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Re: Hello? Spell check?

To: jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>
Subject: Re: Hello? Spell check?
From: drew <drew@dyermaker.cs.uoguelph.ca>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 06:44:38 -0400 (EDT)
cc: Brooke Fairbanks <Brooke@minn.net>, "scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
In-Reply-To: <381794FF.7A1A0954@erols.com>
Sender: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org


I think it's been mentioned on the list before that the artificial
intelligence and super computing power required to make a spell checker at
all helpful for Jonas' posts would cost more than the GDP of most European
nations... :)

It's obvious to all but the casual reader that Jonas types as fast as he
drives - and hopefully at lot less acurrately... :) :)

Drew
84 Wolfsburg

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, jonas miller wrote:

> as you will come to find out that i don to use speell check at all  it
> far more fun for me and to hear the guys on here whine and complain
> about my typing...sorry fo rhte inconvience....it is not tha i dont like
> to ....if you dont like it please use the delete key   this has gone
> arond vbefore and it hink last time it carried on so much that a list
> memeber sent me a new keyu board casue my was trashed...if soemone wants
> to send me a point adn speak i will be glad to use it
> 
> will some p[lease send Brooke a decoder ring....
> and where the hell is my toaster oven i have been waiting months for
> it.....!!!!
> 
> jonas
> 
> Brooke Fairbanks wrote:
> > 
> > Sorry for whining...  ...please spell check your posts, you're giving me headache trying to decipher your hieroglyphics...
> > 
> > Now where's that bottle of Advil?
> > 
> > Brooke
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:   jonas miller [SMTP:sjmill@erols.com]
> > Sent:   Wednesday, October 27, 1999 12:59 AM
> > To:     thescirocco@juno.com
> > Cc:     scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > Subject:        Re: Corrado Question & Lotus Glee
> > 
> > not to much worrie dbaotu teh wieght issue but the power i am
> > compensatign for......
> > as for driving an mk1 all out yes i have my buddy has an itc car  adn i
> > haveto agree it is sweet.....buti prefer the creature compforts of the
> > mk2 .....
> > jonas
> > 
> > thescirocco@juno.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Just imagine Jonas, your Scirocco could have been 180 lbs lighter, with a
> > > tighter rear end.
> > > The 180 lbs would probably make up for the underpowered 1.8L 16V.
> > > I've owned a lot of Sciroccos...
> > > The only ones that scare me, are the Scirocco II's, I don't like how the
> > > rear end feels when you really push it in a turn.
> > > If you've ever driven a Mk.1 all out, you know what I mean.
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > > On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 01:31:53 -0400 jonas miller <sjmill@erols.com>
> > > writes:
> > > > see leave it up to the mk1 guys to think they are better than
> > > > us...they are just delerious....lost childern wander to the ligth soon
> > > you
> > > > will be saved...hahahahaha
> > > > jonas
> > >
> > > > thescirocco@juno.com wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Well at least the designer is the same, re: Scirocco content. 8^)
> > > > > Nice car.
> > > > > Are you going to add the self-ejecting seat or the self-destruct
> > > > option?
> > > > >
> > > > > As far as the Corrado goes, the SLC is the one, VR6.
> > > > > If you can find an SLC without a sunroof, jump on it.
> > > > > I've never seen one, but I have heard a lot of problems with
> > > > Corrado
> > > > > sunroofs.
> > > > >
> > > > > What the 16V did for the Scirocco 2, the VR6 did for the Corrado.
> > > > >
> > > > > You will probably pay twice as much, around $10K, but it will be
> > > > worth
> > > > > it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Who remembers reading about the new Scirocco back in the mid
> > > > eighties,
> > > > > and then when it came, Volkswagen denied it's heritage and
> > > > denounced the
> > > > > Scirocco name and named it the Corrado. ARGHHH!
> > > > > I still remember the commercials, dropping a mint beetle from a
> > > > > helicopter, while a Corrado tears through the mountainous
> > > > landscape. If I
> > > > > was in control of that commercial, the beetle would be driving
> > > > down the
> > > > > road, and the Corrado would pass it at a 150MPH.
> > > > > Or passing a chronological Volkswagen convoy, starting with the
> > > > mint
> > > > > Beetle and ending with the Scirocco 16V.
> > > > >
> > > > > As far as I am concerned, the Scirocco II was a mistake, they
> > > > should have
> > > > > kept the Mk.1 until '88 and then Volkswagen should have introduced
> > > > the
> > > > > new Scirocco based on the A2 platform, a true Scirocco II, the
> > > > Corrado.
> > > > > When Volkswagen extended the trunk on the Scirocco II, they
> > > > adversely
> > > > > affected the handling of the best handling front wheel drive car
> > > > ever
> > > > > made.
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:08:46 -0700 Nick Isaac <nisaac@home.com>
> > > > writes:
> > > > > >       I need to start by sharing the new joy in my life. A 1987
> > > > > > Lotus Turbo Esprit. This thing goes like a bat out of hell,
> > > > looking
> > > > > great the
> > > > > > whole while. After a year of searching for the right example of
> > > > this,
> > > > > my
> > > > > > greatest automotive desire, I finally found a perfect one. For
> > > > > > 15,500 $US, I've got a supercar. I know its a lot of money, and
> > > > my bank
> > > > >
> > > > > > doesn't want to be friends anymore, but dammit I'm glad I bought
> > > > it.
> > > > > Its
> > > > > > such a blast to drive. I plan to keep my ever-faithful Scirocco
> > > > though,
> > > > >
> > > > > > because as far as I'm concerned, there are no substitutes. Now
> > > > that
> > > > > I've
> > > > > > finished sharing, a question. My friend want to buy a Corrado,
> > > > and
> > > > > > he would like to know if the G60 is a better performer than the
> > > > VR6 and
> > > > >
> > > > > > any other information to make him a more savvy shopper.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thankyou
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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