Mouse,

"I take back every nice word I ever said about you, MAV"

What word was that....."the"?

Troll,

Actually other than DeAshole and the RINOs, things are pretty wonderful.

Alternate transportation types.

I'm getting ready to fire up my alternate engine vehicle. It's got an "External Combustion" engine as opposed to algor's declared enemy, the "Internal Combustion" engine.

I first had to remove the nasty old gasoline engine and its catalytic converter and install the boiler, firebox and fuel storage area in the trunk.

The steam engine unit fits nicely under the hood and doesn't even require a radiator.

Although it gets pretty hot while driving it with that steam and all, it sure draws a lot of looks with its hissing steam and plumes of black smoke.

Kids really love it when I toot the steam whistle.

I figure it will go about 125 MPH but I've never had it above 100. Even at that speed it gets about 5 miles per gallon of used crankcase oil. It will also run on high sulphur coal and used tires.

Since I don't want to enrich the energy companies I like to recycle free things to burn like plastics and old car batteries. They burn really hot and help generate a lot of pressure.

The DEP and the DMV are both confounded since I'm neither an incinerator or a real "motor vehicle".

I got the idea from an old issue of Popular Science.

I'm starting my next project in a month... an external combustion homebuilt airplane.

mav out

Just kidding!