Date:         Sat, 18 Dec 1999 12:43:52 -0800
Reply-To:     Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
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From:         Austin <austins@IX.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:      'Clown Around'
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At 08:48 AM 12/18/1999 -0500, Bulley wrote:
>
>
>We were in the middle of nowhere, literally. Those of you from Europe, or
>who have never been to Texas may not be able to imagine just how FAR away
>you can be from ANYTHING when you are in West Texas. There are places where
>from the horizon on one side all the way to the horizon on the other, you
>may be able to make out one light, one sign of life. That is where we were,
>at 2:30 a.m. when we had to stop, and find the problem.
>
No kidding - just recently drove from San Antonio heading West to beautiful
downtown Del Rio & lost tunes in the rental ~40 miles out: & I mean the
just quit working; stopped & checked the antenna, fuses,...nuthin'.  Didn't
get sounds again 'til Del Rio.  Almost as desolate as south eastern Oregon,
or around Rachel, NV.

Austin