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   Zappazeesta to derek from the internet   
   Re: What is the meaning of RDNZL?   
   08 Jun 16 20:37:12   
   
   From: ezr2061@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 9:19:21 AM UTC-5, derek from the internet   
   wrote:   
   > On 4/29/2015 9:52 PM, gilwood3@yahoo.com wrote:   
   > > Its not a dyslexic view of an auto - trans at all...its just how they were   
   before 1960 ( or somewhere around there)  It was RDN2L before it was a PRNDL21   
   > > Which we used to call "PRINDL 2-1"    Like emergency Rampart 2-1   or 1   
   adam 12   
   > > We were pretty stoned back then   
   >   
   > A few years ago, maybe at a ZPZ gig, Dweezil explained that "Redunzl"   
   > was one of Frank's nicknames for Gail. She had long hair and would   
   > repeat herself when excited or insistent, hence "Redundant Repunzel." Or   
   > "RDNZL."   
   >   
   > --derek.   
      
      
   That's a great story, regardless if it's true or not. Frank was notorious for   
   fabricating or revising history, or possibly counter fitting a contemporary   
   story to a historical event. I'm still so confused. Help, I'm a rock!   
      
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