On 3 Dec 2009 10:55:03 -0800, shmuel+ibm-m...@patriot.net (Shmuel Metz , Seymour J.) wrote:
>>This is kind of wishing we could work on our cars the same way as we >>worked on the 1958 Chevy. > >That's one kind of complaint. Another kind is to wish that they designed >cars to last as long as they used to. Back when it was news when cars lasted a couple of hundred thousand miles. >>but our cars are better now. > >Are they? They're not designed to the same engineering standards, and in >some cases safety has been compromised in the name of convenience, e.g., >replacing sturdy seat belts with dangerous air bags. Huh? The 1958 Chevy didn't have seatbelts, today's cars do. And it is no longer though of as odd at all when a car goes a couple of hundred thousand miles. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
