Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/27

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Small cars
From: vintagebill at verizon.net (bill harting)
Date: Thu Apr 27 15:55:01 2006
References: <BAY110-F26BE38B31136E6D4746AB287BD0@phx.gbl>

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.
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from rhc3vt at hotmail.com (Richard Coutant) ([Leica] Re: Small cars)