I would be careful next time you decide to vandalize someone's car like that (yes, it's only free speech when you do it to your own car). Saw some poor chap get the crap kicked out of him for doing that very thing. Seems the ex-marine didn't take too kindly to the passivist message being foisted upon his truck.
-j -----Original Message----- From: leaking pen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:51 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: Detroit Pushing Diesel Hybrids no, the support the troop ribbons are all magnetic. next time you see one, peel it off to see. (or, do like i do. i printed up several 8x10 sheets of bumpersticker paper with small sections that say bring them home now. i simply put that on their car right underneath support our troops. ) On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 22:51:40 -0500, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Jed Rothwell wrote: > > > Stephen A. Lawrence wrote: > > > >> Entertaining idea, but a typical sticker doesn't weigh an ounce. > >> More like a gram, which would cut that million pounds down to about > >> 30,000 pounds. > > > > > > Only a gram? 10 sheets of 8 x 11.5" paper weigh 46 grams. A 3 page > > letter in an envelope weighs an ounce. I have not weighed a sticker, > > but aren't they magnetic? > > No, the ones you see on cars are more like decals -- they're just a film > of plastic, or possibly paper, with sticky stuff on one side. Probably > more than a gram, it's true :-) but not a whole lot more, I'd guess. > > The Fish Wars had the potential to be more expensive, I suppose, since > the bumper-fish (both Darwin and IXOYE fish) appear to be rather thick > plastic plaques. I kept meaning to get one of each, and let them fight > it out on the back of our car, but I waited too long and now the back of > the car's completely covered with political bumper stickers, so both > fish lost out. > > > I'll bet the biggest "energy flag cost" is the cost of all those flags > > on cars flapping in the wind. Fortunately, they have mostly frayed and > > you do not see them often anymore. > > Yeah -- I wish I could say the same thing for the gas-station flags, and > the flags in restaurants, and the flag in the barber shop, and the flags > at the copy shop, and.... I suppose they'd be useful if one > occasionally forgot what country one was in, and needed to be reminded, > but that's not a problem I find I have. > > > > > - Jed > > -- "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.2 - Release Date: 05/03/25
