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Subject:Re: broccoli confusion (WAY OT)
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2000 15:09:40 -0800

Wow Ian,

I am not the oldest guy on this list-you must be at least 70!  Well, at
least the car would be! ;-)

Ian Cameron wrote:
>
> At 10:58 AM 1/12/00 -0800, Tobin Copley wrote:
> >I read a similar thing about a fellow who did this with a Mercedes diesel.
> >If I recall correctly, he did not add anything to the oil, just ran the
> >straight deep-frying veg oil.
> My first car (my age 14, car 25) was a Model A Ford.  I used to steal
> heating oil from the tank in the basement.  Started the car on gas (from a
> one gallon tank in the passengers seat!!!) and when it was hot switched to
> oil, which ran through a coil wrapped around the exhaust to get it warm.
> Smoked a bit - well, a lot - but it was cheaper than gas, which was then
> $.42 per gallon.

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