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From: afelson@rmii.com (Adam Felson)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux thoroughly insulted by Infoworld!
Date: 22 Feb 1995 19:40:20 GMT
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A little offtopic? :-)  ( from linux => lawn mowers )


A.G. Ponitz (u4agp@csc.liv.ac.uk) wrote:
: Benjamin J. Lumen (blumen@ion1) wrote:


: > On 12 Feb 1995, Kai Henningsen wrote:

: > 	Uhh, I don't think you would have to worry about the Trabant
: > lawn mower motor. It probably wouldn't go very fast.  From what
: > I have last heard from a AirForce MSGT they are all sitting
: > in a field in east germany decomposing, although Lawn Boy could
: > probably go over there and pick up every motor for around $50 for the whole

: 	I won't sell mine for $50. Never... Maybe for $200 :)

: > lot and thus produce cheap lawn movers over here.  Someone else
: > could go get the bodies and return them to their original function as
: > pressed fiber board flattening them out (just add water and weights at the
: > appropriate places), drill holes all over them and cut them to size
: > you could then hang them in your garrage and then hang your tools on 
: > them and have a very orderly work shop. YOu see those russian
: > engineers were really worried about the question of what can we do with
: > them after they break (in other words after the 90 day warranty).

: 	Oh, they don't. An average Trabant survives 15 or 20 years
: 	of heavy duty (just have a look on East German roads *grin*),
: 	
: > Ben

: 	Well, you can use the `roof` as a slide... quite fast :)
: 	Great fun in winter...

: 	Andre'
: