Re: SUVs - was Problem with C-ISAM Support
>>The Excursion has a choice of three engines (5.4 litre V8, 6.8 litre V10, >>7.3 litre V8!) and mileage in the range (guess - the >>http://www.fordvehicles.com web site is not forthcoming about this) in >>the 12-16 mpg range. That's why it has a 44 gallon tank. ><on soapbox> >Sorry about the off-topic post, but Ford pushes my buttons on this one. >People tell me actual mileage runs between 6-10 mpg. When I first saw the >Excursion, I just shook my head. It's like Ford was saying to themselves, >"We want to make money by depleting Earth's resources as fast as we can. We >already don't have to meet any strict environmental standards like cars do. >What can we at Ford do to make this happen?" They did a great job :-( ><getting off soapbox> And our next President and Vice-President are SO in bed with the oil-companies they smell like diesel fuel, so this type of stupidity is only going to get worse. Conclusion: Dolphins ARE smarter than humans. This isn't entirely off-topic, I could use Informix to keep an inventory of my survival supplies after these two wing-nuts beef-up our swollen armed-forces and proceed to get us nuked. Systems and Network Administrator Morrison Industries 1825 Monroe Ave NW. Grand Rapids, MI. 49505
'So Long and Thanks for all the Fish' God I love those books... In article <8meoem$5f4$1@news.xmission.com>, Adam Tauno Williams <adam@morrison-ind.com> wrote: > > >>The Excursion has a choice of three engines (5.4 litre V8, 6.8 litre V10, > >>7.3 litre V8!) and mileage in the range (guess - the > >>http://www.fordvehicles.com web site is not forthcoming about this) in > >>the 12-16 mpg range. That's why it has a 44 gallon tank. > ><on soapbox> > >Sorry about the off-topic post, but Ford pushes my buttons on this one. > >People tell me actual mileage runs between 6-10 mpg. When I first saw the > >Excursion, I just shook my head. It's like Ford was saying to themselves, > >"We want to make money by depleting Earth's resources as fast as we can. We > >already don't have to meet any strict environmental standards like cars do. > >What can we at Ford do to make this happen?" They did a great job :-( > ><getting off soapbox> > > And our next President and Vice-President are SO in bed with the oil-companies > they smell like diesel fuel, so this type of stupidity is only going to get > worse. Conclusion: Dolphins ARE smarter than humans. > > This isn't entirely off-topic, I could use Informix to keep an inventory of my > survival supplies after these two wing-nuts beef-up our swollen armed-forces and > proceed to get us nuked. > > Systems and Network Administrator > Morrison Industries > 1825 Monroe Ave NW. > Grand Rapids, MI. 49505 > -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.