Updated 30-Jan-2007 - Copyright (c) 2007 Corvairs of New Mexico. Volume 30 - Number 8 - August 2004 - Issue 347 EDITOR: Jim Pittman NEXT MEETING: Wednesday 4 August 2004 at 7:30 PM Galles Chevrolet, Lomas & University THIS MONTH: Dues Due Dave Huntoon July Meeting Notes Chuck Vertrees New Members Membership Chair July Board Meeting Notes Chuck Vertrees CNM Birthdays Sunshine Committee Rebuilt & Restored Mark Domzalski Calendar of Coming Events Everybody You won't believe - Reflected Heat Steve Goodman Tech Tip: Identify Engines Steve Goodman Car Council Report Art Gold Seven Years Ago Jim Pittman Wanted or For Sale Everybody Route 66 Cleanup Oliver Scheflow A Glimpse into the Future the Internet Map to Ruth's Cabin in the Pecos COVER: A Graph of our Treasury Numbers At the CNM Breakfast at the Owl Cafe BEST MISTAKES IN FILMS: In his "Filmgoer's Companion," Mr. Leslie Halliwell helpfully lists four of the cinema's greatest moments which you should get to see if at all possible. In "Carmen Jones," the camera tracks with Dorothy Dandridge down a street, and the entire film crew is reflected in the shop window. In "The Wrong Box," the roofs of Victorian London are emblazoned with television aerials. In "Decameron Nights," Louis Jourdain stands on the deck of his fourteenth century pirate ship; and a white lorry trundles down the hill in the background. In "Viking Queen," set in the times of Boadicea, a wrist watch is clearly visible on one of the leading characters. -- Stephen Pile, "The Book of Heroic Failures" DUES EXPIRED OR DUE OR APPROACHING DUE: EXPIRED: Mark Morgan 2004-June Dwight Simmons 2004-July Tarmo Sutt 2004-July THIS MONTH: Mark Domzalski 2004-August Richard Finch 2004-August Steve Johnson 2004-August Jacob Schlessinger 2004-August Sylvan Zuercher 2004-August COMING DUE SOON: Steve Gongora 2004-September Joe Ashton 2004-September Sally Johnson 2004-September Lee Olsen 2004-September Jon Anderson 2004-October John Stichman 2004-October John Topp 2004-October Bill Reider 2004-October If your membership is due or has expired, please send your dues to: Wendell Walker, CNM Treasurer 301 Utah Meadow, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 Note: the Club will mail in your National dues when you renew, but only if you send us the renewal form from CORSA Communique! On the cover: (top) a graph showing our treasury balance each month (bottom) a few people managed to get into the Owl Cafe Breakfast photo. =CNM= JULY MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The meeting was called to order on July 7th at 19:37 at Galles Chevrolet. All officers were present. There were 34 members present including both of the Gold children who were as usual well behaved. They are great kids in your secretary's opinion. There were 7 new members or guests introduced, including Daniel and Paul Clifford, Bob Phillips and his two sons, and Tom and Cathy Bunter. Bob Phillips was a CNM member a long time ago and it is good to see him back. I hope I have spelled the various names correctly. If not they can be corrected when the minutes are approved (or disapproved) at the next meeting. Jerry Goffe knows of three Corvairs for sale. I think he said they were turbos. The minutes of the last meeting were approved as printed. While this was going on our sponsor Joe Trujillo was passing out free sodas. He and Galles take good care of us. Treasurer Wendell Walker reported that CNM had $351.82 in the checking account and $2,148.81 in the GMAC account for a total of $2,500.63. [This is not part of the meeting minutes, but after hearing comments Wendy made about the recent rate of depletion of our treasury, your editor extracted our treasury data from the past several years and constructed a graph of dollar value each month. For those who visualize graphic data more readily than columns of numbers, see the cover for the data from just before the 1996 convention to date.] Ruth Boydston, our merchandise caretaker, has for sale 57 license plates, 19 jacket patches, 159 CNM pins and 40 Care and Feeding books. Please see Ruth if you need any of these items. Members were reminded that the constitution, which was approved at the last meeting, is on line at the CNM web site. There was no awards committee meeting. It is to be rescheduled. There was no board meeting in June. Del Patten and Dave Huntoon went to the convention in Del's Corvair. Dave said they only had to push it 2 or 3 times. They reported that the convention was nicely done. It was very sticky with the high humidity. As we told everyone when we were promoting our convention, "It's a dry heat" in New Mexico. The convention next year will be in Portland, Oregon in late July. It will be at Jansen Beach Convention site and Portland International Raceway will be available. CORSA Oregon and CORSA Northwest will run it. Coming conventions will be in Buffalo in 2006 and Detroit in 2007. The July breakfast will be at the Owl Cafe. Upcoming is the progressive dinner on August 21st. There will be more information elsewhere. The Route 66 cleanup is scheduled for the coming Saturday, July 10th, at 08:00. There will be a definite presentation at the next meeting about club shirts. The catalogue will be discussed at the next board meeting. Galles will be having an "All Chevy" show on the 31st. We need to have a good representation from CNM. Robert Gold said that CNM was well represented at the last Car Council meeting. The full report is on the CNM web page. There was no report from the Sunshine Committee. They have been sending out birthday cards. Also, see the CNM web site for a report and pictures of the Santa Fe show. Larry Blair has a source in Phoenix that he got some parts from. Robert Gold had some suspension work done by McBride's at Lomas and Second. They did great work and have all the specifications for Corvairs. There will be a map in the newsletter and also on the web page about how to get to Ruth Boydston's place in the Pecos. The meeting was adjourned at 20:24. =CNM= NEW MEMBERS Welcome two new members to CNM: Tom and Cathy Bunter of Edgewood, New Mexico. A 1962 convertible has been sitting and waiting for them for some twenty years now, and they think now is the time to fix it up! Dan Clifford of Albuquerque. Dan has a 1961 Lakewood which has already provided him with some experience at replacing brakes and generator. Tom, Cathy and Dan are just what the club needs - some fresh new faces to join with the old, worn-out faces! Let's give them a big CNM welcome! =CNM= JULY BOARD MEETING NOTES Chuck Vertrees The July board meeting was called to order on July 21st at House of covers at 17:20. All officers were present. President Mark Domzalski reported on the way things were in Los Alamos. It seems that quite a few people were just not interested in following protocol. Vice President Sally Johnson reported that the monthly breakfast will be back at the Owl Cafe this month on Saturday July 24th at 08:30. The August breakfast will be at the Cracker Barrel on the Saturday after the board meeting, August 21st, at 08:30. The breakfast for September will probably be at Mi Casitas. She does not have a program for the August meeting as yet, but there is a locksmith lined up for the September meeting. Activities for August include the campout at Ruth Boydston's on the 6th to the 8th, the breakfast on the morning of the 21st and the progressive dinner that evening. The dinner will start at the Sullivans', then to Geoff Johnson's and finally to the Golds'. The State Fair car show will be Sunday September 18th. There is nothing definite on the October Aspencade. Mark will talk to Kay and Tarmo when they get back from Estonia. There was no special report from the secretary. Treasurer Wendell reported that CNM had $299.87 in the checking account and $2,148.81 in the GMAC account for a total of $2,448.68. Newsletter editor Jim Pittman brought up the question of how many newsletters we should mail out as exchange with other clubs. From talking with members of other clubs with whom we exchange newsletters, it has been brought out that most members in those clubs never see the newsletters we send. There is not much change in cost based on the number of copies printed, with 90 copies being where the price break comes. Fewer that 90 copies start to cost quite a bit more per copy. The big expense is in postage, especially with larger editions. A newsletter with 12 pages (six sheets of paper) costs 37 cents to mail but 13 or more pages goes up to 60 cents to mail. Several suggestions were made, including sending exchange copies by E-mail to anyone who seems to be interested. This would be relatively easy to do once the list was completed. Mark and Jim will look into this. There was no membership report. The Car Council report is on line, however Robert mentioned a couple of things. Since the Elk's Refuge is no longer available to the Car Council, they have decided to replace their summer picnic with a buffet luncheon. It will be free for those who worked on the Museum Car Show. The problem is that there is only one CNM member on the list and it does not include the CNM members who spent time counting ballots. The swap meet will be in Los Lunas in September and is in conjunction with an automobile auction. I wonder if the Car Council will expect CNM to supply undocumented workers for it? The CNM ladies have not had a recent meeting as far as was reported, but they were planning on having a meeting at Ruth's during the campout. Jim was asked to thank Heula for the Sunshine committee's birthday and anniversary cards. The awards committee, at their next meeting, will discuss a CD from Bill Reider which includes the suggestion that ballots or votes from all the membership be collected to help determine the recipients of out two awards. Shirts came up again. As we were unable to stuff them back down, we gave the catalogue to Sally and asked her to pick out two button-front shirts and two pullover shirts to present at the next meeting. They will probably cost 38 to 40 dollars per shirt, which would include the embroidery. There is a one-time set up fee for the logo. It was brought up that CNM will be losing two long time very active members, Mary Lou and Mark Martinek. They are going to have to move to Washington State. We don't have a date as yet, but it is hoped that we can have a party for them before they go. They will be missed very much. The meeting was adjourned at 18:08. =CNM= BIRTHDAYS - ANNIVERSARIES The Sunshine Committee Both Marian and Bill McClellan have birthdays this month. Also celebrating birthdays in August are: Joel Nash - Lee Olsen - Geoffrey Johnson - Lee Reider A big Happy Birthday wish goes out to each of you! A special Wedding Anniversary wish goes to Bill and Marian McClellan who celebrate 68 years together! Congratulations to you! - The Sunshine Committee =CNM= REBUILT & RESTORED - AUGUST 2004 Mark Domzalski It's great to have a diversion, like CNM and our members, that's fun when your work is so full of turmoil. I have always been fortunate to work with people who are dedicated and serious about our mission at Los Alamos. Following rules for safety and security as well as working to improve how we work has always been a part of the job I do with the folks I work with. Those that don't get it have taken Los Alamos perilously close to total closure, forever. If I seem distracted from time to time, it's because I'm working as part of a core of people who are working as hard as we can to lead, provide new policy and procedures, and build a culture that will keep the Laboratory alive so that our credibility and confidence in our ability to support national security is re-established. Watch the news, I'm sure we'll be in it for some time to come. Well, the first weekend in August is the campout in the Pecos Mountains at Ruth Boydston's cabin. Ruth has been opening her mountain property for our members camping pleasure the last several years. If you haven't been there for the CNM Campout, you are missing a great time. Usually, the Saturday afternoon or evening meal is a potluck. If you can't come for the weekend come up for the potluck on Saturday. It's a 2-1/2 hour drive from Albuquerque and the cool mountain air is always seems to make the next workweek easier. On the 21st, CNM will have a progressive dinner starting at the Sullivan's (no not the WWII destroyer for those vintage historians out there) for appetizers and salad(?) on to Geoff Johnson's for the main course and onto Golds' for dessert and baseball memorabilia. These events have always been a lot of fun and a great environment to socialize with members you haven't gotten to know as well as you'd like. Veep Sally has downselected to a couple of shirt styles (polo and regular button style shirts) and a few colors each for the next round of CNM logo shirts. If you can make the next meeting, the information will be available and we should start pre-ordering. So bring your checkbook and pick a new CNM logo shirt or two. I don't know if there will be a choice between women's and men's shirts, but I suspect, since Veep Sally is an integral part of the process, there might be that option... Don't forget the CNM breakfast this month is at Cracker Barrel at 8:30 am per the date in the official schedule in this newsletter. (I forgot to jot the date down in my BoD minutes but I'm reminded it is August 21st.) Our next chapter meeting is August the 4th. It's time to start thinking about serving as an official in CNM so that you can announce your candidacy and campaign to win the election to serve and steer CNM to more success in the future. See you at the next meeting. Be safe and happy. =CNM= ============================================================================ C O R V A I R S o f N E W M E X I C O C O M I N G E V E N T S ============================================================================ | | | | | A u g u s t | S e p t e m b e r | O c t o b e r | | | | | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | : : : 1 2 3 4 | : : : : : 1 2 | | 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | | 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 | 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | | 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 | 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 | 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | | 29 30 31 : : : : | 26 27 28 29 30 : : | 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | | : : : : : : : | : : : : : : : | 31 : : : : : : | ============================================================================ Sat 31 Jul ....... Galles All-Chevy Show - Joe Trujillo - 831-6183 Wed 4 Aug 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Fri - Sun Aug 6 - 8 CNM Campout - Ruth's place in the Pecos - more later Wed 18 Aug 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 20 Aug 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 21 Aug 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast - The Cracker Barrel - 5200 San Antonio NE Sat 21 Aug ....... CNM Progressive Dinner - TBA Wed 1 Sep 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Wed 1 Sep Tech talk by a locksmith at tonight's meeting Sat 11 Sep 1:00-4:00 CNM Ladies - TBA Wed 15 Sep 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Sun 18 Sep 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast meeting - TBA Sun 19 Sep 7:00 AM State Fair Car Show - Robert Gold - 268-6878 Thu-Sat Sep 23-24-25 NMCCC Swap Meet - Los Lunas - Robert Gold - 268-6878 Fri 24 Sep 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Wed 6 Oct 7:30 PM Regular Meeting - GALLES CHEVROLET 1601 Lomas NE Wed 6 Oct Note: this is election night! xxx xx Oct xxxxxxx Aspencade Tour (TBA) Wed 20 Oct 5:00 PM Board Meeting - House of Covers Fri 22 Oct 9:00 PM Newsletter Deadline - Jim Pittman Sat 23 Oct 8:30 AM CNM Breakfast - TBA =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= =CNM= YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS.... by Steve Goodman Rocky Mountain CORSA - July 2004 Another story that seems unbelievable about our favorite car the CORVAIR. Several years ago at the MOUNTAIN MANIA street show in Buena Vista, about 8 CORVAIRS were all lined up on main street facing north to northwest, backed into the diagonal parking places. The show is held on or about the July 4th weekend so the sun is beating down. One of the CORVAIRS was a 1965 Monza convertible with a 140 belonging to Larry Neal of PPCC. Of course the air cleaner system on the 140 has the chrome lid and Larry had spent lots of time polishing his. We all had the engine lids up, proudly showing the shiny engines We parked about 8am and about 11am a passerby exclaimed "look -- a fire" and pointed at the engine lid of Larry's car. Looking at the sound proofing mat on Larry's engine lid proved that there was smoke, curling up from a point in the mat. Looking closer showed that the sunlight was focused on a point much like shining sunlight through a magnifying glass and the slightly oil soaked material was getting pretty warm, in fact too hot to touch. TECH TIP - identifying engines by Steve Goodman Something that I have always noticed is that any two-carb engine is automatically called a "110." I see 1962 Monza coupes advertised with a 110 engine but almost invariably it is a 102 or less. Of course we all know that a 110 is 164 cu in, starting in 1964. How can you easily tell the years apart? Externally the differences lie with what GM changed and/or added through the years. Among the easiest things to spot are the cooling fan designs. Is it a mag style fan (straight blades) or a tin and curved blades? The mag fans were used from 64 on BUT only the 64 will have the smaller diameter fan bearing also. Tin fans are 145 cu in. Next is the crank pulley. If it is the stamped tin pulley, it is an early engine. If the harmonic balancer shows, then it is 164 cu in. Possibly the three-spoke cast pulley is attached. GM intended that for the 95hp 164 cu in but it gets used on any/all of the above. Belt guards on the fan shroud and idler pulley indicate the 164 cu in although the guards weren't used until mid year 64. The PCV system will help too. The road draft tube is early, the PCV valve is typically 63 but was used through 65 on A/C cars. The tube into the air cleaner is 64 up except as noted on A/C. The most obvious thing, looking at the engine letter code, is misleading too: a 1963 102 and a 1964 110 are both YN codes. If no one has touched the 1964 engine then the generator will have the posts pointing rearward. Unfortunately however, the FC and LAKEWOOD wagons also had the posts pointing thus and any generator will fit any engine except the 1960 generator was shorter in length. In fact even if an alternator is installed, it could still be a 145 cu in engine. The bottom line is that it is difficult to absolutely identify a 145 from a 164 from the outside. Hopefully some of the above might help. -- Steve =CNM= CAR COUNCIL REPORT (6-23-04) Art Gold Well another meeting of the Albuquerque Car Council has come and gone. What a jolly, yet brief experience it was, since the meeting took a whopping hour to complete. However, there was quite a bit of information handed to the members, as well as issues discussed concerning the up coming Swap Meet and the electing of officers for the Albuquerque Car Council. First off the bat, there was old business that had to be discussed and settled. Even with no shows from the mayor and the governor, the May Car Show was a success! A report from the treasurer stated that $1,400 was made at the show. Unfortunately, about $1,000 more could have been the bounty, but a majority of the flyers were delivered one to two days after the Car Show took place. Maybe the Pony Express will be back on its feet in time for next year's Car Show. Overall, a strong contingent of about 300 cars turned out. Now on the hottest topic to hit the summer, the Swap Meet. The ole' Swap Meet is to be held the weekend of September 23rd, in Los Lunas. Flyers were handed out to all of the attendees, and in my opinion, it looks pretty darn good. There should be approximately 400 spaces available, with pins to be given away to the first 200 vendors starting at 11am on the 23rd of September. Volunteers are needed to line the spaces, and this is to be on the days of the 16th, 17th and 18th. If you do indeed volunteer, you won't leave hungry, since lunch will be provided. On to the issue of the election of the Albuquerque Car Council officers must be discussed. For the most part everybody is in the same position, except for two board member positions. A final note on the report for the Albuquerque Car Council. There is a new member to the Car Council. A unanimous vote was cast for the entry for the Old/Vintage Camper Association, whose mascot is the food we all love to hate, Spam. Welcome to the Albuquerque Car Council campers! As is the case with all good things, they must come to an end. Hopefully this report will be helpful in your ventures in the car hobby. Art Gold reporting. =CNM= SEVEN YEARS AGO Jim Pittman Seven Years Ago - August 1998 - Volume 23 - Number 8 The cover featured a Corvair crossword puzzle. President Domzalski ran our meeting and Treasurer Walker said we had $7,345.40 in our various accounts. Guests were Mike Cossey who has a 1964 Monza which he would like to sell, and Bernadette Gongora who brought her dad, Steve. Sylvan said we had a new member in Farmington who had a 1965 500 which he wanted to change from a 3 speed to a 4 speed. Those who attended the International Convention in Lake Placid gave accounts of their trip. (There were hints that the Lake Placid convention made us appreciate our Vairs in the Air convention even more.) We planned to convoy to the Santa Fe Car Show on July 4th, leaving from the Goodwill store on San Mateo at 6:30 AM. Our VLA tour was planned for Sunday July 27th and we intended to stop in Socorro for an early lunch. There were eight Corvairs at the All-Chevy show. A possible summer campout was on hold. Tech tips included an article by Mark on cleaning up your dash instruments to make them look like new as well as make them much easier to read. Dennis forwarded a quote from CNN by former Apollo VII astronaut Walter Cunningham, who was testifying this week before Congress in an attempt to spur more space exploration. "Today, the once rambunctious American spirit of innovation and adventure is being paralyzed by the desire for a risk-free society. This country was established by risk-takers.... It's the Christopher Columbuses and the Neil Armstrongs who move us forward, not the Ralph Naders. With a Ralph Nader at the head of a wagon train, we would never have made it across the plains and over the Rockies." Reference CNN site http://cnn.com/TECH/9705/09/space.hearing/index.html Fourteen Years Ago - August 1990 - Volume 16 - Number 8 The cover drawing showed all the parts of a 140-HP air cleaner. Steve Gongora penned our meeting notes. New members were Mary Lou Martinek and Steve Randock. We discussed the future of Tri-State meets and our club voted to continue them as they have been: Rocky Mountain, Pikes Peak and New Mexico to continue rotating the sponsorship every three years, and not expand to include other clubs. We planned an economy run to Grants and a tour of the mining museum there. After a call for candidates to run for office in October and a preview of the Route 66 Econo-Run to Grants, we had a nice article on the function of motor oil additives. Twenty-one Years Ago - August 1983 - Volume 9 - Number 8 The cover had a cartoon with these balloon quotes: "Yesterday some guy came by and asked how much you'd pay to have this junker hauled outta here. I told him to forget it because you were planning to restore it someday." "Thanks... some people just don't understand about classic cars!" The car in question was Shoe's 1963 Corvair. This month we had $515 to spend and a talk by George Morin on problems installing a 1964 rear end in a Lakewood. Your editor had an essay on the "rope-drive" Pontiac Tempest. Who remembers what that was? And we published a member list with 56 names. Twenty-eight Years Ago Apparently in August 1976 the newsletter did not make it to press. =CNM= ROUTE 66 CLEANUP - JULY Oliver Scheflow Our sign-up started out with five volunteers plus two maybes. But on Saturday morning July 10th the club came through with three walk-ons, making a total of nine to enjoy the morning. Participating were Robert Gold, Dave Huntoon, Gordon Johnson, Geoff Johnson, Del Patten, Jim Pittman, Dwight Simmons, Mike Stickler and myself, Ollie. The trash was generally light, except for a couple of spots where vehicles had apparently stopped to unload their trash onto the public right-of-way. The number of bags we picked up was about average. We had great weather and were done by 9:30. Many thanks to those who participated and we'll see the crew back at our Route 66 meeting place in October. =CNM= Subject: A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE Article: 9129 of rec.humor.funny Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 19:30:00 PDT Operator: "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your national ID number?" Customer: "Hi, I'd like to place an order." Operator: "May I have your NIDN first, sir?" Customer: "My National ID Number, yeah, hold on, eh, it's 6102049998-45-54610." Operator: "Thank you, Mr. Sheehan. I see you live at 1742 Meadowland Drive, and the phone number's 494-2366. Your office number over at Lincoln Insurance is 745-2302, and your cell number's 266-2566. Which number are you calling from, sir?" Customer: "Huh? I'm at home. Where d'ya get all this information?" Operator: "We're wired into the system, sir." Customer: (Sighs) "Oh, well, I'd like to order a couple of your All-Meat Special pizzas." Operator: "I don't think that's a good idea, sir." Customer: "Whaddya mean?" Operator: "Sir, your medical records indicate that you've got very high blood pressure and extremely high cholesterol. Your National Health Care provider won't allow such an unhealthy choice." Customer: "Darn. What do you recommend, then?" Operator: "You might try our low-fat Soybean Pizza. I'm sure you'll like it." Customer: "What makes you think I'd like something like that?" Operator: "Well, you checked out 'Gourmet Soybean Recipes' from your local library last week, sir. That's why I made the suggestion." Customer: "All right, all right . Give me two family-sized ones, then." Operator: "That should be plenty for you, your wife and your four kids, sir. Your total is $49.99." Customer: "Lemme give you my credit card number." Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay in cash. Your credit card balance is over its limit." Customer: "I'll run over to the ATM and get some cash before your driver gets here." Operator: "That won't work either, sir. Your checking account's overdrawn." Customer: "Never mind. Just send the pizzas. I'll have the cash ready. How long will it take?" Operator: "We're running a little behind, sir. It'll be about 45 minutes, sir. If you're in a hurry you might want to come pick 'em up yourself, but carrying pizzas on a motorcycle can be a little awkward." Customer: "How the heck do you know I'm riding a bike?" Operator: "It says here you're in arrears on your car payments, so your car got repo'ed. But your Harley's paid up. Customer: "@#%/$@&?#!&?#!" Operator: "I'd advise watching your language, sir. You've already got a July 2006 conviction for cussing out a cop." Customer: (Speechless) Operator: "Will there be anything else, sir?" Customer: "Yes, I have a coupon for a free 2 liter of Coke." Operator: "I'm sorry sir, but our ad's exclusionary clause prevents us from offering free soda to diabetics." [ Note - I found a reference to the author being "Rick Card" but I've been unable to locate him - ed. ] Selected by Jim Griffith. MAIL your joke to funny@netfunny.com. Attribute the joke's source if at all possible. A Daemon will auto-reply. Please don't send us requests of the form, "could you please send me the joke about XXX?" We don't act as a joke server but the web pages at http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/ will let you search for jokes in our archives. This joke's link: http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/04/Apr/natid.html =CNM= To get to Ruth Boydston's cabin in the Pecos: o Go north on I-25 from Albuquerque toward Santa Fe and continue east on I-25 toward Las Vegas. o Take Exit 299 at Glorieta onto NM 50. Turn right (east) toward Pecos. o At Pecos, turn left (north) onto NM 63 toward Cowles. o Before Cowles, look for a sign to Iron Gate to turn right onto Forest Road 223. It's a dirt road and it's up hill. o Take the first left turn. o Go through gate. Close the gate behind you. o Stay to the left on the gravel road. o See cabin on your right. =CNM=