At least he did not rob you of the valuable gas in the tank.
Kent
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From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Brian Donaldson
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: Sign of the times
Sign of the times indeed.
Recently, I went to go to the grocery store. As I started up my truck
for the
short two mile drive to the local Ralphs I was overwhelmed by the
ghastly
*ROAR* coming from underneath the chassis of my little Toyota truck. I
switched off the ignition and crawled underneath the truck to see what
was
going on.
Would you believe that some dirtbag in the night had relieved my truck
of its
catalytic converter! This is no joke! A new replacement cost over
$700....
Brian.
On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 09:55:26 -0500, Ray Shahan
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>
>
> We needed to get some trees for our yard (umm, really, my
>wife wanted the trees - we didn't **need** them), so we (she) found
some
>nice trees for a great price (according to her) at Home Depot. We
>rented the air conditioned Home Depot truck (they load and tie down the
>trees for you, too), and off we went to drop the tress of at our house
>about 11 miles from the Home Depot. To avoid 'stressing 'the trees
(the
>poor things), we had to take the city streets, and stop at every *&^%
>light along the 11 mile route back home.
>
>
>
> What we found was that the truck was a great deal - it was
>$20.00 for 75 minutes (more than enough time, and your time doesn't
>start until after the truck is loaded), but the fuel we used amounted
to
>$15.00 (3.79 * 4 gallons)!!! By this time next, year, the gas for the
>same task, may actually cost more than the truck!!!
>
>
>
> In another stark contrast; back in 1976, I got my first
used
>car with my own money...it was a 1969 Ford Galaxy 500 with a 390 engine
>and an automatic. I don't recall how big the tank was (I think it was
>about 18 gallons), but it never took more than about $7.00 to fill it
at
>.40 a gallon (in West Texas at the time, gas was really only about .35
>to .38 per gallon, IIRC). Now it takes $7.60 to just fill the 2 gallon
>gas can for my mower!!!
>
>
>
> I'm of the belief that in the near future, drug dealers
will
>likely give up drugs sales, and start to peddle underground gas. 8-)
>
>
>
>
>
>Have a great week,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>
>Raymond Shahan
>
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>Life is not a journey to the grave with the
>intention of arriving safely in a pretty and
>well preserved body, but rather to skid in
>broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out,
>and loudly proclaiming:
>
>-- WOW!!! What a Ride!!!
>
>
>
>
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