rooves

[Jonathan Lighter]

A roof that admits only moonlight helps protect against sunburn and its complications.

  JL

Mark Mandel <thnidu at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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I've seen a distinction (but I couldn't tell you where) -- I think in an ad,
even -- indicating that at least in this model, the sunroof had a fully
retracting window and the moonroof did not.

m a m

On Feb 4, 2008 12:35 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "... Often referred to as 'moonroofs ...'" doesn't make it clear that
> the two are necessarily distinct.
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> -Wilson
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> On 2/4/08, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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> > They are different, aren't they: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunroof.
> BB
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