@ # @ $ $ % ! & %..........pardon my french, but that's what I think of the
"cinders" that Pa dept of trans puts down on our highways.
"You all should see the condition of my Dak's appearence with all this
winter crap!"
Ron-
'01 Dakota Sport 3.9 Supercharged
website: http://www.scsilverdak.com
e-mail: scsilverdak@hotmail.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wisotzkey, Rich" <Rich.Wisotzkey@gd-ns.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:59 PM
Subject: RE: DML: Pics of my truck-- finally
>
>
>
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> > Welllll,,, I got a "garage" with my house, but I only have a couple of
> > neighbors that can actually put their cars in it and only cause they
have
> > nothing else in there and they own Saturn SL2 coupe's. I got a bunch of
> > stuff in mine, work bench, freezer, spare fridge, tool box, air
> compressor,
> > bikes, snowblower, etc.So I gotta let mine sit outside all the time,
such
> > is life.
> >
> > As far as putting down salt and sand, or cinders, they use the salt for
> > melting the stuff and sand to help increase traction.
> >
> >
> > Note: You know you're from Pennsylvania if you know what "cinders" are.
> >
> >
> > Ray Irons
> > Dover, DE
> >
> >
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Josh Battles [mailto:jbattles@bankfinancial.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:19 PM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Pics of my truck-- finally
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>
> Sorry to hear the you got jipped in the garage department. That really
> sucks. Mine's got a 16 foot aluminum boat, a freezer, lots of other misc
> junk, a workbench, tools, massive rolling toolbox, and a bunch of shelves
to
> name just a few. The Dak is only about 3-4 feet shorter than the garage
> with the door down. We can actually fit our 96 CC SB Ram in there with
> inches in front and rear.
>
> What are "cinders??" You knew you were gonna have to explain right?
>
> --
> -Josh
> 2000 Dakota CC 3.9L
> ============================
>
> Josh,
> PA is a big coal state. What goes along with coal are furnaces. Years
ago
> people started burning coal for both home and business use. When you burn
> coal in a furnace, you create cinders; partially burned coal. Cinders are
> also created in furnaces used for forging metal. Not only do you get
> cinders from the coal, you get them from the metal that is being forged in
> the form of slag, a by- product of purifying metal. Between the two, huge
> anounts of cinders have been created over the years. (Especially from the
> steel mills.) Now I'm not that old (at least not ancent anyway), and I
> can't testify to this, but I believe this is where most of PA's cinders
have
> come from.
> Rich - (ex PA Yankee; now a Damn Yankee living in VA)
>
> PS. I want to know something. I've been in VA now for over half my life.
> When do you stop being a Damn Yankee and become a Rebel?
>
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