Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The language seems to also be affected: I heard two guys today saying "wottle she get" (mileage) where they might a week ago have said "Wottle she do" (ha) bh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Coutant" <rhc3vt@hotmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Small cars > With pre-split firewood hitting $200 a cord in places around here it's not > as great a deal as it used to be unless you have the time and the physical > ability to do a lot of the work yourself. The latest advance in northern > New England heating technology seems to be the self-contained outdoor > woodburning furnace, that burns nearly anything and keeps the dirt and ash > outside. > And it's expected to be in the 20s tonight... > > Public transport in rural Vermont isn't even a possibility. I'm getting > almost 30 mpg in a 6-cylinder 5-speed Camry, but you need four wheel drive > in the winter, not to mention mud season. My winter car has been an old > Tahoe, but $90 for a tank of gas that gets me maybe 400 miles isn't going > to work next winter. > > cheers from Vermont. > > Richard > > > > > >>Aha ... that explains things. A good cast-iron wood-burning stove from >>Vermont should help in keeping the chill off. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information