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To: coug who wrote (66078)	12/11/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Good morning, coug, and thank you for the reminder that environmental issues--like all of life--are not simple and do not have simple solutions.

To: coug who wrote (66078)	12/11/1999 11:17:00 AM
From: nihil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

"...redwood deck sipping Chardonnay that flanks a 5,000 sq ft house.. I have said that before and I will probably say it again." I wish you wouldn't. How do you get your deck to sip chardonnay?

To: coug who wrote (66078)	12/11/1999 12:51:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Good afternoon, Coug. Since you are dissing my SUV, I would seriously like a recommendation as to a replacement vehicle. Last year I bought a (used) 1996 Land Rover Discovery for the following reasons: 1. My husband ran into a deer in his Saab, while I was a passenger in the back. The Saab, which is "moose-tested" (required in Sweden, they use a dummy, though) fared pretty well, except for broken glass, but I got scared, and wanted something "safe." Deer are a real problem here, I see dead deer along the roads I drive several times a week. 2. I drive on the infamous Beltway, a LOT, and like the feeling of lots of iron between me (and the kids) and the crazy interstate truckers. 3. Everyone in the family is tall ~ husband 6'2", kids are getting pretty tall, the older boy is 6', and I need something with lots of legroom in the back ~ for TWO long-legged boys. If it were just one, he could sit kind of sideways, but with two, they've got to be able to have legroom sitting up straight. 4. I do like to hike in the mountains, so need something that can occasionally handle a bumpy dirt road with potholes. I already know that a Volvo won't like the roads I have in mind, that's what I used to drive. 5. I haul stuff from time-to-time, like I make a big grocery run, or transport stuff for the garden, so it needs a big cargo area. Please, tell me what I should drive. Actually, I am thinking about a Volvo wagon, and giving up on the bumpy dirt roads.