dear still fryday reminds me of a time when i was trapped in a game show with two other guys the question was for $10,000.00 If you were stranded in a desert what would you find most useful first guys says he would want water so he could sip it and avoid dehydration second guy says he wants to have a large hat so he can keep the sun off... i says i would want a door from my vanagon ... the moderator and contestants look at me incredulously the moderator say s... what in the world do you want a vanagon door for ... well thats easy ... says i ... when it gets hot i simply roll down the window and let the col breeze cool me off i won yours On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:38 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote: > At 06:10 PM 8/14/2009, Aristotle Sagan wrote: > >> Ought be a lot more than that and then sentenced to four hours handcuffed >> to >> the wheel of their closed up car in the middle of August on a bright sunny >> day. In Phoenix. >> > > C'mon, Volks -- it's a playhouse, not a car. I'm sure it has all the > necessary placards like TO ESCAPE FROM INTENSE HEAT INSIDE, OPEN > WINDOWS AND/OR DOORS. > > Which reminds me of long(ish) ago when catalytic converters were new > and we weren't comfortable with them yet -- Consumers' Union > complained about a certain GM car because it didn't have an overheat > warning for the CAT. They asked GM about it and GM replied to the > effect that by the time the car filled with smoke and the carpet > caught fire, the driver should be aware that the CAT had > overheated. They laid it out in three stages; unfortunately I don't > remember precisely what the first two were. > > -- > David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '89 Po' White Star "Scamp" >
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