<OT> Re: Unity ROCKS not!!!

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2011-05-10 at 21:27 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: 
> On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 03:17:00PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2011-05-09 at 20:03 +0100, Colin Law wrote: 
> > > On 9 May 2011 19:53, Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon at decoulon.ch> wrote:
> > > > On Monday 09 May 2011 08:18:37 pm Douglas S. Saylor wrote:
> > > >> Give the AVERAGE automobile driver
> > > >> (cost, repairs aside) the option to have manual or automatic
> > > >> transmission MOST will choose NOT to choose gear selection: automatic is
> > > >> preferred by most (I HATE automatic transmission BTW)
> > > >
> > > > Sorry. Give the _american_ average automobile driver (maybe UK or Australia
> > > > too). Here in Switzerland it would be the opposite.
> > > 
> > > Also in the UK most would choose manual.  We don't want any sissy
> > > things like automatics here.
> > 
> > I can burn rubber in second gear, with a hopped up 350 V8, in my 1977
> > Chevy pickup, coupled to a good automatic. Somehow, somewhere, all the
> > smog control gadgets disappeared... like magic. Beats me! With the cost
> > of fuel now, I'm afraid to start it. <shrugs> Ric
> 
> So can I in my '65 Chevelle Malibu with a built 350/350. However, down
> shifting for a curve can get dicey due to the lag. Ah for the days when
> I could drive a 4 speed but can't now because I have to wear an
> orthopedic boot on my left leg and can't feel the clutch. *sob* 
> 
> Take a tip: Don't get old. When you hit 60 screw a .45 in your ear and
> let it rip.

You're two years too late. Once I punched past 60, it all fell apart on
me. Too many years of riotous living, I suppose. <cackles> Worked hard,
played hard, it all finally caught up with me. What I really need is for
a bagpiper to wail away in some bar for me to get into a really good
fist-fight and go down bleeding like a true Scot. Beaten, bruised and
passed out. Then I could claim S.S disability and get paid. Gotta find
the silver lining to this cloud. My claim for disability based on
diabetes, blackening toes and blood clots ain't dead enough for 'em.
<chuckles> Ric


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"There are two Great Sins in the world...
..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad.
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