Date:         Fri, 14 Aug 2009 23:42:07 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Dehydrated Kid, was landscaping with VW's
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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Come  on folks.. seeing as my grand mother-in-law died as a result of heat
exhaustion from being confused and couldn't get out of the car because she
was 86 and had parked too close to a wall and couldn't open the damned door.
Kids are very much like elders in their response to stress.

No windows, it's a great idea. Other than that...

tim in san jose



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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