<VV> Readable posts

[Frank DuVal]

I'm with George. When I saw Tim's reply it looked fine to me. All the 
characters were correct and correct column width. Not the shrunken 
column weird charcters displayed below. I am using Thunderbird by 
Mozilla for e-mail.

Frank DuVal

George Jones wrote:

>No problems with them when I receive them Chuck. Must be something with your
>email viewer.
>
>I'm sure even the BBRT guys, with their handicaps, can read them!
>
>On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Louis Armer <carmerjr at mindspring.com>wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I sure do wish that Seth and Warren could do
>>something to their posts that would allow all of us to receive them
>>in totally readable form. Every post from them
>>looks like what Tim forwarded. It seems like a
>>simple solution would be available as
>>99% of VV posts do not present this problem.
>>
>>Chuck Armer
>>
>>//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
>>
>>
>>At 02:48 PM 10/10/2008, you wrote:
>>    
>>
>>>Well said Seth. I look forward to seeing you in
>>>Jacksonville. Happy days are (almost) here
>>>again. Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado
>>>-----Original Message----- >From:
>>>Sethracer at aol.com >Sent: Oct 10, 2008 6:58
>>>AM >To: virtualvairs at corvair.org >Subject: <VV>
>>>Cheer up, it's Friday > > >Glory days ahead  for
>>>the Corvair? Ah, the economy. With the Dow in
>>>what >looks like free fall,  and housing prices
>>>sliding fast ­ and houses don’t
>>>slide >uphill  - it is nice to  know that we of
>>>the Corvair persuasion, seem to have >made a
>>>good choice in our  passion for restoration. Of
>>>course some will say they >have pulled that
>>>foolish  401K money out of the market and
>>>invested it is a >safe collectable, like a
>>>70  Barracuda Hemi. Note â€" at current
>>>Barrett-Jackson >prices, that would
>>>totally  deplete my 401K. But our Corvairs are
>>>not just >collectables, they
>>>are  “drive-ables† too. Even as gas drifts
>>>down toward a year >ago’s nightmare
>>>of  $3/Gallon, the Hemi, at single digit MPG
>>>consumption, is >still the Arab oil  company’s
>>>best friend, next to the Cadillac
>>>Escalade, >perhaps. (For some, it may  come as a
>>>surprise that the three countries which >supply
>>>most of the US imported  oil are Canada,  Mexico
>>>and  Saudi  Arabia. Not >too many terrorists
>>>in  Canada and  Mexico, and although we may be
>>>hated  by a >bunch of entry-level Saudis, their
>>>country’s government has been
>>>a  reasonable >ally over the years.)  Our
>>>Corvairs, in good tune and driven with a bit
>>>of >sense ­sometimes even  without ­ can an
>>>still turn in respectable mileage. So - >take
>>>that  Canada!  But before I totally lose my
>>>point, I  think the Corvair may >finally be
>>>turning the corner ­ something itt has
>>>always  been good at ­ and >will become the
>>>sociaally acceptable collector car from
>>>the  60’s, until well >past the point I will
>>>care about it!  In good original tune, the
>>>Corvair  >exceeds almost all still-running
>>>1960’s cars for mileage and overall
>>>economy.  (PS, >the original Falcon sixes became
>>>oil clogged and have been dead for
>>>years.)  >Even our parts are cheap for repair
>>>and refurbishment. (Okay, not as cheap as  >the
>>>same parts were in the 60’s, but a fuel pump
>>>for a 2002 Camaro is $300, I  >can testify!) And
>>>the Corvairs are pretty simple to keep running.
>>>The problem >I  see is that we older owners have
>>>been declining in ability (and desire for >
>>>repair work) as the new cars are getting harder
>>>and harder to fix. That >makes  the older cars
>>>perfect for us doddering old fools! Also we have
>>>the time, >and  still enough funds in the 401k,
>>>to change out a Corvair Fuel pump, etc. We >owe
>>>a  big debt of gratitude to the folks who
>>>produced the Tech guides and >the Basics  books.
>>>Those make the simple jobs even simpler, and the
>>>tough jobs >doable! Even  if you don’t have
>>>tool J-4523 in your tool box.  >So, get out and
>>>drive your Corvair, maybe to the DooWop
>>>drive-in, but at  >least to your Corvair Club
>>>meeting. Make it a festive
>>>October/November/December.  >You have plenty to
>>>celebrate this holiday season. You own a
>>>Corvair, you don’ >t  own Lehman Brothers
>>>stock (anymore),  you have no more than $100,000
>>>in any >one bank. (You don’t, do you?) Many,
>>>many  things to celebrate. After the
>>>big >Bailout plan ­ Oops, I mean Rescue plan --
>>>is  funded, the only “Change† we >will see
>>>may be in the Government, there
>>>certainly  won’t be much in our >pockets!
>>>America will be nostalgic for the early
>>>1960’s,  when Cars were cool and >gas was
>>>cheap ­ althouggh only those 60’s cars are
>>>      
>>>
>  
>