At 04:16 PM 07/29/97 +0100, Peter Galbavy wrote:

>> "1997, the Year of the Backhoe"
>
>For those of us who have not grown up with the (what sounds like)
>delightful vagaries of US road management - what is a backhoe ?
>

There is a picture of prominently displayed at:

 http://www.cat.com/products/equip/bhl/bhl.htm

The backhoe portion is the rear-end attachment used to dig
trenches.  :-)

- paul