[SEL] just got back from India... Dave Rotigel would hate theplace...

[Elden DuRand]

Paul:

Cough, hack, sneeze, gag, wheeze!  A terrible thought to behold!

Take care - Elden

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>  Behalf Of Paul
> Pavlinovich
> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 11:31 PM
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> Subject: [SEL] just got back from India... Dave 
> Rotigel would hate
> theplace...
> 
> 
> I just got back from a work trip to India - I 
> spent most of the time in 
> the city of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu. 
> Everywhere in this 
> hugely crowded city there are little maytag like 
> pop-pop noises. The 
> source? A contraption called an Auto Rickshaw. 
> They are basically a 
> little three wheel enclosed motor bike - they 
> monoplise the local taxi 
> market because they can get through the 
> ridiculous traffic. There seem 
> to be three distinct generations, one powered by 
> a maytag like twin, one 
> powered by a machine a lot like a a villiers 
> single, and a version 
> powered by the motor you would find in your 
> mower... The net result - 
> 1.2 million little two stroke pop pops 
> everywhere... imagine if Portland 
> show was only Maytags and that is what you would 
> hear (and smell) on 
> every city block!
> 
> Paul
> 
> http://www.steamengine.com.au/personal/auto_rickshaw.jpg
> 
> 
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