From: bretcahill@aol.com   
      
   > >Summin didn't look right.  The replacement starter motor was 2/3rds the dia   
   of the original, mebbe haf the wait.   
   > >   
   > >I tink, WTF?  Weren't all them optimum nummers well settled back in the   
   early Nicolacene?   
   > >   
   > >I toght, heck, no need to strap it onto the bike rack.  I'll just stick hit   
   into a shoppin bag.   
   > >   
   > >Affer an easy installation, the thang _akutually werked._!   
   > >   
   > >Affer about 2 days a theory hemorrhaged:   
   > >   
   > >Rare earf magnets is so cheap now they look good on any motor's cost spread   
   sheet.   
   >   
   > Or copper is so expensive.   
      
   Or some combination thereof.   
      
   The new motor was more expensive than the old by the usual inflation rate.   
      
   This is the sort of thing that makes you optimistic about CAGW.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)