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Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
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Fri, 23 Aug 2002 01:42:13 GMT
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"Tom Stangl, VFAQman" <talonts@vfaq.com> writes:
Although they should be SHOT for combining sports cars with SUVs as a vehicle
choice - the type of person that buys an SUV is NOTHING like a sports car owner.

I dunno ... they're both woefully inefficient and useless, wasting
lots of gasoline and polluting the environment, and are almost never
used for their supposedly intended purposes, but rather are used just
for commuting or getting around town most of the time...

--Bill.

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William R Ward            bill@wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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                      Verbing weirds language.  --Calvin



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  Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
 
(...) I dunno either. My Miata gets over 30mpg. As far as space utilization efficiency goes unlike most 5-7 passenger SUVs, my car is always guaranteed to be at least half full. ;-) Of course it could be debated that a Miata isn't a real sports (...) (22 years ago, 23-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
 
Psh. You don't know the sports car owners *I* do. I use my car several levels higher than it was intended ;-) While putting out over 1.5 times the stock horspower, I actually get BETTER gas mileage than stock (making more power generally requires (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Do you qualify? Was Re: Globalization, H1-B Visas, other geeky stuff...
 
I scored: ---...--- You are 21% geek OK, so maybe you ain't a geek. You do, at least, show a bit of interest in the world around you. Either that, or you have enough of a sense of humor to pick some of the sillier answers on the test. Regardless, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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