On Thu Jun-29-2017 16:02, Joe Delahaye (1:249/303) wrote to Roger Nelson:   
      
    JD>   Re: SR13   
    JD>   By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Thu Jun 29 2017 10:35:09    
      
    JD>JD> They didnt have batteries back then  als >>>.   
      
    JD>RN>>> Funny. Not only do I not know what "als" means, but there were   
    JD>RN>>> cars back then that started with battery power.    
      
    JD>>> "als" should have been 'also'  Cars from that era that I saw, had a   
    JD>>> handcrank    
      
    RN>> Well, in the context of your message, I was definitely sure you   
    RN>> weren't referring to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. There were som    
    RN>> handcrank cars around at the time, but they were few and far    
    RN>> betwen.   
      
    JD>> I had one overseas   
      
    RN> There were lots of them in New Orleans when I was younger and that    
    RN> was my exposure to cursing. (-:   
    RN> Fortunately, my dad's Chevy had a battery and a starter.   
      
    JD> I believe you about the cursing    
      
   Yeah, but back in those days, it was cursing and not the profanity that some   
   people think is funny coming out of the mouths of "comedians".   
      
    RN>> ... What ARE you babbling about?   
      
    JD>> Hand cranked cars    
      
    RN> I believe you're just being cranky.   
      
    JD> I was when I had to use it    
      
   In what context?   
      
   ... It isn't what goes into the mouth that counts, but what comes out.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
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