On Tue, 21 Nov 1995 Silikal@aol.com wrote:
> I don't know whether anyone knows, but I was the cause of THE blackout. I
> had a Hillman Minx -- a little blue bathtub of a British convertible with a
> quirky ignition system -- and was parked in Astoria, near the Con Edison
> plant. When I turned the key, the street lights went out. Not realizing
> what had happened, I uttered an expletive, thinking my battery had died.
> However, the engine purred into life and I drove home through intersections
> without street lights or traffic signals, with a feeling of guilt that,
> somehow, my ignition system had caused the blackout.
Our 1985 Dodge Caravan does that to the lights along a certain stretch of
Interstate 695 (the Baltimore Beltway). Every time I drive that stretch
at night in the Caravan, the roadside lights go out. Doesn't happen if
I'm driving any other car, so the Caravan is obviously the culprit. :-)
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver)
fold@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us
If cars had evolved as fast as computers have, by now they'd cost a
quarter, run for a year on a half-gallon of gas, and explode once a day.
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