More trivia: origin of the wheel group

[Adrian Wontroba]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 09:26:44PM -0600, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> Possibly, but that wouldn't explain that it's commonly
> known among old fogeys (sic --- "look" doesn't give a plural)
> in Missouri.

I'm fairly sure that I knew the "big wheel" term meaning "someone of
importance" in my youth in the 60's.

At the time, in Somerset (UK county) fairground Ferris Wheels where
often known as "big wheels".

I like this definition:

http://www.foodreference.com/html/fbigwheelcheese.html

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Adrian Wontroba