[geeks] PC Hardware (Power Supplies)

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Mar 6, 2008, at 04:11 , Arno Kletzander wrote:

> Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a Pinzgauer 712.  I like it just fine, but sometimes (a lot of
>> the time?) it's just a bit too large, so I was thinking of picking  
>> up a
>> Halflinger or Jeep.  I'd love to upgrade to a 716 too, but that's
>> *waaay* too much money for just a toy.
>
> Gah, wait! That's "Haflinger", named after a horse breed, and that  
> in turn named after a village in the Alps (Hafling in German/ 
> Avelegno (sp?) in Italian) where it was bred first. It's a bit funny  
> nowadays considering that the oat-fueled four-hoof-drive variety  
> will probably be gaining back a lot of its former popularity once  
> fossile fuels are mostly used up. I'm prepared! (I love those  
> critters and started learning to ride horseback more than a year  
> ago, on a Haflinger x Draught mix btw.)

Wow, you've given me a whole new perspective on "The Shockwave Rider"...

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