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Subject:Re: Air conditioning (in or out?)
From:Jim Felder
Date:Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:47:10 -0600

Go, TJ. People like to talk it but they can't walk it. Don't even go as
far down as TJ, who is WAY below the latitude of Cairo. Just settle for
north Alabama where I am, cradled in the arms of the steamy Tennessee
River, and your opinions will become magically transformed by the
reality fairy.

"Geographically ignorant" is a masterstroke of kindness and tact barely
deserved! Maybe the original poster could find a heated suit--aren't
they called jackets--to get him from the car to the motel room?

Jim

On Mar 4, 2005, at 7:55 PM, TJ Hannink wrote:

> Don Williams <williams@FIRE.BIOL.WWU.EDU> wrote:
>
>> The kind of person that is going to buy a 20 year old
>> van is probably not the kind of person that would worry about air
>> conditioning anyway. If you are worried about interacting with your
>> environment get a Toyota Sienna and stay bottled up 24- 7. Maybe you
>> can find a refrigerated suit that will get you from your
>> air-conditioned vehicle into the motel room!!!
>
>
>
> Wow, that has to be one of the most geographically ignorant statements
> I have read recently, and it comes from an .edu address. Please come
> down an 'interact' with my environment for a year without using A/C in
> your car or home. Camping in the summer? Forget about it, not in a
> 'Westy' unless you can hang a window unit on it. An afternoon sales
> call or customer meeting? Make sure you carry a couple of changes of
> clothes with you to replace the ones you just sweat-soaked.
>
> Why don't we make it even - drive around this winter in your vehicle
> without using the heat - remember its all about interacting with your
> environment.
>
>
>
>
> TJ Hannink
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