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On 3 Sep 2015 20:01:43 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> <chuckle>  Remember those little tiger tails you could hook around your
> gas cap and leave sticking out from under the cover flap?  The whole
> "tiger in your tank"

	They used the same thing in the UK in the 60s and 70s.

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