More trivia: origin of the wheel group

Brad Knowles brad.knowles at skynet.be
Sun Dec 21 23:06:20 PST 2003


At 7:45 PM -0500 2003/12/21, Bill Moran wrote:

>  Interesting.  I can't remember ever hearing the term "Big wheel" before.
>  Perhaps it's some local slang that is seldom used in western Pennsylvania?

	From childhood -- a low-to-the-ground plastic tricycle-like contraption.

	Thirty some-odd years sounds like about the right timeframe....

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