> Or how about that old gas-fired heater in early chevies. Or the
> moto-minders on the radiator caps of Model A's. Whoops, going back
> a little too far.
You forgot bias-belted tires with inner tubes, mechanical brakes,
split rims, vacuum operated windshield wipers and carburetors with a
misnamed device called an 'automatic choke.' After 20 years grieving
over a beloved Corvair convertible and the MG-TD I never owned, I
think I've seen the light.I think I'm going to have a memorial plaque
inscribed with the words, 'Never fall in love with a machine. It's
not your friend or your faithful sidekick. It doesn't understand you
or offer you comfort or support, and its only guiding principle is
Murphy's Law.'
I really hated to give up my HP-67 calculator, but it was a easier
when I recalled the afternoon that little red display confirmed that
I'd just testified under oath to an incorrect calculation.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
1864)
http://www.skypoint.com/~chrisw/
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