HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: tgent@dale.ksc.nasa.gov (Tom Gent)
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper!
Organization: NASA
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 19:22:22 GMT

In article <1is27eINNe4i@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jrd@po.CWRU.Edu (John R. Daker) writes:
>
>
>My guess is that they're just plain clueless.  I'm not yet 25 and I still
>don't want some stupid Neon "Ninja" sticker plastered on the side of my
>MC.  A simple and small "DUCATI" will do.
>

And I suppose plastering "SUPER SPORT" down the side of it is tasteful and
adult?

Actually I don't like the ninja decal either, just keeping things in 
perspective.  By the way, they usually put clear coat over it, a hair
dryer won't do it.  And if the decals aren't all there, everyone thinks
you wrecked it and were too cheap to replace the decals.

Tom Gent
ZX-10, Sabre
From: labrg@emory.edu (Ryan Montieth Gill)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: mounting speakers...?
Date: 4 Jan 93 16:35:55 GMT
Organization: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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	After dropping by poor bike and ginding the bikini fairing up
	in the asphalt I have decided to replace it with the midrange
	Targa Fairing... its still sporty enough and has room under it
	for various odds and ends...so I would like to be able to tools
	through the Mountains around the corners listening to Sigfrieds
	Funeral Music and Tangerene Dream....with a bit of Scottish
	music when I am be hind someone slow...Bagpipes never cease to
	annoy the living shit out of Non Scots...


				I need a small set of two speakers that are
				waterproof and a medium sized amp that will run off
				the bike's power...Should I think about a ram air
				generator or something for power instead...?  They
				both need to be weather proof as well...

							Ryan
From: bill@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu (William E. Johns;S23015)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Hi-Def shields
Date: 9 Jan 93 17:13:57 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan9.171357.4838
Organization: Washington State University

In article <955@rider.UUCP> joe@rider.cactus.org writes:
>jimi@b23a.b23a.ingr.com (Jim Mack) writes:
>]Finally, there's the fact that these things don't fog....EVER!  The shield
>]up the visor just a little (like the Shoei RF200) then more that likely you'll
>
>if you have an RF200, a shoei hi-def shield, and you think it never fogs, then
>you are a panzy-biker-wannabe-poser that never ventures outside unless it's 
>sunny and warm. you're also a braindead-crossposting-cager that has never seen
>much less touched a shoei rf200 hi-def shield. I just got off the phone with
>steve bade, his rf200/shoei hi-def is in no way shape or form more than one 
>piece of plastic and it fogs. the same goes for my X-8.
>
>perhaps you're confusing a real hi-def shield with some sort of cheap tiawanese
>imitation made from recycled douche bottles.

Actually, you're both sorta right.  Shoei made a face shield for the RF200
out of the amber material that was made like a thermopane window, i.e. it
was 2 layers with a airspace inbetween.  I've seen one.  They are remarkably
fog resistant I am told.  I do not know if they still make them.  They
apparently only made them for the RF200.  I would be delighted to find one
for the X-8.  As it is, the Hi-Def. I have is a typical single layer
construct and fogs like any other single layer face shield.

I guess the question is why aren't the 2 layer face shields more readily
available.  It is a proven technology and I can't believe the protection
is significantly less.  Another little mystery.

Ride Free,

Bill
___________________________________________________________________             
johnsw@wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu  prez=BIMC  KotV KotRR                                
DoD #00314  AMA #580924   Squid Index 3.0    WMTC #0002  KotD #0001             
Yamabeemer fjgs1200pdr100 and a Volvo.  What more could anyone ask?             
                                                                                
We have secretly replaced the small, precision quartz timing crystals           
in these new IC's with improved Folger's crystals.  Now, let's watch 
what happens....                                                                
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From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Winter Storage again...
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 93 19:52:15 GMT

In article <C0ptnt.G61@ecf.toronto.edu> you write:
>I've nearly completed storing my bike away for the winter, or what's left of
>it.  I drained the carb's floats, removed the battery, WD40'd the polish, and
>have the tank filled to the brim.
>
>Question: Won't the carb's floats be exposed being empty and all?

The foats in my RZ are plastic. The carbs themselves won't rust either. I 
drain them every year, and when I took them apart last year (another story) 
they were in great shape. If you don't drain your carbs, the gas turns into 
green spooge no matter how much stabilizer you put in. Drain your carbs now!

>Question: I've got some fuel stabilizer, but I bought it at the local
>          hardware store, can I use it with my bike?  ... and how much do
>          I empty into the tank?
>Question: How do you take the fuel tank off an FZR600?

I don't bother at all. Either empty the tank completely, or fill it up.
Filling it up is easier, and I've never had a problem. I don't bother with 
stabilizer because as a full tank keeps ok, and I drain the carbs.

To empty tank: Diconnect hose to carbs and insert in jerrycan. Set valve to
prime. When done, empty jerrycan into cage. 

To remove tank: Undo large bolt under seat which holds the tank down. The
RZ 350 also has a small hex screw on each side of the tank, under the frame
member. The the front of the Radian's tank is held down by two rubber pads
which grab the frame backbone, so no screws there. Basically, look for any 
fasteners that hold the tank down, and take them out! Disconnect any hoses 
which attach the tank to the bike. Have a cloth handy to sop up any 
dribbling fuel. But before that (hahaha) make sure that your petcock is
set to on or res if there is any fuel in the tank.

>After I took the top cowl off my tank, I noticed a small scratch on the
>Yahama Black paint -- real bummer -- any tips on how to clean that up?

Oh, dear, a scratch! Sorry. If it's not too deep, use polishing compound.
If it goes all the way through the paint, write again and ask us how to do
a paint spot repair.

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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From: jeq@i88.isc.com (Jonathan E. Quist)
Subject: Re: Dealer won't budge on '91 ST1100
Organization: Lachman Technology, Incorporated, Naperville, IL
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:31:54 GMT

In article <WARKENTI.93Jan6133727@syscad8.CAE.Mitel.Com> warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com (BJ Warkentin) writes:
>Jonathan E. Quist writes:
>   Hah!  My bike has nearly as much character as a Spagthorpe, and
>   only cost me $.5K.
>
>and this is something to be proud of???????????? 
...
>Comparisons to a Spagthorpe... just say no
>
>BJ...warkenti@CAE.Mitel.Com    |   XJ650K and DoD#0255
>
>PS. Jonathan, your sig is worrying me. Where is that cynical, warped, and
>    demented biker we came to and love???? Sheez, next thing, you'll
>    be down at the Honda dealer lusting over leadwings with the kiddie
>    belts...


Leadwing?  Nah.  Maybe an R65 w/sidecar, but I'll probably hold out for
a Dnieper.....  If Jawa is the 2CV of motorcycles, the Dnieper has
got to be the Studebaker.

(Do you suppose HD would ever consider licensing their designs to
manufacture in the former USSR for overseas markets?)


-- 
Jonathan E. Quist                              Lachman Technology, Incorporated
jeq@i88.isc.com  '71 CL450-K4 "Gleep", DoD #094        Naperville, IL
 __       There's nothing quite like the pitter-patter of little feet,
 \/                   followed by the words "Daddy!  Yay!"
From: egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Real life facts about insurance compan
Date: 12 Jan 1993 19:03:18 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, RTP, NC
Distribution: world
Reply-To: egreen@east.sun.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: laser.east.sun.com

In article 1iuq11INN7d6@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu, ellert@v32.uh.cwru.edu () writes:
>
>This seems quite unconstitutional -- anyone studied this?  I've discussed
>a similar situation in Cleveland.  Here you are taxed by the city you work
>in as well as the one in which you live.  They don't tax combined incomes
>however.  The premise for dispute is that I have no vote except in the
>city where I live.  What's to prevent a city from taxing all the employees
>of a company simply because that company has an office in that city? 

Only the employees working in the city could be taxed.  They are the
only ones receiving benefits while at work like police and fire
protection, the building inspector that approved the safety of their
building, all the roads they drive in and out on every day, the tax
concessions made to the employer that allows them to have the job in
the first place, etc., etc., etc.

I find it hard to believe people feel justified in living just outside
the boundary of the city which is the direct source of their
livelyhood, and assuming no responsibility whatsoever for the operating
expenses and future expansion of the city.

---
Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
  Ed.Green@East.Sun.COM   |and I showed him a picture of you.  I said,
DoD #0111  (919)460-8302  |"Go on, get to know her, you'll like her!"
 (The Grateful Dead) -->  |It seemed like the least I could do...

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From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Bra auction: going, going....
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 16:31:14 GMT

In article <1993Jan7.214829.19356@grebyn.com> rich@grebyn.com (Richard Lawrence) writes:
>
>How many people have we gotten to commit on the "every dollar over $50"
>deal?

I only started recording names two days ago, and I have five so far.

I've        bike                      like       | Jody Levine  DoD #275 kV
     got a       you can        if you      -PF  | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
                         ride it                 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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From: groh@omicron.cs.fsu.edu (Jim Groh)
Subject: Re: Ahem...Daytona, anyone?
Reply-To: groh@nu.cs.fsu.edu
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 16:35:52 GMT

In article <C0JLqL.HDx@unix.amherst.edu> nrmendel@unix.amherst.edu (NATHANIEL ROBERT MENDELL) writes:
>Hello DoDers:
>
>I know it's a little early to mention Mecca, but is anyone planning the

Me! Me! Yup yup I'm ready!! yup yup

>pilgrimage this year? How about we set up some kind of DoD meeting? (The
>Boot Hill saloon, perhaps?)

Last year at the Boot Hill Saloon they made me turn my vest inside out cause
it had a H.O.G. Patch on the back. No colors I was told by a young fellow
that was about 7 feet tall and 300 lbs.  So as soon as I stopped giggling
I turned my vest inside out.  Bad Biker Dude, uhyup, that's me!!

>
>Nathaniel
>ZX-10
>
>
>p.s. Does anyone know if Kawasaki and BMW are still planning to have demo bike
>out of the Hampton Inn?
>
Don't know about that Jap C^h^h^h^h^h uhmmm, don't know about the Kawasaki
and BMWs but Harley Demos are at the Speedway again, same place as last
year, all you need is a license with an MC endorsement (FL) or whatever is
appropriate in your state.  Helmets and Bikes provided.

As to DoD meeting somebody call it, I'll be there all week, (dirty job,
but somebody has to do it.)
-- 
Jim Groh     groh@sig.cs.fsu.edu  | DoD #0356  |   Hog# 0437643 |new  improved
1959 XLH 900  **  1982 FXR  **  1989 XLH 883  **  1990 XLH 1200 | smaller sig
From: jimb@access.digex.com (Jim Brooking)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: New Fund/Conscience-Raising Idea
Date: 5 Jan 1993 21:15:56 GMT
Organization: National Commitee to Keep Slower Traffic Right
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com

In article <1ic9npINN1al@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ellert@v32.uh.cwru.edu () writes:
>
>WRT unauthorized playing on bikes (that whole Dear Abbey thing), I liked the
>idea of the magnetic warning label, although somebody thought they might get
>stolen.  Anyway, here's the idea:  official DoD warning labels, possibly
>magnetic, featuring the DoD Geek Freak and an appropriate warning.  Maybe
>the warning could feature clever plays on the DoD initialism: "Death or
>Dismemberment".
>

I just made a nice laser printing with a skull & crossbones which
said something to the effect of: 

WARNING:  Health Hazard
Climbing on or touching this motorcycle can result in serious
bodily injury including, but not limited to, broken bones, lost
teeth, fractures, contusions, lacerations, and, in some cases,
death.

8^)

-- 
jimb@access.digex.com  | (Cage) 1991 323se     ZCP-710   |     Comus Road
Merry Land (MD) U.S.A. | (Bike) 1986 GSXR750    (sold)   |     ClarksBURG
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From: BFRIBERG@FINABO.ABO.FI (Nalle, RRMCC)
Subject: Re: Help with an electrical problem, please
Organization: Hack'n Slash
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 23:46:50 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

In <76222@apple.apple.COM> thompson@Apple.COM writes:

> If you are blowing out headlamps it sounds like you have an overvoltage
> problem.  A defective regulator or a problem with the associated wiring
> is the probable cause of this.  Get your hands on a voltmeter
> ($15 or so at Radio Shack, or your friend at the motorcycle shop will
> have one).  Measure the voltage of your battery with the bike running
> and reved up a ways.  If it's 15 volts or more you have a regulation
> problem.

You might also want to check the connections to the battery. If the connection
to the positive pole of the battery is cut off at times, the voltage could
possible rise to about 18 or 19 volts, since the regulator doesn't keep up with
the situation. I had this problem with a Honda SL 125 many years ago. Since it
was a periodical problem it also was very difficult to find, but eventually I
got it fixed.


#######################################################################
#Bjorn "Nalle" Friberg  DoD#468              #"Like a bat out of Hell #
#Bike: Honda CB750four -72                   # I'll be gone when the  #
#Organisation: Road Runners MCC of Jakobstad # morning comes..."      #
#Email: bfriberg@finabo.abo.fi  (Finland)    #       Meatloaf         #
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From: wellison@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Auburn hair and Goldwings (was tantalizing calender)
Date: 8 Jan 93 12:00:07 CST
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services


>Very true, most of the Goldwings I've seen are ridden by guys weighing 300lbs
>wearing a baseball cap, and smoking a large cigar. Although there
>I don't know why, but my stereotype of a Wing rider is 6' 170# woman with 
>auburn hair and a distinct love of spinning rear wheels...  Of course, when
>my wife isn't riding it, I don't see anyone else on it, so I could be biased.
>BTW, I am 180# and wear a helmet.  And never smoke unless in bed.


It's a sad state of affairs but he is right (sigh !). I have been to many a
Goldwing run and they always pick the 'Queen' of the run who has a broad butt
and is 50ish with in most cases dishwater blonde or auburn colored hair. The
king is always late 40's to ancient and has a beer gut, a bald spot and a big
cigar hanging out of his mouth. Back in my youth (yeah, I had one of those too
! :-) I used to ride Harley choppers and hung around with the chopper crowd who
was interesting to say the least ! When they picked the queen of the run, she
was usally the one who won the wet tee-shirt contest (or the one who didn't
wear a tee-shirt in the contest, just bare chested ;-) The king was always some
Neanderthal who looked like he could make a suppository out of your bike for
you if you gave him any lip. Ohhhhhh god, I hit forty this year and a wing
rider at that (though I'm 6' tall, I only weigh 150 pounds, but I noticed a bald
spot forming and a pouch on the stomach the other day :-(  Jesshhhh....momma
has a large butt and has blonde hair turning auburn.......ohhhh lord put me out
of my misery....I hate cigars !

-=-= Wes =-=-=

Now I am thourghly depressed :-(
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
Subject: Re: Are BMWs form or function?
	<1993Jan11.231055.13219@linus.mitre.org>
	<1993Jan12.175207.2036@osf.org>
Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
Date: 12 Jan 93 12:36:08


I have to jump into the fray on the side of BMW, I'm afraid...

"jsm" == John S. Morris <jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org> writes:

jsm> the bike has 58HP, 5HP or 150HP. I don't consider HP spec sheets
jsm> as a criteria for purchase - I ride the bike to see how it feels,
jsm> and subjectively evaluate the way it looks.

Exactly!

jsm> I think you missed the point again. I don't know anyone who has a turbo,

I've seen one turbo R-bike.  Cal BMW had it on the "used" lot.  The
salesguy said it would go like a bat out of hell when the turbo came
on line, but he wasn't sure whether it was really worth it to have
"broken" an R100RS in such a fashion -- dependability and smoothness
was what he liked about the R100RS.

jsm> consider close to the GS is the KL650 which is not what I'd call

The only similarity between the KL and the GS is that they're both
two-wheel internal combustion driven vehicles.

--
J. Eric Townsend --  jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311 (DoD# 0378)
"It is the cunning of form to veil itself continually in the evidence
of content.  It is the cunning of the code to veil itself and to produce
itself in the obviousness of value." -- Baudrillard
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From: phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Phil Stone)
Subject: Re: More amusing BMW trivia... (christmas continues)
Organization: NASA Ames Res. Ctr, Calif.
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 02:58:13 GMT

In article <C0Gp6M.796@news.cso.uiuc.edu> bruce@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Bruce Krueger) writes:
>chris@triage.UUCP (Wheres my 650TT2 Ducati) writes:
>>"You mean like admitting to the fact that nothing in this world is more
>>passionate, more soul stirring, more FUN over a twisty road than an Italian
>>motorcycle?"
>   *******
>   try doing a thousand mile day on a japanese bike.  ..or, for that matter,
>   going a thousand miles without needing a tuneup on a duc.

[rest deleted]

Cool it, Bruce.  Groucho pissed himself the first time he posted this
stuff, so he figured it bore (and I mean *bore*) repeating.

Expect to see several more repetitions, er, installments of this
extremely witty brand-bashing from the closet Beemerphile.

Unless, of course, you believe in killfiles.


 Phil Stone         (phil@eos.arc.nasa.gov | ...ames!eos!phil)
 '83 R80ST               DoD #95              "Motorcycles OK"
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From: karish@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Chuck Karish)
Subject: Re: Build Your Own !
Organization: Mindcraft, Inc.
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 22:44:51 GMT

In article <1993Jan11.211716.8435@microunity.com> ericm@microunity.com
(Eric Murray) writes:
>Aha, fantasy time!  How about building a v-twin two-stroke sport bike?
>I'd start with two 250cc (or even 500cc if I was really sick) motocross
>engines, cut off the gearboxes, and fit them together with an FZR1000
>gearbox in 90-degree vee a'la' TZ250.

Don't forget to put in a balance shaft.  The flywheels on
those two 2-stroke singles will make for about 4" of offset
between the  cylinders, and a big rocking couple.

>Then build a box-style aluminum
>frame to contain the thing, along with swing-arm etc.  This is my fantasy
>so I can fantasize about having all the fabrication skills, no?  Then
>the best Brembo brakes and magnesium wheels, carbon-fiber tank
>and bodywork, etc.  Basically, a bike that winds up slightly larger
>than a TZ250, but with awesome power all through the rev range.
>Maybe 90hp, and 350 pounds.

Sounds like what you want is an RG500 with a stiffer
frame.  You're much more likely to get 90 relieble
horsepower out of the Suzuki motor than out of such
an unlikely home-built.
--

    Chuck Karish          karish@mindcraft.com
    (415) 323-9000 x117   karish@pangea.stanford.edu
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From: rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Wert)
Subject: Re: Bra auction: going, going....
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 07:48:38 GMT

In article <1993Jan10.035806.6393@grebyn.com> rich@grebyn.com (Richard Lawrence) writes:
>
>$82

	I'll go to $84.50...
-- 
 Bob Wert	rmw@genie.gene.com	rwert@well.sf.ca.us
 DoD#0302	AMA#510680	'90 Ninja 750R	    '89 Mustang LX 5.0L
  ...Seven turns on the highway, Seven rivers to cross,
	Sometimes you feel like you can fly away, Sometimes you get lost...
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From: d2cheng@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Dominic Cheng)
Subject: Suggestion on exhaust for Honda Hawk??
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:03:14 GMT

Can anyone suggest an exhaust system for the Honda Hawk GT?  How's one
going to change the bike??

Thanks!
--

Dominic Cheng (d2cheng@descartes.uwaterloo.ca)
Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
From: FRAHM@UCSU.COLORADO.EDU (Joel Frahm)
Subject: Re: Know of any motorcycles movies?
Organization: JILA
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 04:02:03 GMT

In article <1993Jan13.002834.9189@informix.com> dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd) writes:
>From: dboyd@informix.com (Diana Boyd)
>Subject: Re: Know of any motorcycles movies?
>Date: 13 Jan 93 00:28:34 GMT
>> > In article <104506@netnews.upenn.edu> ggrevera@gradient.cis.upenn.edu  
>(George Grevera) writes:
>> > >I'd like to compile a list of motorcycle movies 
>
>>"Black Rain" The cops go to Japan movie, has a decent amount of fun 
moto action.  Michael Douglas is in it.  I can't think of anything more 
to say about the film, except some of the Japan street bike crowd carry
Samurai swords.  

Joel.
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Strangers on your bike (was: Protection for your bike)
From: Robert Chambers <RMCCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
Date: Tuesday, 5 Jan 1993 14:42:52 EST
Organization: CUNY/UCC VM Systems

How do you stop someone backing into your bike, knocking it over,
picking it up and then not telling anyone since it only cracked the
turn signal plastic?

Answer: Your friends in the parking lot (this was > 10 years ago at high
school) tell you and you go out to check it out, kick the shit out of one
of the guys doors, and put a handful of sand in the gas tank - and don't
tell them about it.

Of course I'm a much nicer fellow now..

Robert
DoD191
From: randy@megatek.com (Randy Davis)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: CBR600F2 dethroned by '93 ZX-6. Whine......whimper!
Date: 13 Jan 93 01:48:38 GMT
Reply-To: randy@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California

In article <1993Jan12.171429.899@osf.org> jsm@rosencrantz.osf.org (John S. Morris) writes:
|kids at heart - just not all of us aspire to be NINJAs and some don't
|like being associated with those who do.

  No loss on our part, I'd say...  Next you'll be telling us about the
"mystique" of a BMW...

Randy Davis                            Email: randy@megatek.com
ZX-11 #00072 Pilot                            megatek!randy@uunet.uu.net
DoD #0013                                     ucsd!megatek!randy
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