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Date:         Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:03:59 -0700
Reply-To:     Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: more free rims, near San Diego - Irked by "rims"
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>wrote:


> Well then, we can't go "motoring" or watch "motorsports" unless only
> electric vehicles are used.   This has morphed into a Friday discussion,
> and will likely last through Friday!​
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​A guess here but it may go all the way back to the first 'horseless
carriages'​


​and many were electric.  Even Ford's first attempt was electric.  Hence
'motoring' or 'motorcar'.  Lack of good batteries and the fact that the oil
companies had a surplus of an unusable byproduct they called gasoline
changed the whole story.....​




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