leave them alone

sorry about the cap lock its easier to see the print I was not trying to tell people what do with there tractors paint em don't whatever I just see a lot of barn fresh tractors that had original paint that tells the life story of that tractor how well it was kept up for 70 or 80 years sure some rust bucket back east sat in a field for 50 years knock yourself out

If the only problem in the world was someone using cap lock we'd be a lot better place than we are now. I wouldn't loose sleep over it.

The "ALL CAPS = shouting" thing is a time-honored standard and tradition going back at least 30 years to the beginnings of online communication. If anybody should understand time-honored traditions, I'd think it would be a bunch of farmers.

Online you have no way to know if someone is speaking normally, sarcastically, comically, or angrily. Communication was all in ASCII text. There were no graphics or emojis. Standards of capitalization and punctuation for online speech were developed early on to help people be less likely to misinterpret each other's tone.

THAT (and I'm shouting/putting extra emphasis on the word) is why people tell you to stop shouting when you post in all caps.

thanks I'm not pretty vicious crowd out there new to the page seems a little wound up but I guess if someone found a Rembrandt in a barn they would get out the pop can and spray away to each there own I just don't care for trailer queens

Cap lock! I hate that stupid thing!!!

I don't type well enough to watch the screen, have to look at the key board.

After typing along, look up aND i'VE ACCIDENTALLY HIT IT. wISH THERE WAS A WAY TO DELETE IT! lol

Engine guys have the same debate. Most of the time it is about pin striping. While I will venture to guess the manufacturer had a standard I've been witness to an old timer who was infact a striper and said not everything left the factory the same. If he was hung over it got a lesser job. If he and Joe had a bet going he did his best.

The other thing we run into is when people bring their equipment to a show. There are some DARN NICE RARE PIECES that show up, but there are also projects that Grandpa and Grandson might work on. I try to keep an open mind and respect it for what it is.

Some girls are pretty painted up and some girls are just pretty.

Didn't mean to yell.

HUH??? I must shout a lot. To me it is just a way to make my point----TEE

I DID NOT KNOW I WAS DEALING WITH SUCH FRAGILE SNOWFLAKES THOUGHT THIS WAS A PLACE WHERE MEN TALKED ABOUT TRACTORS AND HAVING A DIFFERENT OPINON WAS A GOOD THING I GUESS I BETTER GO AND WATCH MSNBC CAP LOCKED AND LOADED

Don't worry about it, Grizz. I think I was the first one to mention it, but I wasn't trying to rip on you--that's why I added the smiley face!
As far as the rest of the guys here, don't worry about them... Some of them look for any excuse to get their shorts in a knot. Don't let them scare you off.
We're glad you're here, and I hope you stick around.

LOL Griz!!! I for one am glad we are all different...

Gizz02,
Husband and I prefer them rusty or in original worn work clothes... but can also appreciate some shiny ones on occasion.

thanks rich

We only have 3 really old tractors and we've done it both ways. The 333D Massey was left outside for a lot of years before we bought it and it was pitted pretty bad so Dad really wanted to paint it as it reminded him of the 33D his father had when he was a young man. The 44 2N we picked he said his grandfather traded a team of horses for a 9N which closely other than a few details resembled the 2N. He was a young boy when they got that origional tractor and he had many fond memories as a kid riding with his father and older brother working fields on the 9N they had. The 2N was in actually really good shape when we got it but he wanted to paint it also. We use the 333 for unloading grain and sometimes it'll rake hay and has hauled bales and forage boxes here before but we don't work it too hard now. The 2N we use strictly for driving in a parade or tractor function. We also have my mom's fathers 66 Oliver that he always shedded so the paints still pretty decent considering ex. you can still tell what color it was. My Dads been gone a few years and since we're still farming we don't have the financial resources to keep buying and restoring since he wasn't able to travel due to health reasons that was his retirement fun. I like seeing them both ways personally,I just myself like to see happy owners preserving farming history.

Well, the fact is that when text is typed out neatly with proper capitalization and use of lower case, it is simply easier to read. Like a newspaper or a book.
Most times, when a post is all in caps, I just move on to the next one. Laziness? Maybe. Just unpleasant to read.

mY REPAIR ORDERS ARE all done in caps the cap lock stays on its a habit. I do not like to read in caps on the net but caps makes it easier to read my repair orders... At least for me..

I'm not a bit bothered by the cap lock,way bigger things in life to get upset over,cheers!

AMEN BROTHER

It's not about being a snowflake Grizz.
It's about net manners, convention and proper writing.
You are a new user here with a total of 12 posts.
Believe it or not there are some guys here with fifty and sixty THOUSAND posts.
They don't post in caps and their posts get read and replied to. They get their questions answered and the help they need.
Others with poor writing skills often get ignored and fall by the wayside.
But do as you see fit.

if there people with 60thousand post somebody needs a life this is tractor talk not solving world peace don't take yourself to seriously nobody knows everthing