European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes March daily Magazine Gar dirt that Speaks volumes by Iver Peterson new York times there is a Story going around concerning a local woman who never thought twice about her husbands Long business trips until he re turned from what he said was a visit to with a thin coat of red Clay on his in even an unsuspecting spouse knows that red dust is not associated with the Black Loam of Corn and it Only takes a Brief inquiry to learn that such a coat is the badge of a visit to Southern a place of gorgeous views and discreet motels it the travelling Man had enjoyed a respite with another the dirt on the car can rub off in More ways than along with bumper travel decals and the Back seat clutter that usually be tokens children in the automotive dirt offers the observant passerby a clue to the Job or even the character of a cars the outward language of automobiles is not confined to the of in new York mangled or amputated bumpers and fenders reveal the Veteran of Street parking Mere ownership of a Volvo or a Saab Speaks but in the West mud had special High Plains when has the adhering Quality of epoxy glue especially on shoes and it assumes All the Plancy of an Industrial Early settlers did not live in Adobe houses for the West boasts not Only the Best mud in the United states but also the most municipalities around Here do not use much Salt to melt the Snow on streets because it makes the cars they use heavy applications of a Sand that seems to include a High proportion of it does the trick on the but by Spring the roads Are banked by Small Sahara of dirty Sand pebbles that Pepper cars and billow into miniature sandstorms behind passing spotting a longtime Denver resident is fairly if the Hood has been sandblasted Down to the primer and the Windshield is so pitted by Sand that one has the sensation of peering through a screen the car has been around this City at least two special distinction in the Road Sand category goes to the coloradans who has chosen to live in a Mountain Community like Evergreen or As late As when the Plains below Are warm and patches of Snow persist at higher elevations and the cars of these Mountain people still have Snow tires and carry a lat Winter Silt of Sand and dried not people Here have Learned to live with dirt on their even to cherish it and appreciate its finer for Oil drilling involves something called drilling a combination of Rock dust produced by the turning Drill and water pumped in and out of the Hole to Cool the bit and bring the mud to the in the Oil the newest Mercedes Benz outside the most Chic Glass office Tower often carries a Fine layer of this Gunpowder Ray material on its a kind of status mud pack for the Wildcat Ter just Back from a tour of his As the risky business of drilling for Oil is so aptly nondescript dirt has lately become a status Symbol to the Young men in Fourshee drive which they usually equip with extra Large tires called big when one of these vehicles appears with Only the cres cent of Windshield that is swept by the wipers showing any color but the Driver is signalling that he has just enjoyed some serious playing in the other motorists typically Accord him wide but the most common form of automotive dirt is the coating on the thousands of cars that shuttle daily into the City from the growing outer getting the roads paved in these districts requires that All Home owners agree to form a special improvement District and absorb the Cost of their Asphalt in higher that Means there Are always old timers on the Block who argue that dirt was Good enough for their Pioneer forebears and ought to be Good enough for All the East Erners taking Over the the roads stay Bare and Rich with there is no prestige in the dirty layer encasing these Only the creeping resignation that an automobile washed this morning will be dirty by so Colorado residents resort to a Peugeot belonging 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