At 14:37 10/6/2004, Robin Oomkes wrote:
>David:
>
>just a note to say how much I enjoy the techie prose and the savoir faire in
>your posts.

Thanks... :)

>  Hacker is a word that comes to mind...

One can learn much about me by reading the Hacker's Dictionary...not all, 
but much.

>(What makes it even
>better is knowing the Joker's not affected by most of the woes you
>describe - I've got a stock turbodiesel - the German word is Schadenfreude).

Tsk tsk you naughty boy...trust the Deutsch to have a word for that 
specific emotion. ;->

>Your recent post on battery charging and offshore life on 12V made me make
>an informed choice on getting a cheap 72 Ah lead-acid starter battery with a
>2 year warranty as a 2nd battery install - will see how long it lasts and
>then get an Optima. (The Ebersp�cher diesel heaters that come with most
>European Westies are notoriously current-hungry).

Thanks.  As you saw I've no quarrel with any way that people choose to 
balance out various costs.  I get impatient when they want everything for 
nothing, which is kinda dumb since I'm perfectly capable of it myself.  But 
of course that's different... ;-)

d

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"