On 9/28/06, keith_w <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why IS that, Frank? > Other than the fact that one recently laid you up fairly well, that is! >
Nah, that's got nothing to do with it, Keith. Besides (hard to believe) it's been a year now! The accident was Oct 6, 2005. In all seriousness, I have nothing against cars. Well, not much, anyway. In fact, I rather appreciate them from time to time. One day, if I ever make enough money, I'd love to buy an old English sports car to take out on lovely sunny summer afternoons. My all time fave would be the Austin Healey Bugeye (Frogeye to you Brits) Sprite. I'd also like a Mazda Miata as a backup, for when the Sprite's in the shop (or as a friend of mine who used to own a Big Healey called it: "Healey Camp"). I actually go places from time to time in cars owned by friends and relatives. What I'm against the the needless use of cars. Daily commutes when transit's available. Those 5 block drives to the corner store to buy beer. We have to understand that cars are bad for the environment. Because each individual car doesn't appear to do much harm, it's all to easy to say, "Oh well, this one little trip won't make a difference." - but when hundreds of millions of drivers each day say that, the affects are huge. Anyway, I don't mean to prosteletyze (but I guess I am). I'm not anti-car, I'm pro "alternative transportation" (although perhaps we should stop thinking of walking, mass transit and cycling as "alternatives" - maybe motor vehicles should be the alternatives). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
