At 14:37 10/6/2004, Robin Oomkes wrote: >David: > >just a note to say how much I enjoy the techie prose and the savoir faire in >your posts. Thanks... :) > Hacker is a word that comes to mind... One can learn much about me by reading the Hacker's Dictionary...not all, but much. >(What makes it even >better is knowing the Joker's not affected by most of the woes you >describe - I've got a stock turbodiesel - the German word is Schadenfreude). Tsk tsk you naughty boy...trust the Deutsch to have a word for that specific emotion. ;->
>Your recent post on battery charging and offshore life on 12V made me make >an informed choice on getting a cheap 72 Ah lead-acid starter battery with a >2 year warranty as a 2nd battery install - will see how long it lasts and >then get an Optima. (The Eberspächer diesel heaters that come with most >European Westies are notoriously current-hungry). Thanks. As you saw I've no quarrel with any way that people choose to balance out various costs. I get impatient when they want everything for nothing, which is kinda dumb since I'm perfectly capable of it myself. But of course that's different... ;-) d
-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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