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Re: Outrageous Headlights ...I got the message

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From: Derek Jenkins
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 00:00
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Justin wrote:
> 
> John R Cambron (pfairla@chesapeake.net) wrote:
> : Matt Julian Swan wrote:
> :
> : OK I got the message... I can see very fine at night thank you
> : with my sealed beam head lights. What I'am tring to say is you
> : don't need enough light to read the number on the renewal sticker
> : on the car in front of you. All you need is enough light to see
> : the road in front of you.
> 
> i strongly disagree. tell me this, when your reading at night, do you use the
> moon or tv or other similar light source or do you turn a light on so you
> can see the print clearly? from what you've been saying i expect i actually
> need an answer to this question!
> 
> --
>             Justin Brymer  Email: brymer@arcadia.cs.rmit.edu.au
>           "If only he knew now, what he knew then" - Eddie Vedder


Justin,

Listen to what you're saying (read what you're writing)! Of course you
turn on a light when reading at night rather than using ambient light
sources...what John was saying is that you don't need to get a 500w
outdoor floodlight to do the job efficiently.

Get it now?

DJ
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From: Derek Jenkins <derek.j@sia.com.au>
Subject: Re: Outrageous Headlights ...I got the message
Date: 1997/02/28
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