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<title>Size is relative</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2007/10/17/size</biblioid>
<volumenum>10</volumenum>
<issuenum>111</issuenum>
<pubdate>2007-10-17T09:49:49-04:00</pubdate>
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<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
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      <year>2007</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
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<para>Is that your truck, or are you just…no, really, is that your truck!?</para>
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<para xml:id="p1">Several years ago, when my little
<link xlink:href="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/what/truck-mightymax-1994">MightMax</link> died, I replaced it with another used pickup.
Limited by the amount of time I was willing to spend on the
process of replacing my truck and the number of used trucks actually on the lot,
I got my not so little
<link xlink:href="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/what/truck-tacoma-1998">Tacoma</link>.</para>

<para xml:id="p2">Everytime I look at it, I think it's huge. It clearly had some
sort of “off road” package when it was new: a cranked up suspension,
huge tires (which I recently replaced with slightly smaller,
slightly cheaper ones when the originals gave out) and a “clutch start
cancel” button that I will never use and only occasionally pretend to fully
understand.
</para>

<para xml:id="p3">Then the electrician drove up.</para>

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<para xml:id="p4">Clearly, size is relative.</para>

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