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Once upon a time, we lent Paul's F350 to a friend, who was involved in  
a head on crash right down the road as she left.

She was going down hill, in drive, about 25 miles an hour. The kids  
who hit her, head on, going up the gravel road, pushed that truck 15  
feet up the road into a bank. They were killed going through the wind  
screen. Alice got out of the perfectly intact cab of our Ford through  
the rear window, because the engine was wrapped around both doors,  
more or less, making it impossible to open them. She crawled out with  
just a few minor bruises on her chest from the steering wheel, it was  
pre-air bag days. When I saw the truck at the salvage yard I was  
stunned she lived through it. It was totaled, of course.

I like Fords. Maybe GMCs are just as good but I don't have that nice  
warm fuzzy feeling I get sitting in a nice big Ford.

My Dad has a lot, and I mean a LOT of restaurant contacts. I'll  
probably be able to find used veggie oil easily enough, if that's the  
way Roy wants to go. I shudder at the thought of missing a french fry  
and having it end up plastered inside a ...inside the engine  
somewhere. I know, not very technical. I'm kidding.  At least there's  
an option with this. We'll see.


On Aug 16, 2008, at 7:05 PM, Don Bowen wrote:

> > GMC makes a great truck, whether you want the all out Suburban, the  
> > more
> > modest Sierra , or the Jimmy like Lynda has....
>
> GMC and Chevrolet are the same.  Made on the same lines, same  
> engines and
> transmissions, but with different trim and sales pitches.  They are  
> selling
> the sizzle, not the steak.
>
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html