24 Mar
2003
24 Mar
'03
3:41 p.m.
Quothe Roger Merchberger, from writings of Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 11:50:24PM -0500:
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 if you've actually listened to CB lately,
but IMHO, the AM waves in
that band are full of idiots. The never should have taken away the
licensing restrictions on that band... [[ and yes, I used to know 90%+ of
Agreed. CB radio has gone from fun to annoying. Between the idiots
in the inner city who never shut up and those with high-power
transmitters, it's nearly impossible to even a CB radio within a few
miles, or more, of the city.
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
The HP 98789 is rather heavy as well... it sure takes up a lot of
space for a 17" monitor, and is possibly one it's way to being offered
to a new home if I can't find some place to store it where it isn't in
the way of something else.
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?
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