Scotty, we gotta beam you up.  I have long been known for rattling my
veritable cane on the gummint fence, often, loudly, and long.  That pretty
much entitles me on the right hand to  be considered a 'cane rattler',
however there is a more sinister (gotta love that punishment) side to the
moniker.  Long ago a particular flag had a rattlesnake and the warning
"Don't tread on me"  Likely the snake was an Eastern Diamondback, crotalus
horridus, also known as a "Cane Rattler"...Rumoured I fit both attributions.

Cane Rattler ... (who thanks each and every one of you for your
contributions to Medicare and Social Security, as involuntary as they may
be, and who contiinues to question authority from his sunny rock  beside the
little used information byway)

FWIW if you stay lucky you'll be as old and abused as me, BZ, Unca Joel and
the wizard of all thingies electrical the venrable David Bierl some day.
Keep on keepin on.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>  Al, want to understand all the nuances of this 'caning'
> thing........'caning' or 'canning' .....
> but how is you getting caned going to get you a tax free raise ?
> Luv your intellect and humor - sometimes I'm slow to catch on to all of it
> though, but I like it.
> plz explain.
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com>
> *To:* Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> ; Vanagon
> Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, October 17, 2008 2:05 PM
> *Subject:* Re: FS: 1991 Westfalia $7500
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 2:01 PM, Al Knoll <anasasi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  He kept his phone.  He drives a cab in Sadr  City, where the vanagon is
>> located presently.  Hence the low price.  No pictures of course since the
>> background would clearly give away the location.
>>
>> Pensioner (still phony in 916)
>>
>>
>>
>
> Lemme see Baltimore is near Langley,VA and Washington, and this guy drives
> a cab in Sadr City.  Wonder who he works for?  Does he take cash only?
>
> Pensioner aka "Cane Rattler"  whose caning will get him a raise of 5.6%
> next year TAX FREE
>
>