Close call but no deal

Subject: Close call but no deal
From: Joe Bergeron led
Date: 9/8/03 10:39 PM Pacific Daylight Time
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Good call. A perfect choice for an impoverished guy who lives in an
area where gas is always around $2 per gallon.

--
Joe Bergeron
********************
The Lightning is a gas sucker!
I get around 9mpg in the city, once the engine breaks in i should get 12.5mpg.

But i love the looks on peoples faces when i leave em in the dust! Plus i can
get to starpartys in a hurry.
Good thing about the Lightning, i have sports car speed, and handling, plus i
can carry a 24" Dob in it.

Chas P.

The Lightning is a gas sucker!
I get around 9mpg in the city, once the engine breaks in i should get
12.5mpg.

Why are you driving an econo-box like this one. Get a real hot rod. My son's
70 Mustang Fastback with the built 460 gets 5 mpg but goes.

jon

I've sent 2 e-mails to the guy, have not heard back from him yet, did tell him
that if he agreed to my offer of putting down 200 now and paying the rest within
10 days, he'd have to drive the truck up to Rosamond first so I could check it
out both by sight and by test drive.

In the mean time, I'm still watching the online ads for around the av area and
the threw-away papers that come in the mail too. Going to the bank today and
also grab a new pair of shoes while up there.


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towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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Do you use a star atlas, and if so, what kind?

Well, for the Sidewalk Astronomy, I don't as I just aim at the moon,planets that
are in the sky at the time, for my own viewing, I've got the Edmonds atlas, and
ofcourse I use the center section of the Astronomy magazine too as I pick it up
at the store each month.
I also have 3 free softwares on this intel box and also a good one over on my
Atari TT030


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"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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"Alan W. Craft" wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Sep 2003 19:12:03 -0700, "Starlord"
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Do you use a star atlas, and if so, what kind?

Alan


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Subject: Close call but no deal
From: Richard DeLuca
Date: 9/9/03 6:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Hey, with these credentials you could be SAA's poster boy. Charles, you
pulling our leg here, or do you act this way on purpose? grin

Starry Skies,
Rich
*****************
You bet i act this way! I'm still a kid.
I just dont want two cars, so the truck does it all for me...

Chas P.

*******************
With about a $1000 in mods, i can get 430 RWHP! If i really wanted i can get
my
motor custom built, a after market super charger, and get around 650 HP, that
would cost around $10,000.

I am in same boat as you are, I also drive an econo box, I could hot rod it,
but why? The mileage would decrease and it would be less reliable.

jon

650HP? Is that ALL? I'd go for a NACAR, 2,000HP and 200MPH.

Me thinks we're adrift here.


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"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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"CHASLX200" wrote in message
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Subject: Close call but no deal
From: (Jon Isaacs)
Date: 9/9/03 5:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Why are you driving an econo-box like this one. Get a real hot rod. My
son's
70 Mustang Fastback with the built 460 gets 5 mpg but goes.

jon
*******************
With about a $1000 in mods, i can get 430 RWHP! If i really wanted i can get
my
motor custom built, a after market super charger, and get around 650 HP, that
would cost around $10,000.

For now the truck will stay stock, i can do 13.2 at 104mph in the 1/4 mile
stock...

Chas P.



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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 06:58:41 -0700, "Starlord" ...reflected:

Do you use a star atlas, and if so, what kind?

Well, for the Sidewalk Astronomy, I don't as I just aim at the moon,planets that
are in the sky at the time, for my own viewing, I've got the Edmonds atlas, and
ofcourse I use the center section of the Astronomy magazine too as I pick it up
at the store each month.
I also have 3 free softwares on this intel box and also a good one over on my
Atari TT030

That sounds like you've got your bases pretty well covered.

Do you like the Sky Atlas 2000, and if so, which version do you like best,
the white stars/black background or the blacks stars/white background?

I like the latter, but many seem to prefer the former, as it is just as the
sky itself.

Alan

Software wise, the one I use the most is Cartes Du Ciel, then I have Virtua
Moon, Star Calc, and Freestar. I once had the 30day demo of Starry Night but
couldn't aford it then, so just wiped it out. I also use my Atari Software too.

That S.A.2000, I don't think I've ever seen it.



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towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

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"Alan W. Craft" wrote in message
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On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 06:58:41 -0700, "Starlord"
....reflected:

That sounds like you've got your bases pretty well covered.

Do you like the Sky Atlas 2000, and if so, which version do you like
best,
the white stars/black background or the blacks stars/white background?

I like the latter, but many seem to prefer the former, as it is just as
the
sky itself.

Alan


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Jet engine? Na, still to slow, gotta have a ROCKET Engine.


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"In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
towards an east that would not know another dawn.
But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
again."

Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars

SIAR
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Subject: Close call but no deal
From: (Jon Isaacs)
Date: 9/9/03 5:43 AM Pacific Daylight Time
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Why are you driving an econo-box like this one. Get a real hot rod. My
son's
70 Mustang Fastback with the built 460 gets 5 mpg but goes.

jon
*******************
With about a $1000 in mods, i can get 430 RWHP! If i really wanted i can get
my
motor custom built, a after market super charger, and get around 650 HP,
that
would cost around $10,000.

For now the truck will stay stock, i can do 13.2 at 104mph in the 1/4 mile
stock...

Chas P.

Really? Have you ever taken it to a drag strip? Or are you just
parroting Ford's ad hype? Can you provide a link to any such claims?
I have my doubts, very large doubts. I had a '68 Dodge, 383ci with
two four-barrels that struggled to get into the 12's, and that was
with sticky tires and a limited-slip differential. The only way I can
see a street-legal, much less *stock* pick-up doing 13.2 is with a 100
mph wind behind it, or a jet engine in the bed.

But even if it could, it would still be dead-dog-slow, to me.

One of my street bikes went 10.15sec @146mph in the quarter at
Edgewater Raceway, with a 210 pound rider, plus leathers, helmet, etc.
(me). That's zero to 140 in under ten seconds. How much would you
have to spend to match that? I have at least one faster bike that
I've never taken to the strip, and it gets 42 mpg average.

You could probably beat my dumptruck, though. Maybe not if we were
both pulling 12,000 pound loads...

http://www.edgewaterrace.com/627-020s.jpg

Doug Hosey (thinks it's amusing when common mortals talk about their
speedy boxes)


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