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'Snake Oil'
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| August 12, 2008
| Washington Post
Posted on 08/12/2008 7:26:48 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: aflaak
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posted on
08/12/2008 2:30:35 PM PDT
by
r-q-tek86
(If you're not taking flak, you're not over the target.)
To: Red Badger
Snake oil? Then we can use it for BIO-DIESEL!!!!!!.............
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posted on
08/12/2008 4:19:55 PM PDT
by
PsyOp
(Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
To: PsyOp
Actually, for the longest time, whale oil in auto tranny fluid was the secret for the long life of the early auto transmissions.
It took quit awhile to replicate, some say it's still not as good as whale oil.
Whale oil, good stuff.
Thanks, Moby, for all that effortless cruising in the days of old.
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posted on
08/12/2008 5:47:53 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: norraad
Great bit of trivia. Thanks!
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posted on
08/13/2008 9:29:55 AM PDT
by
PsyOp
(Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
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