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Subject:Re: No Vanagon Content, yet
From:Neil2
Date:Sat, 7 Jun 2008 19:45:10 -0700

Well now I didn't mean me bro penned it! :-)  I wondered why there was
silence after I posted the funniest thing I've ever read.  Now I do feel
like a non-qual 'round here!

On 6/7/08, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote:
>
> This would make about the 12th time that Peter Egan's April 1996 Side
> Glances column has been posted to this list.
>
> From <http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Definitions.htm>
>
> These hilarious automotive tool definitions have been floating around on
> the Internet for some time now with no credit to the author. Sensitive to
> such things because people have plagiarized and out-and-out stolen stuff
> that I've written, I decided to track down the author. Much to my surprise
> and pleasure, it was none other than Peter Egan, one of my all-time favorite
> automotive writers. This piece originally appeared in Road & Track, April
> 1996 in Peter's column, Side Glances. The original column has a half-page
> introduction and some additional definitions, so I recommend you try to
> obtain that issue of R&T. It was also reprinted in the book, Side Glances,
> Vol. 2, 1992-1997 by Peter Egan, published by Brooklands Books Ltd., a
> wonderfuil collection of 66 or Peter's columns.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Jun 6, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Neil2 wrote:
>
> Me bro sent this to me earlier this week and I've been saving it for the
>> NVC
>> nazis.   :-)
>>
>>
>>  DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat
>> metal bar stock out of your  hands so that it smacks you in the chest and
>>
>>

--
Neil
'82 Diesel Westy
Duckie

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