Peter Hendra wrote in
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She
was working on intelligence in mice resulting from the food they ate -
ran them through mazes and found that they performed best on their
food of preference - millet soaked in milk. Forgive me, I digree
again.


I have a boating friend, Kay, the other half of a friend who used to own
a Hatteras 56 FBMY they lived on when I met them. Kay is paid big money
by the Medical University of SC, Department of Alcoholism (I think it's
called) to make hamsters drunk on booze to see what happens to them.
Dan, her husband, is Head of Oncology Research and has 5 PhDs. They are
two of the sweetest people I know. Tired of toting their lives down the
dock, they sold the Hat...dammit, right after I almost got everything
working...and moved to a mansion in Mt Pleasant across the new bridge.
After a series of custom Corvettes, Cadillac Escalades (that wouldn't fit
under the roof of the MUSC parking garage), and an incredible 1800cc
Honda customized motorcycle, they bought a massive diesel pusher
motorhome. Last year they ordered a custom-made bigger motorhome to
their personal taste. I haven't seen it, yet. The "old motorhome" was a
palace on wheels....however, I don't know where you park a motorhome
that's BIGGER than a Greyhound Super Scenic Cruiser intercity bus....???

Kay's job has always caused me to chuckle.....especially after Dan and I
have had a few beers down in the big Hatteras' engine rooms....hee hee.

After they sold the boat, she told him and I she was going to buy us a
Detroit Diesel 8V92TA twin turbocharger engine on a stand to run in the
garage so we wouldn't look so forlorn on Saturdays with nothing to tear
apart....and make horrendous noises....(c; I'm not sure his rich
neighbors would understand. They certainly didn't like the MUFFLERLESS
Honda 1800CC twin beast roaring around... I didn't think it made any
more noise than the Langenfelder Corvette he had just because G Gordon
Liddy, of Watergate fame, had one.


Larry
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