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Date:         Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:12:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
Comments: To: Mike Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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you can talk about anything under the sun on my vanagon yahoo group. http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/turbovans/

no restrictions except don't be nasty. Topic, content and length are basically 'free'. Scott turbovans

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Elliott" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?

> On 8/15/2008 5:01 PM Oliver Mueller-Heubach wrote: > >> Sorry. Diarrhea of the mouth/keyboard. Studying for doctoral exams > > It shows! > >> and guess it has me in an ornery mood. > > Or in a frame of mind to present a good argument. Thanks for not > including a references section, though. > >> Shutting up now. > > No need to shut up -- just match the speech to the forum. Here we talk > Vanagons. > > <Jams hands into pockets, and whistles tunelessly while rocking back and > forth on feet. Acting all innocent and everything as if he himself had > never been guilty of the sin of going Off-Topic on a buff* forum.> > > ===================== > * See meaning #4, below. > > buff(1) /b?f/ -noun > 1. a soft, thick, light-yellow leather with a napped surface, > originally > made from buffalo skin but later also from other skins, used for making > belts, pouches, etc. > 2. a brownish-yellow color; tan. > 3. a buff stick or buff wheel. > 4. a devotee or well-informed student of some activity or subject: > Civil > War buffs avidly read the new biography of Grant. > > -- > > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > KG6RCR


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