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Skriven 2007-06-11 23:35:10 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: MILITARY BRATS 79611
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->  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.

A friend of my sister's had a car with cardboard on the floor where the
floorboards had rotted/rusted out.  Cars in the southern states usually
last longer than the New England ones.  People somewhat further north often
have a car they call a "road goat" - driven in the winter when the roads
are covered with salt and other nasties.  The nicer car is reserved for
decent weather.
 
->  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.

Cool.  Wish he'd teach me that trick!  
  
->  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".
-> 
Smart move (ahem).  Keeps the streets clean and the driver's pockets green. 
I've smelled my share of horse droppings; it's nice not needing to smell
them, especially in 95F heat. 
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