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Subject:Re: It's Friday: Hoppe's #9 Powder Solvent
From:Neil2
Date:Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:44:35 -0700

Love it!  [Vanagon content: Hoppe's #9 would surely be good at cleaning fuel
injectors,
but I have not tried it ;)]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:53 PM, David Milo <dellaone@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Volks,
>
> I just came across an old bottle of Hoppe's #9 powder solvent, meant for
> cleaning the bores of rifles and shotguns. I don't even own a gun anymore
> (I
> grew up on a Pennsylvania farm), but the smell of the solvent sure does
> take
> me back to memories of great times, like shooting clay pigeons and hunting
> pheasants on my Dad's farm.
>
> Please don't come down on me for mentioning hunting, I don't do that
> anymore, (maybe you would have to be born in the 50's or before), this is
> about how smells and sounds can take you to a place that you might not have
> remembered for some time. Music can do that as well.
>
> Vanagon content: Hoppe's #9 would surely be good at cleaning fuel
> injectors,
> but I have not tried it ;)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave Milo
>

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