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

[Brian Sikkema]

Man, that thing is a beauty! My dad owns an old Deuce-and-a-half (thats a 2 
1/2 ton army truck, for those of you not in the know). I love driving that 
thing more than anything! For my last day at high school, me and a buddy 
went in that thing, parked in 3 staff parking spots ;) (coulda got six, but 
all the staff spots are next to the curb :P) Fun stuff, I tell ya. Then 
after school a bunch of the seniors were having a cookout, and I loaded 20 
or so guys up on the back and took it for a spin around the neighborhood, it 
was a blast (especially going under low-hanging trees :)

Anyway, as far as all the junk in my car, it actually hasnt cost very much 
at all. The fog lights will cost the most, and the ones I'm looking at are 
15bucks a pair, so only $45 all told. All the mp3 player crap I picked up 
off ebay for honestly next to nothing (including a 3d vid card with tv out 
to power the display $1!) I think the motherboard was about $5, processor 
was probably about $10 after S&H. So pretty cheap.

Brian

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Rob Hommel" <rhommel@tacoma.net>
Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Subject: [simpits-tech] OT used to be milestone now its just off topic
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 02:56:57 -0700

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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