At 08:31 AM 12/8/2004, Lawrence Lile wrote: > > I expect to be heavily flamed so... asbestos suit ON... > > > >Yes, Phil, I would argue that I REALLY NEED such a truck to get to work in >the morning. Why, just the other day, I was consumed by road rage, and >rammed my truck into a hapless passerby who happened to pull out in front >of me and cut me off. So much for HIS car! I had nary a scratch. It is >my god given right to have a vehicle that can plow anything off the road >in front of it, be it rain, sleet, snow, or schoolbus. And if it only >gets 3 gallons to the mile, so what? That just shows how rich I am, >proving I am important, and proving Americans are the most important >people anywhere. So what if everybody thinks we SUV drivers are a**holes? >When I am driving over the top of some 50MPG tin lizzie, how much mileage >do they get then? Huh? Take THAT you tinny little beetley bugs! > > Looks like tomorrow, I'll be using my large dangerous SUV with cell phone, ham radio, and strobes, to get through the 12-18" of snow, and once again deliver medications to shut-ins, and patients to and from dialysis sessions. It's not "tornado season" so I won't be sitting out in muggy weather for hours at a time, hoping to give a few more minutes warning to the community. < :) > That studebaker though... YECCCCHHHHH.. BTW: I've solved my workspace organization problem. Just closed on two houses. The one I'm living in, plus a small 2Br next door, which is to be my office. Nice, separately metered and therefore tax deductible utilities! _______________________________________________ http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist