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Subject:Re: Newfoundland & Labrador roads & phones
From:Hermann the German
Date:Fri, 24 Jan 2003 22:52:58 +0000
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<P>Thanks Malcolm. Still wonder how you can get a tow truck out there. A warning to all Westy visitors. After last year's experiences in NS and NFL, there are only a few places that can help. Make sure you know them. My clutch master and slave had to be flown in from Toronto, the alternator was fixed by a Bosch servcice on NFL specialising in 18 -wheelers. Don't even think about the VW dealers. The dealer in Sidney just laughed at me when I aksed about spare parts and help. Euro Asian Imports down the road helped instantly.</P>
<P>Cheers,<BR>Hermann de Boer </P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>87 Westy "Eurospec"
<DIV></DIV>89 Syncro GL
<DIV></DIV>"...even if you win the rat race, you are still a rat..."
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Malcolm Stebbins <MALCOLM.STEBBINS@MSVU.CA>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: Malcolm Stebbins <MALCOLM.STEBBINS@MSVU.CA>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Newfoundland &amp; Labrador roads &amp; phones
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:15:02 -0400
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;This was in today's Globe &amp; Mail for those of you
<DIV></DIV>&gt;thinking of doing the Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Nova Scotia road loop. Enjoy, Malcolm :
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Drivers can borrow Newfoundland phones
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;Friday, January 24, 2003 � Print Edition, Page A8
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;St. John's -- The Newfoundland and Labrador
<DIV></DIV>&gt;government will lend satellite telephones to motorists
<DIV></DIV>&gt;who plan to drive the isolated Trans-Labrador Highway.
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;The 500-kilometre highway is little more than a two-lane
<DIV></DIV>&gt;gravel road with only one community, Churchill Falls,
<DIV></DIV>&gt;about midway and no cellphone service. The
<DIV></DIV>&gt;government said Wednesday that a pilot project will
<DIV></DIV>&gt;begin within a few months, allowing motorists to pick up
<DIV></DIV>&gt;the phones from the police for a fee before heading out.
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