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Date:         Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:09:40 -0800
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: broccoli confusion (WAY OT)
Comments: To: Ian Cameron <ianc@UVIC.CA>
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Wow Ian,

I am not the oldest guy on this list-you must be at least 70! Well, at least the car would be! ;-)

Ian Cameron wrote: > > At 10:58 AM 1/12/00 -0800, Tobin Copley wrote: > >I read a similar thing about a fellow who did this with a Mercedes diesel. > >If I recall correctly, he did not add anything to the oil, just ran the > >straight deep-frying veg oil. > My first car (my age 14, car 25) was a Model A Ford. I used to steal > heating oil from the tank in the basement. Started the car on gas (from a > one gallon tank in the passengers seat!!!) and when it was hot switched to > oil, which ran through a coil wrapped around the exhaust to get it warm. > Smoked a bit - well, a lot - but it was cheaper than gas, which was then > $.42 per gallon.

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