24 Mar
2003
24 Mar
'03
4:35 p.m.
At 01:05 03/25/2003 -0500, you wrote:
My Ham radio rig kept my bacon outta the fire more than a few times... ;-)
He used to lay block & work construction... I wouldn't want him on the
wrong side of a barfight... ;-) [ granted, that still doesn't stop him
Quothe Roger Merchberger, from writings of Mon, Mar 24,
2003 at 11:50:24PM
-0500:
I've been wanting a new Avalanche... ;-) (well, everything *except* the
pricetag/payments...)
Altho the station wagons of days gone by could
handle pretty decent loads,
they always had the rear-view mirrors of a car... so I'll keep my
full-size
4x4, thanks! (horrible gas mileage & all...)
Do you get less than 12 MPG on the highway and about 7 MPG or less in
the suburbs or cities? If not, then you might want to trade up to
something with lower gas mileage that can shock more people. :-) Funny
thing... the fuel economy sticker in the station wagon's window, when
it was new and on the dealer's lot, read something like 18 MPG, but I
don't think this was ever achieved (is it possible for a 351C engine
to ever achieve mileage like that when the car weighs over 5000 lbs?)
Dunno -- the last new vehicle I bought was a '89 S-15 mini-pickup, with a
grand total of 3 options: rally wheels (the not *quite* ugly ones),
split-rear window, and high-output alternator. No, it didn't even have a
radio or lighter. Sticker said 26 Highway, I usually got 29-33.
My 6000lb. truck I got used, fairly low mileage -- 350ci, Z71 offroad
package... if I kept my foot out of the fuel-injection (<65mph) I could get
17-18 highway, but as the speedo climbed over 70, the mileage dipped...
(and yes, I can tell you that at 115mph for 20 miles, I don't think I got
10mph... long, offtopic story... but it *was* an emergency. BTW, the truck
had over 100K at that time, so it's a credit to Chevy's engineering... 140K
now, gets 15hwy, and still starts NP w/o block heater at -30F. Yes, there's
a reason for my email domain!)
the
10-codes... my dad's a trucker, so I learned young. My handle was the
"Whiz-Kid"]] My dad still has a CB (for channel 9...) but never uses it
anymore -- because of the low S:N ratio.
Thats why I keep one as well, in case the cell phone isn't working.
However, I wonder if it would even work with all of the high-power
transmitters blocking other people out. To try to
bring this ontopic - every time my friend moves his (rather
heavy) Viewsonic 19" monitor, he complains about it's weight. (He does
on-site digital photography; I help him out some weekends.) I remind him
that I have a 17" that's just as heavy. He doesn't believe me. (The one
for
my VaxStation 3100). Some nite I'll have him
over for a beer, and teach
'im
a lesson... ;-) Then I'll let him pick up my
DEC 19"... ;-) Who says
Oooooh,.. cruel! ...to the monitor, that is. After all, what if he
drops it? from bitching about the weight of his monitors... ]
Considering by 35 I've
had 2 heart attacks [10 years ago] and haven't been
as serious as I should
be about reclaiming my musculature since; the monitor's in a lot more
danger when I pick it up than if he does...
Gaak... 16 hours behind these damn things... I'm headed for the rack!
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger