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Subject:Re: Death Valley, Man and Superman
From:Jake de Villiers
Date:Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:55:30 -0800

Nope, it was holding a cold beverage!   :)

On 1/24/07, Mike Rocket J Squirrel Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Sheesh. Okay, suppose you had one hand tied behind your back?
>
> --
>
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
> KG6RCR
>
>
>
> On 1/24/2007 12:53 PM Robert Fisher wrote:
>
> <snip>
> >
> > So give these choices: A $2K tow (and all the rest of the expense that
> > would
> > follow), rehabbing a piston in a camping spot, or swapping a WBX in that
> > camping spot (assuming the availability of a working used engine, a
> > rental
> > truck or the equivalent, etc.) I'd go for the swap. I think it'd be
> > easier
> > and take less time than rehabbing the piston and it'd probably be
> > cheaper by
> > half than the tow.
>

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Jake
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