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Subject: [Leica] Not buying a Hummer
From: abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge)
Date: Tue Mar 11 23:03:12 2008
References: <200803112106.m2BL1vlN089110@server1.waverley.reid.org> <1205300690.47d76dd2b36ca@panthermail.uwm.edu> <a3f189160803112255y707476fcje28dfdd3ea559a23@mail.gmail.com> <3cad89990803112302r6c6524c0u7a79686784a2cc81@mail.gmail.com>

You need to check out the state of Chicago's streets....<grin>

Adam

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:02 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj
<jayanand@gmail.com> wrote:
> You guys are lucky, you have good roads. Here in India, we have to change
>  cars every 4 years or so, mainly because of increasing cost of maintenance
>  due to the hammering they take on dodgy roads, even in urban areas.
>  Cheers
>  Jayanand
>
>
>
>  On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>  > 2004 Prius has 76000
>  > 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager is at  72000
>  > 1995 GMC Sonoma truck has 73000
>  >
>  > All run great.
>  >
>  > The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles
>  >
>  > The truck has never been more than 80 miles from Natchitoches, but it 
> has
>  > delivered thousands of Pizzas.
>  >
>  > Sonny
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > On 3/12/08, amr3@uwm.edu <amr3@uwm.edu> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Quoting  Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>:
>  > >
>  > > > if we truly
>  > > > cared about the environmental impact of our lives and our stuff -
>  > > > we'd get very serious about how to keep our tools (and vehicles)
>  > > > running and performing for a life time or two. Was a time when a
>  > > > tradesman's tools wore out about the time the tradesman wore out.
>  > >
>  > >
>  > 
> ............................................................................................................................................
>  > > I always keep my cars until they're ready for scrap.  Since 1970, 
> we've
>  > > had one
>  > > car for 11 years, then one for 17.  Now the Prizm is from 1990, and 
> the
>  > > Honda
>  > > is a '93, but they've got years to go before I'm ready to get anything
>  > > newer.
>  > >
>  > > Same for cameras  ;~)
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > Alan
>  > >
>  > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>  > > University Information Technology Services
>  > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>  > > amr3@uwm.edu
>  > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>  > >
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>  > >
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > --
>  > Regards,
>  >
>  > Sonny
>  > http://www.sonc.com
>  > Natchitoches, Louisiana
>  > USA
>  >
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Replies: Reply from don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory) ([Leica] Not buying a Hummer)
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