[simpits-tech] OT used to be milestone now its just off topic

[Rob Hommel]

Gene knows my weird taste in vehicles and let me tell you I like your mil
surplus wrecker. Just the thing I need when I need to move a tank off the
road. Damn GI's just can't drive.

Keep 'em Flying
Rob Hommel
----- Original Message -----
From: "fitchett" <fitchett@cpsc.ucalgary.ca>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] First milestone...


>
> Oh yeah?
>
> In a fit of foolishness, when I was 18, I bought a military surplus
> wrecker and put a snowplow on it for plowing oilfield roads in Canada.
>
> http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fitchett/truck2.jpg
> http://pages.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~fitchett/truck1.jpg
>
> It may not have been the most profitable thing I ever did, or impress as
> many girls as gene's PT cruiser, but it still does a very decent job of
> smashing the hell out of anything around it, like snowbanks, wellheads,
> pickup trucks,...
>
> MP3 player, underlighting, interior neon trimmings, Sega Game Gear not
> included.
>
> Chester
>
> >
> > And I'll take you ALL on with... my... uh... slightly damaged...
recently
> > airborne... '91... Eddie Bauer... Ford Explorer! :P
> >
> > Ok, y'all can brag about this and that, but my 4 wheel drive truck has
been
> >
> > airborne! Its amazing what can happen when the driver is asleep, ya
know?
> > (And no, I wasnt driving :P) Gotta feel sorry for the guy who went out
the
> > window, though... (Oh, you THINK I'm kidding, but I'm not!)
> >
> > But seriously, nice cars aside, by the end of the summer my trucks gonna
> > kick some serious butt, with it's completely custom-built Mp3 player,
new
> > paint job, underlighting, interior neon trimmings, oh, and of course,
the
> > built-in Sega Game Gears in the back seat :) And eventually - Voice
> > control!
> > The name of the truck is still up in the air, but its gonna definitely
be
> > either "Needlessly Complicated" or "The Heart Of Gold." - If it's the
> > latter, the computer would respond to the name "Eddie," and of course I
> > would rig it up so the doors make satisfied noises when they open and
close
> >
> > :)
> >
> > Brian
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Roy Coates <roy@flightlab.liv.ac.uk>
> > Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] First milestone...
> > Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 19:16:14 +0100 (BST)
> >
> > On Wed, 8 May 2002, Marv De Beque wrote:
> >
> >  > I'll take on that V8 with my boxer six any day.  ;-)
> >  >
> >
> > No class... no class at all.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Roy.
> >
> >
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