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   Clare Snyder to phamp@mindspring.com   
   Re: Airing Down   
   12 Jun 24 19:13:50   
   
   From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:14:33 -0700, pyotr filipivich   
    wrote:   
      
   >Snag  on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:07:34 -0500 typed in   
   >rec.crafts.metalworking  the following:   
   >>On 6/10/2024 3:23 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:   
   >>> Bob La Londe  on Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:23:38 -0700   
   >>> typed in rec.crafts.metalworking  the following:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> As a designer from Bulgaria I sometimes work with told me, "The more off   
   >>>> road capable is your truck the further you need to walk to find a   
   >>>> tractor."  I guess rednecks are the same all over the world.   
   >>>   
   >>> 	Friends comment is "4x4 just means a longer walk once you're   
   >>> stuck."   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   My idea of 4 wheelin' is to go in 2 wheel drive until you get stuck .   
   >>Put it in 4 wheel and get unstuck and go home . We have a 4 wheel drive   
   >>and chains because without we could end up stuck down here unable to get   
   >>out in an emergency in winter . I haven't needed the chains yet .   
   >   
   >	Smart.   
   We used to say 4wd just means you need to carry a longer chain - or it   
   just gets you stuch THAT MUCH farther from help   
      
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