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Paul Heslop (paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk) 2003/08/05 17:12

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elag wrote:
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> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > elag wrote:
> > >
> > > Paul Heslop wrote:
> > > >
> > > > elag wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > > > You must like the Smart Cars then?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > They are very interesting.  If I wanted a city vehicle I'd probably
> > > > > > > stick w/ a mini cooper or VW Beetle.  My dream car would run on smog and
> > > > > > > be covered in honeysuckle vines and the exhaust would exude the
> > > > > > > fragrance of ripe peaches.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > :O) You like the new Mini Cooper or the classic? I'm kinda fifty fifty.
> > > > >
> > > > > The new one is very nice and true to it's roots.  The old is okay too,
> > > > > if you don't mind a used car.  Either way it's hard to beat in Manhattan
> > > > > w/ its lack of street parking.
> > > >
> > > > and both probably feel safer than a Smart car.
> > >
> > > Certainly, in a few years when everyone in the USA will be driving
> > > around in armored personel carriers, driving a small efficient auto will
> > > be a mite scary.
> >
> > You mean they aren't already? What about that Humvee or whatever they
> > call it?
>
> The monstrosity is here, all right, but it hasn't spread far yet.  I
> dread the things which are to come in its wake.

We just have mums with toddlers in four wheel drive monstrosities.
--
 Paul. (I never agreed to be Your holy one)
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 Not what it seems...
 http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

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