On Mon, 21 Nov 94 09:03:58 CST Matthew Drahzal said: >> "Tom: My vote for the worst-performing car of all time would have to go to >> the VW Diesel Rabbit. Talk about a dog! There were generally two >I LOVE to catch these guys when they are WRONG. Jeez, a Rabbit Diesel >will blow the doors of of NuBus ('82 Vanagon Diesel). I need a >reservation to merge on to a highway...I'll give them slow... my impression of an 80 rabbit diesel with two large bubbas in it was that it was a very peppy car, especially considering atlanta, ga, traffic. there was a very horrific downside to the car, however: you had to fill up the fuel tank EVERY month!!! :) >Hmm. A PhD. from MIT and they don't understand that one must remember that Ph.D. degrees are not necessarily handed out to the most intelligent of our species. more often, they are conferred upon those who are the most tenacious and obnoxious of spirit and manner ... oh, a few smart ones get by, now and then, but around this state (which are my only real reference points), Ph.D. stands for 'Piled Higher and Deeper'. :) it's understood that the holders of said degrees WOULD have become lawyers, but they just didn't have that "killer instinct". ;) no offense intended to those out there who actually EARNED their degrees (rather than politic-ed into them, as is often the case down here). joel 13-year B.A. in Computer Science <yes, that's a B.A. you figure it out>
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