, especially since their logo IS a deer, not a "deere" or "Dee-Re".
When I looked up the company online I found a HUGE European company (based in France I think) that made farm equipment that looked exactly the same as JD equipment. It used the same color scheme and the exact same color tones of the green and yellow. I remember looking at the valuation of the company and the profit and it was actually much larger than JD, which I was really surprised. In fact, there was almost no John Deer products sold in Europe in comparison to this company. Now when I look for this company or any of the equipment I am unable to find anything related to it but I find LOTS of John Deere dealers and equipment in Europe, where it wasn't showing up before. It's like this other company disappeared and JD took it's place in present and historically. I would have never known about this had I not been unsettled by seeing the Deere and done research into the company names and equipment used in Europe.
I'm certain this used to be John Deer and the first time I saw it I also had the thoughts that the chinese were trying to counterfeit John Deer stuff and I remeber my first thought of "wow, they are getting quite bold, they aren't even trying to hide it any more. I can't see this not going to court" but then when I looked into the name, I knew there was something really wrong, asked some family (who are bots I think - they never notice anything or have opinions not given by MSM..) who use the equipment a lot, and they remembered it as Deere. I have a neighbor who wore a JD hat and shirt all the time with the Deer spelling and they remember it clearly as Deer.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
a reply to: Pearj
I remember them as Dear Johns, the port-o-potty manufacturer.
originally posted by: Pearj
..so - are you guys trying to say it's always been Deere?
I wish it already said that in the OP - coulda saved you guys some time...
lol
originally posted by: ThePeaceMaker
originally posted by: Pearj
..so - are you guys trying to say it's always been Deere?
I wish it already said that in the OP - coulda saved you guys some time...
lol
With 5 minutes spent on google you would of found out that is HAS always been Deere and the need for another pointless ME thread wouldn't of been needed
originally posted by: Pearj
originally posted by: ThePeaceMaker
originally posted by: Pearj
..so - are you guys trying to say it's always been Deere?
I wish it already said that in the OP - coulda saved you guys some time...
lol
With 5 minutes spent on google you would of found out that is HAS always been Deere and the need for another pointless ME thread wouldn't of been needed
PeaceMaker? lol
It says IN THE OP that it has always been "Deere".
With 1 minute reading the OP you would of found that everyone already knows that - and the need for another pointless comment could of been avoided.
...just sayin'.
originally posted by: nightbringr
originally posted by: Pearj
originally posted by: ThePeaceMaker
originally posted by: Pearj
..so - are you guys trying to say it's always been Deere?
I wish it already said that in the OP - coulda saved you guys some time...
lol
With 5 minutes spent on google you would of found out that is HAS always been Deere and the need for another pointless ME thread wouldn't of been needed
PeaceMaker? lol
It says IN THE OP that it has always been "Deere".
With 1 minute reading the OP you would of found that everyone already knows that - and the need for another pointless comment could of been avoided.
...just sayin'.
Butcherguy just showed how you are now contradicting yourself. Look up two or three posts.
Give it up dude. Your memory is faulty. Learn that humans make mistakes.
originally posted by: nightbringr
a reply to: Pearj
The effort involved would be doublethink. Look it up. It's when one thing is true, but you are able to convince yourself something else is true.
I know you think your memory is perfect and you are infallible, but you, like all humans, make mistakes.