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Blinky the Shark  
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(1 user)  More options May 16, 8:49 pm
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From: Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 17:49:21 -0700
Local: Fri, May 16 2008 8:49 pm
Subject: Thermosats

Here's some tech I didn't know about.

Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

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ZBicyclist  
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 More options May 17, 9:03 am
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From: "ZBicyclist" <ZBicycl...@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 08:03:20 -0500
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Subject: Re: Thermosats

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> Here's some tech I didn't know about.

> Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

Is that a refrigerated truck? That would make a lot of sense.

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QueBarbara  
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 More options May 17, 10:19 am
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From: QueBarbara <que.barbara.l...@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 09:19:41 -0500
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Subject: Re: Thermosats
On Sat, 17 May 2008 08:03:20 -0500, "ZBicyclist"

<ZBicycl...@excite.com> wrote:
>Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Here's some tech I didn't know about.

>> Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

>Is that a refrigerated truck? That would make a lot of sense.

Yes, "reefer" is the commonly used term for refrigerated.

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Bill Bonde { ''the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack'')  
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(2 users)  More options May 17, 11:36 am
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From: "Bill Bonde { ''the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack'')" <tributyltinpa...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 16:36:47 +0100
Local: Sat, May 17 2008 11:36 am
Subject: Re: Thermosats

Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Here's some tech I didn't know about.

> Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

I think it's time for a rewrite of "East of Eden".

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Bill Bonde { ''the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack'')  
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(2 users)  More options May 17, 11:41 am
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From: "Bill Bonde { ''the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack'')" <tributyltinpa...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 16:41:45 +0100
Local: Sat, May 17 2008 11:41 am
Subject: Re: Thermosats

Unless they are hauling cargo for the Doobie Brothers concert.

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Les Albert  
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 More options May 17, 11:35 am
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From: Les Albert <lalbe...@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 08:35:57 -0700
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Subject: Re: Thermosats
On Sat, 17 May 2008 16:36:47 +0100, "Bill Bonde { ''the oblique
allusion in lieu of the frontal attack'')"

<tributyltinpa...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Blinky the Shark wrote:

>> Here's some tech I didn't know about.

>> Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

>I think it's time for a rewrite of "East of Eden".

Everything would have been fine if the train didn't stop for hours in
the hot sun.

Les


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Blinky the Shark  
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(1 user)  More options May 17, 4:05 pm
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From: Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:05:30 -0700
Local: Sat, May 17 2008 4:05 pm
Subject: Re: Thermosats

ZBicyclist wrote:
> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>> Here's some tech I didn't know about.

>> Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

> Is that a refrigerated truck? That would make a lot of sense.

That was my assumption and the underlying reason for my use of "reefers".

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ZBicyclist  
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 More options May 17, 4:12 pm
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From: "ZBicyclist" <ZBicycl...@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 15:12:06 -0500
Local: Sat, May 17 2008 4:12 pm
Subject: Re: Thermosats

Blinky the Shark wrote:
> ZBicyclist wrote:

>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>> Here's some tech I didn't know about.

>>> Big rig reefers temp-monitored by satellite.

>>> http://blinkynet.net/stuff/thermosat.jpg

>> Is that a refrigerated truck? That would make a lot of sense.

> That was my assumption and the underlying reason for my use of
> "reefers".

I'd never heard "reefers" used in THAT context before. That's
today's new word for me.

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Blinky the Shark  
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 More options May 17, 4:56 pm
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From: Blinky the Shark <no.s...@box.invalid>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 13:56:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: Thermosats

Enjoy.  :)

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Greg Goss  
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 More options May 17, 4:56 pm
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From: Greg Goss <go...@gossg.org>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 14:56:06 -0600
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Subject: Re: Thermosats

Back in the seventies, everyone in Rez had calendars from "Clark
Reefer Lines" a trucking company.  Strange that college kids had a
thing for pictures of trucks, eh?
http://www.clarkfreightways.com/web/OurHistory.aspx
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dilbert firestorm  
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 More options May 18, 8:20 pm
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From: dilbert firestorm <scan...@bytemeati-55.com>
Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 19:20:49 -0500
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Subject: Re: Thermosats

how do you know its a reefer?  I wouldn't know from looking at this picture.

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Tim Wright  
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 More options May 18, 8:26 pm
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