<VV> Pillar definition (humor?)

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Hey, don't cut him short! (G)

-Mark C

Louis C. Armer, Jr. wrote:

> Well FRIENDS this eliminates ALL doubt about JR. He is an upstanding
> stalagmite of V V  and CORSA !!! <GGG>
>
> FrontMan
>
> At 07:33 PM 2/15/05 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> The B pillar is kind of like a stalagmite.  It MIGHT make it up to 
>> the roof, but it might not.  You could also think of it as a 
>> stanchion which is attached on the lower end.  GG
>>
>> Later, JR
>>
>>> Scott wrote
>>> "I thought a pillar by definition supports the roof. The Corvair has 
>>> a door post but no B-pillar."
>>>
>>> Scott, the definition of a pillar is roughly, the hinged side of a 
>>> gate. Someone with a dictionary on their computer might cut and 
>>> paste the actual Webster verbage for us.
>>>   It has nothing to do with a roof. The word is older than automobiles.
>>>
>>> Ron Guy