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Re: brake
On Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:57:07 GMT, Phil Payne wrote:
>> nope, just the derivation of the word brake (which means a clump of trees or
>> bushes or a hunters blind) as it usage evolved to mean what we call "station
>> wagons" btw how many of us drive our station wagons to the station?
>
>Think colonialism - Africa and NZ - sheep 'stations', etc.
Think fuel consumption - think petrol stations
DeWitt Harrison
Boulder, CO
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