Question from Nell
Hi Larry,
I have been enjoying your veggiecar site with the notes from you cross-country trek.
I had two ideas I thought I’d share with you. You may have thought of them already, but I’ll send them along just in case…
1. Why not have Debra take photos of you showing the process of asking for the oil, filtering it, then putting it in the car. Print these out in order on a piece of paper that can be used to show anyone who does not speak English. That way, maybe it would be easier to get across to them what you are asking.
2. There must be some way to get in touch with do-it-yourself inventors and see if someone could come up with an oil filter that will work on it’s own-while you are driving down the road. That should really save you a lot of time. There are so many creative folks around, I’d bet there is someone out there who can do this for you–you just have to find them. (Maybe one of them can figure out how to filter out the smell.) Good luck. :~)
Thanks for sharing,
Debra’s Answer
Hi Nell,
Thanks for sharing your ideas on how to improve things for our future roadtrips.
1) The picture idea is brilliant. I had not thought of it myself. It does look like an excellent way to clearly communicate what I want without even having to speak a verbal language.
2) The idea of filtering veggie oil while driving had also occurred to me.
It seems like I need to do some further research to see if somebody has already come up with a practical method of doing this. If I don’t find something practical, then I guess its time to put on my inventor hat or find an inventor.
It would greatly speed our trips if the filtering coould be done on the road.
