From: wwd@netheaven.com
Date: Sat Feb 02 2002 - 04:29:21 PST
In <list-1529492@skylee.com>, on 02/01/2002
at 07:58 PM, Geoff Winnington-Ball <gwball@sympatico.ca> said:
>Richard Notton wrote:
>> Certainly, this end they're a very cheap and capable truck....
>If I'm not mistaken, our friend Nigel [Watson] uses one to haul his 8,000
>lb Universal Carrier (on a custom-built trailer) around to local shows in
>Scotland. Too slow for the long haul, but a fine truck indeed.
>I STILL can't understand how you fellows can afford the cost of petrol
>for such luxuries, though. You have our undying admiration for your
>patience...
Well, if you heat your home with firewood you can save 500 to 1000 gallons
of oil (diesel fuel) per year. Applying some of this 'credit' toward the
wretched excess of Mil-Veh-play is not entirely an inequitable indulgence.
>--
>Regards,
>Geoff Winnington-Ball
>MAPLE LEAF UP! ==>
>Zephyr, Ontario, Canada
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>http://www.mapleleafup.org
><sunray@mapleleafup.org>
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>1st Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment
>http://www.1cacr.org
><info@1cacr.org>
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And may your whole gang prosper,
Bill
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