Michael Maskalans <dml@tepidcola.com> wrote:
: On Jul 6, 2004, at 12:14, Jason Bleazard wrote:
:> "A vehicle"? Could you possibly be any more vague? What, did you two
:> buy
:> his-and-hers ATCs or something?
: I was wondering the same thing myself.
: Though the phrase ATC has never crossed my mind of it's own free will,
: so that wasn't the exact phrasing =)
: speaking of which, you're the second person (Jon was the first) that I
: heard call 4 wheelers/ ATVs "all terrain cycles" - to me a mountain
: bike would be a better fit for that acronym. what's the deal? is my
: midwest showing, and we're the only ones who don't call them that?
Nope, probably what is showing is just our "old timer-ness"
(and/or possibly your relative newbie-ness). :-) Back in the
late 70s and early 80s when these vehicles started to become
popular, they were trikes - 3 wheelers, which were called "All
Terrain Cycles", or ATCs for short. At some point, the gov't
decided to stick its nose into everyone's business yet again
and decree that 3 wheelers were too unsafe to build anymore,
after which point 4 wheelers took over. I guess the nomenclature
changed to ATV since the 4 wheelers didn't look too much like
cycles.
For those of us who have "been there, done that, got the
t-shirt" though, its a bit difficult to change our ingrained
thought patterns. :-) "Hey you kids, get your ATC off my lawn!"
;-)
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