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1. "Tooling around" (score: 1): Author: "Fred Schuchard" <fschuch@mindspring.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:54:21 -0500; Hi Listers! Recently, in a discussion with a fellow British car enthusiast, the expression, "tooling around" was used. He wondered about the origin of this expression. I told him that someone on the; /html/morgans/2001-03/msg00053.html (6,860 bytes)
2. Re: "Tooling around" (score: 1): Author: KatHaus7@aol.com; Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 11:17:24 EST; Hey, down South we "Tootle Around" like this..."What have you been doing "Oh, not much, just tootling around in the Morgan." Go figure.... I don't have a clue what it really means, but us Southerners; /html/morgans/2001-03/msg00054.html (6,846 bytes)
3. RE: "Tooling around" (score: 1): Author: "Willburn, Gerry" <Gerry.Willburn@verticalcircuits.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 08:45:23 -0800; It is an old hot rod term from the '40s when hot rodders (like some race drivers) referred to their car as a tool. "Lets take the tool down to the drive-in" got shortened to "Lets Tool down to the dr; /html/morgans/2001-03/msg00055.html (7,432 bytes)
4. Re: "Tooling around" (score: 1): Author: Colin Cobb <cobmeister@zianet.com>; Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:40:17 -0700; Hey Fred, The "tooling around" question is WAY too easy! Since at least 1812 "tool" has been a transitive verb meaning "to cause a vehicle to go. DRIVE." So, literally, tooling around means driving a; /html/morgans/2001-03/msg00056.html (7,693 bytes)

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