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John Prine on tour.
John Prine on tour.
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Re: Something from the past that we need to bring back…
Abundant Fisheries.There are two kinds of boaters: those who have run aground, and those who lie about it.
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Toll booths on I-95.Comment
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We have about as many honest politicians as we ever did in most times, although certainly not enough. Beware good old days syndrome."For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
for nature cannot be fooled."
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did y'all ever see the movie 'jurassic park'?Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.Comment
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My car keys.
I can't find them anywhere.It's all fun and games until Darth Vader comes.Comment
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Simplicity..Bald, ugly, not too bright but incredibly sexy in an unattractive sort of way....Comment
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Sweet Jesus, you're suffering from a short memory on some of that stuff!
The only reason you needed to get at the spark plugs in the first place was because of the crappy carburetor and points ignition.
Our old V6 Camry was over 370,000km on the original plugs - and still going when the boy got rid of it. They came out at 150K when I had the dealer do the cambelt (bring back chains!), he said they were fine and stuck them back in.
So much better than cocking around with balky cold weather starting, points, plugs, jets, diaphragms, and leaky float bowls on a semi regular basis.
All pretty moot, now that EVs are mainstream
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PeteThe Ignore feature, lowering blood pressure since 1862. Ahhhhhhh.Comment
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How mainstream EVs might become is yet to be seen. A third of people polled said they would never buy one, I being a member of that group.
I am currently on the hunt for a '48 Ford pickup, for all the reasons listed above. Lovely things they are.Comment
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God save us. I've worked on all these things for many, many hours, and aside from 'fuel pumps not in the tank', I thank whatever gods there may be (or at least the folks who design cars) that they're all long gone. You might as well wish to bring back city air you can see, smell and taste (to which some of the things on the list contributed mightily), or tetraethyl lead. I do wish modern cars were easier to work on, but I do NOT want a revival of cars that required working on all the time, spewed enormous amounts of air pollution, had an excellent chance of killing you in an accident, and were worn out at 100,000 miles."For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
for nature cannot be fooled."
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Not sure that's true. It was Republicans who asked tough questions in the Watergate hearings and ended up telling Nixon he had to resign.
What we need to bring back is the time when ALL 'news' sources reported facts as best they could. I'd like to have honesty from politicians and news."Banning books in spite of the 1st amendment, but refusing to regulate guns in spite of "well regulated militia' being in the 2nd amendment makes no sense. Can't think of anyone ever shot by a book
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Did taking lead out of gas contribute to this, also? My '66 Dodge came into my possession as unleaded gas was coming in. I worried about that, but it thrived on unleaded. I drove it for 13 years, from 1986 when I bought it until 1999, when the AC stopped working. No change of spark plugs.Sweet Jesus, you're suffering from a short memory on some of that stuff!
The only reason you needed to get at the spark plugs in the first place was because of the crappy carburetor and points ignition.
Our old V6 Camry was over 370,000km on the original plugs - and still going when the boy got rid of it. They came out at 150K when I had the dealer do the cambelt (bring back chains!), he said they were fine and stuck them back in.
So much better than cocking around with balky cold weather starting, points, plugs, jets, diaphragms, and leaky float bowls on a semi regular basis.
All pretty moot, now that EVs are mainstream.
Pete"Banning books in spite of the 1st amendment, but refusing to regulate guns in spite of "well regulated militia' being in the 2nd amendment makes no sense. Can't think of anyone ever shot by a book
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