dive vehicle for SALE

The green machine is the perfect dive vehicle... I wish I could take it home, but alas it has to stay right here - we drive on the wrong side of the road :)

So... Mercury Villager 1997 SW Green with around 173000 miles on it - bargain price $2000. (price negotiable)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/...ac94dd.jpg?v=0

The car is in good condition. I have been driving it for a year and have not had any problems. The air conditioning only works on full, but it does work and is icy cold. It has some small idiosyncrasies, but every car does... happy to discuss those.

I have highlighted the two spots on bumper and the bonnet where there are scratches, (check out photos) otherwise it is in decent shape. Two tires are brand new, two will need to get replaced in the next 6 months or so.

check out more pics here.

If interested PM me or email milowka at yahoo.com.au

where are you please?

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The air conditioning only works on full

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That's usually caused by a simple blown fuse. Low and Med are on one circuit and High on another. I'll bet I've seen it happen thirty times.

cave country, FL - I live in Alachua, work in Lake City.

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cave country, FL - I live in Alachua, work in Lake City.

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For those who need translation - bonnet = hood

Sorry to see you go, Ag!

ag,

you are going? where? when? dang. nice while it lasted.

-skip

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Originally Posted by aainslie

For those who need translation - bonnet = hood

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haha... and there I thought I was well on my way to becoming a local... I've almost mastered my yawls, but I guess old habits die hard :)

Yep heading back to Oz. I'll be back... eventually. FLA is just lovely.

I'll be hanging out at Kazbors Sat night (21st of Feb) grabbing some food and a couple of drinks... feel free to drop in and say hi, (well... bye) if you're in cave country.

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Yep heading back to Oz.

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For those of you who need translation: Oz = Australia

Not Oz
http://www.teachwithmovies.org/guide...z-DVDcover.jpg

or Oz
http://82muchf00d.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/oz.jpg

~Jeff

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haha... and there I thought I was well on my way to becoming a local... I've almost mastered my yawls, but I guess old habits die hard :)

Yep heading back to Oz. I'll be back... eventually. FLA is just lovely.

I'll be hanging out at Kazbors Sat night (21st of Feb) grabbing some food and a couple of drinks... feel free to drop in and say hi, (well... bye) if you're in cave country.

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Yawls = ya'lls for those needing the translation!

can't make it to kazbors, but sorry you didn't have time to make a second trip up here to TN for the cave diving, although the sump diving was fun too (you and chrissie motivated me to get back on the treadmill - next time i'll be keeping up!).

safe trip home,

-skip

LOL, and the translation for ya'll = y'all (as in the contraction for you all)

Ag, we'll miss ya! Y'all come back real soon, now, ya hear?

I did a quick survey around the office and everyone agrees that it's ya'll. Y'all is the yankee spelling! only yankees think it's a contraction of you all. I did get a few yall's as the spelling (one syllable), but not one y'all.

no one thinks florida is the south either.

any input from Mississippi? Alabama? Georgia?

-skip

Tha panhandle is the south, hell, most people group it as South Alabama :P

I'm not totally convinced its part of Alabama though... I'm not a huge fan of Alabama, but I really enjoy the panhandle. Just the lousy opinion of a coonass living in hicksville ;)

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I did a quick survey around the office and everyone agrees that it's ya'll. Y'all is the yankee spelling! only yankees think it's a contraction of you all. I did get a few yall's as the spelling (one syllable), but not one y'all.

no one thinks florida is the south either.

any input from Mississippi? Alabama? Georgia?

-skip

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Sorry Skip...you're too far north to get accurate info.

Still love ya,
Shirley
Born and raised in rural Mississippi, father born and raised in rural Mississippi, mother born and raised in rural Lousiana, mother of one kid born in Mississipi and one born in Louisiana. :yawinkle:

GEORGIA:

I'd said it was y'all (as in you all), but then again, I've graduated middle school ;)

I would 'spose that ya'll was "ya will" as spoken in Atlanta. "Check it yo. I've got my crew wits me and if ya knows whats goods fo ya ya'll gimme my money back or wez gonna get mideval on yo hinny."

~Jeff

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Originally Posted by skip

I did a quick survey around the office and everyone agrees that it's ya'll.

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Then they're idiots.

It's a contraction, with the apostrophe taking the place of "ou." If it weren't a contraction, there wouldn't be an apostrophe.

:smt013

And don't Y'ALL forget that this thread is to help our good friend Ag sell her dive vehicle, ya hear? :D

Take care Ag. Hope you get a chance to come back out here in the not-to distant future. Also hope to see some caves out your way some day as well.

Safe diving,

Brian

Sorry to see you go Ag!

FWIW, all this idle chit-chat is keeping the Van For Sale thread on top :-D

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Then they're idiots.

It's a contraction, with the apostrophe taking the place of "ou." If it weren't a contraction, there wouldn't be an apostrophe.

:smt013

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well, on second reflection, most are not actually from the south....and with shirley's heritage, I yield! Uncle.

-skip

That's a fair price for the green machine by the way. Wasn't there someone looking for a dive vehicle recently?

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well, on second reflection, most are not actually from the south....and with shirley's heritage, I yield! Uncle.

-skip

That's a fair price for the green machine by the way. Wasn't there someone looking for a dive vehicle recently?

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Yea, Sskasser :-D

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Originally Posted by sskasser

, mother born and raised in rural Lousiana, mother of one kid born in Mississipi and one born in Louisiana. :yawinkle:

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In Louisiana it would be "oooooo.....weeeee y'all"
Interesting in that we purchased Louisiana from the French for $.03 and acre,I bet if we sold it we could triple our money :-)

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Yea, Sskasser :-D

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HEY! I resemble that remark! :smt079

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In Louisiana it would be "oooooo.....weeeee y'all"
Interesting in that we purchased Louisiana from the French for $.03 and acre,I bet if we sold it we could triple our money :-)

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Nah, we can't sell LA! The best crawfish boils, jambalaya, beignets, and po'boys come from outta there...yikes...I'm making myself hungry!

... don't forget the muffalettas :)

Where in LA were you from Shirley?

Gretna here :) West Bank!

Ah, a Gretna Dragon, eh?

http://data.hs.gretnadragons.org/Com...inalDragon.jpg

Probably would have been, had I not moved to AL before entering High School :P

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Ah, a Gretna Dragon, eh?

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HEY! I resemble that remark! :smt079



Nah, we can't sell LA! The best crawfish boils, jambalaya, beignets, and po'boys come from outta there...yikes...I'm making myself hungry!

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Now we agree! best crawfish: outside N.O. alongside the road from the back of a truck. best shrimp po'boys: a little hole in the wall of a bar and grill on the North Shore of Lake Ponchatrain...little town begins with an M.... Best steamed blue crab cajun style: the old ninth ward (before katrina), along the lake where the canals of canal street hooked up with the lake....what was the name of that place? all gone now....wish I'd bought a t-shirt. Best seafood gumbo: that same little old man's truck alongside the road. and not food, but best sailboat docks away from it all? Up the bayou south of Slidell!

what day is it? time for mardi gras? a roadtrip in order? anyone coming back up this way want to bring me some food?

-skip

since we've highjack ag's thread every which way but loose, maybe we should all chip in and buy the van, then at the next social auction it off and donate the money to putting in stairs at one of the caves in need.

-skip

Put stairs in at CB up here? LOL

SLIM

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Now we agree! best crawfish: outside N.O. alongside the road from the back of a truck. best shrimp po'boys: a little hole in the wall of a bar and grill on the North Shore of Lake Ponchatrain...little town begins with an M.... Best steamed blue crab cajun style: the old ninth ward (before katrina), along the lake where the canals of canal street hooked up with the lake....what was the name of that place? all gone now....wish I'd bought a t-shirt. Best seafood gumbo: that same little old man's truck alongside the road. and not food, but best sailboat docks away from it all? Up the bayou south of Slidell!

what day is it? time for mardi gras? a roadtrip in order? anyone coming back up this way want to bring me some food?

-skip

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Mardi Gras season has started already, first parades rolled two weekends ago.

Shrimp Po Boys on the North Shore... Well, kinda sounds like "Rags" in Madisonville. There is also a "Rags Too" in Covington, both on the Northshore. You can get blackened shrimp po-boys there, one of the few places that will make them. Its not on the menu, but ask :)

Perrans in Metairie has some great ones too.

You couldn't pay me to deal with the Mardi Gras crowds! I love the food and history in N.O. though. My favorite time to go is a few weeks after, when there's still a chance it won't be blazing hot and most of the revelers are back to their cubicles.

However, the Breaux Bridge crawfish festival in early May is a thing of beauty, even with the crowds and heat!

how about eating at mulates across from the convention center and listening to live music