At 01:07 PM 9/12/96 -0500, you wrote:

>notorious uphill stretches of southwest desert interstates, I found 
>it necessary to turn off the A/C, open all the windows, and turn the 
>heaters on full blast (whew!) just to keep the temp guage from going 
>critical, as the radiator fan's high speed wasn't enough.

When I read stories of miners in the Southwest a hundred years ago, or of
loggers
(lumberjacks to you East-Coasters) in the Northwest, I try to imagine myself
being in their position & know fer sure I'd never make it  -  those were
*real* men...& women too of course .... I have to wonder if our
grandchildren's generation will read the above and think "WOW those guys
were really tough - just imagine going across deserts in metal boxes with
heaters turned on to cool their flaming fuel combustion engines !"

Austin