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Date:         Mon, 16 May 2011 20:49:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott3@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: A weird thing that took me forever to solve
In-Reply-To:  <1305587794.17227.45.camel@TheJackUbuntuNetbook>
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I had the same thing but they lined up with the mirror for me so I was pretty sure they were some kind of creepy spook lamps behind me. It didn't help that I usually saw them while touring in WV.

Edward

At 07:16 PM 5/16/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >Last year during a long round trip drive from Bend, Ore., to Flathead >Lake, Mont., I noticed a strange reflection in the passenger side rear >view mirror. It looked like two small incandescent lamps and was only >visible when the sun wasn't super-bright, like dusk or dawn. Probably >visible after dark, too, but I was camping by then. > >Whenever I saw those lamps I looked all around the van to see if I could >suss out what the mirror was reflecting. The plane of reflection was >about an inch or so behind the plane of the mirror glass so I know those >lamps were not some kind of creepy spook lamps behind the van, but a >reflection from somewhere inside. > >Not until I pulled the cover off the auto shifter console a few weeks >ago did I discover that what I was seeing were the two instrument bulbs >used to backlight the shifter's PRND21 legend. > >Thought I'd share that. > >Okay, I'll be on my way now. >-- >Rocky J Squirrel >'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) >Bend, OR >KG6RCR


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