Text 16635, 83 rader
Skriven 2007-06-11 15:05:00 av Glen Jamieson
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Hanschka
Ärende: MILITARY BRATS 79611
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 -=> Quoting Ruth Hanschka to Glen Jamieson <=-

 -> My 1979 Toyota Corona lasted until last year, by which time it was
 -> getting very tired, so I bought a 1992 Toyota Camry wagon in excellent

 RH> On the other hand, you folks don't have road rot to deal with.  The
 RH> temperature extremes here combined with things like road salt
 RH> positively eat cars.

I have seen the results of salted roads; a Pontiac which was
disintegrating beneath me.  There are some advantages to a dry climate.
 
 ->  -> quicker to raise steam from cold.  That start-up time lag was one of
 ->  -> the main disadvantages of early steam cars.

 -> From time to time someone tries to bring them back with upgraded
 -> designs.  They have the advantage of being able to run on anything
 -> burnable.  Refined petroleum oil is not necessary.

 RH> Trash to energy vehicles!  Sounds good to me.

During WW2 a lot of cars were powered by gas producers, using charcoal
fuel.  Wood can also be used; I have seen a car with a home-made gas
producer, which was used by an old bushman in the Northern Territory,
who used to go away in it for months at a time, cutting up dead trees
along the way for fuel.
 
 ->  RH> Auto-pilot, good PR equines ... why in heck did they stop again?
 -> 
 -> There were some overly fussy people who thought that a bit of horse
 -> sweat on their bread was not healthy!  Also the difficulty of finding
 -> delivery men who could manage horses.  As a cyclist I had to be careful
 -> on the roads at about 5 pm, when the bakers' vans were going home.  The

 RH> Not to mention, as a cyclist, being wary of slippery deposits in the
 RH> road? 

No problem, as in those days there were always home gardeners looking
for extra fertiliser, who would rush out with a shovel.  I have seen
"kalesas" (light, 2-wheeled carts) in Manila, which have a length of
sacking stretched between the shafts to catch that valuable, saleable
by-product of the "engine".

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Filet of Filly
 Categories: Main dish, Meats, Horse
      Yield: 4 Servings
 
      4    1/4 lb filets of horse
      4    Slices bacon
           Salt and pepper to taste
 
  Prepare exactly as for a filet mignon.  Wrap outside of filet with
  uncooked bacon slice and secure with toothpicks.  Broil to taste.
  
  Horse shares no parasites with man, in contrast to pork and beef. The
  meat is fine grained, tender and lacks fat.  The flavor is superb. If
  one is not told, it would be indistinguishable from beef.
  
  Note:  As a student at the University of Arizona, I bought whole horse
  filets for a very reasonable price.  It was US Grade A inspected at
  that. In this country there seems to be an aversion to horseflesh.
  Not so elsewhere.  In my resident state, it is illegal to sell
  horsemeat for human consumption.  Silly rules.
  
                                           John Hartman
                                           Indianapolis, IN
  ~!- "The waiter roars it down the hall: 'WE DON'T GIVE BREAD WITH ONE
  FISH BALL!'"
                        -- Auguste Escoffier,
                           Lay of the Lone Fish Bal ! Origin: Try Our
  Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140)
  
  [When I first heard that, it was One Meat Ball.]
 
MMMMM
 

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