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Author: zolzol Date: Apr 10, 2008 16:32
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Author: zolzol Date: Apr 11, 2008 08:11
"Halla" drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
news:huauv3p5dbblgrchmpeaup0ovcdk7smglj@4ax.com...> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:32:20 -0400, "zol" ne.rr.beepbeep.com>
> blethered:
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> Oh my! "Windshield Cleaned by Jets of Water While Driving" ;-)
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why that's amazing! ;o)
> Some of those are good though. I wonder how many people reading the
> original articles believed them.
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if i was a kid reading the articles back them i'd prolly believe every one
of them.
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Author: ClotClot Date: Apr 11, 2008 13:01
Halla wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:32:20 -0400, "zol" ne.rr.beepbeep.com>
> blethered:
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> Oh my! "Windshield Cleaned by Jets of Water While Driving" ;-)
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Set me reflecting! Our 1957 Austin A35 didn't have water squirters for the
screen. I was so impressed with the original VW Beetle system which worked
off compressed air - just pressurise when checking yout tyres, that a bought
one and fitted it. Still works to this day!
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 13, 2008 13:01
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:37:21 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:11:05 -0400, "zol" ne.rr.beepbeep.com>
>blethered:
>>>"Halla" drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
>>news:huauv3p5dbblgrchmpeaup0ovcdk7smglj@4ax.com...>>> Oh my! "Windshield Cleaned by Jets of Water While Driving" ;-)
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>>why that's amazing! ;o)
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>I'm not scoffing though, I merely hasn't thought about a time when
>that was new technology.
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Author: MolesworthMolesworth Date: Apr 15, 2008 16:43
In article 4ax.com>,
Halla drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:01:46 +0100, Ben newsam
> gmail.com> blethered:
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> That's a nice car.
Waaay back when, I had a Hillman Minx (really) and my best mate had just
passed his test and asked me to help him buy a car. Big mistake as I was
an old car fanatic back in the 60's. Anyway, there was this gorgeous
Rover 75 (like the pic) and I urged him to buy it with tips like 'It's a
chick magnet' etc etc..
Anyway, he bought it for find / \! \( -path 'dev*' \) \( -path
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 15, 2008 22:37
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:27:28 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:>On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:01:46 +0100, Ben newsam
> gmail.com> blethered:>>Huh. I can remember a car that my parents had, that when there was
>>fog, you would a handle, and the windscreen lifted out of the way so
>>you could see better.
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>OK... so, how did removing a clear pane of glass improve visibility?
At a particular time in my remembering, in more recent cars than that
Rover, and in not-so-recent pea-soupers what one doesn't get nowadays
any more, one would stick ones head out of the window to get a better
view, and it is surprising how much more you can see when not
obstructed by misted-up glass. In that car, when you wound the handle,
a sort of bicycle chain thing that only flexed in one direction would
come out of the back of the handle and prop the windscreen away from
the car body. It used to fascinate me merely from a mechanical point
of view. That car had a freewheel arrangement too, but it had been
disabled due to such things being made illegal.
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 15, 2008 22:45
On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:43:28 +0100, Halla
drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>The OHs best friend[1] does not drive.
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>[1] Who is the fiance of my best friend. Small world, eh?
I think you will find that it's just Troon that's small! :-)
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