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  Re: Many Americans seem to live in a bubble  
From: Stephen
Date: 15 Oct 2011 12:54:15
Message: <4e99bab7$1@news.povray.org>
On 15/10/2011 5:40 PM, Darren New wrote:
> Because you're thinking it's part of a rational, logical argument,
> rather than the financial equivalent of screaming "you're not
> patriotic!!1!"
>

That reminds me. I was travelling home from the States at the beginning 
of July. One of our security guards said, “At least you will get to 
spend the holiday at home.” I had to remind him that we don’t actually 
celebrate America’s Independence Day in Britain,


>
> Again, people who fall for this are the same people who aren't too
> bright. They also think there's a car engine that runs on water that the
> oil companies are buying the patents to and hiding, not even realizing
> that if it's patented it's already public knowledge.

There is/was a car engine that runs on water. The principle was that 
water was sprayed into the cylinder just after the spark to increase the 
efficiency of the combustion force. Why it was not developed I can’t 
say. (Where is Scott when you need him?)

-- 
Regards
     Stephen


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