[Ads-l] "Making the nut" explained

[Joel Berson]

Yes.  I meant to add that, just as the nut was probably initially metaphoric for seed money, the nut on the wagon wheel is metaphoric for the fruit/tree seed.
      From: Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM>
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 Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2015 11:09 PM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] "Making the nut" explained
   
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 10:23 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole <
adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:

> So, the "nut" is a small initial payment one makes in the hope that
> one will obtain a large return.
>

Okay. I can dig it. Works for me, even in the case wherein the metaphorical
"small, initial payment" is the literal nut holding on a wagon wheel. ;-)

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-Wilson
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