Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Turned in my 1989 Volvo, with well over 400,000 miles, to a charity the other day. Too many parts were becoming unavailable. After the switch to electronics by Volvo, the romance was gone. I did dutifully learn to repair the EFI and other components, and the ohmmeter and I became one. It hasn't been the same as when I just had to replace points and top off the dashpots. In some ways I can empathize with M nostalgia. s. On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:55 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: > 2004 Prius has 76000 > 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager is at 72000 > 1995 GMC Sonoma truck has 73000 > > All run great. > > The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles > > The truck has never been more than 80 miles from Natchitoches, but > it has > delivered thousands of Pizzas. > > Sonny > > > > On 3/12/08, amr3@uwm.edu <amr3@uwm.edu> wrote: >> >> Quoting Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>: >> >>> if we truly >>> cared about the environmental impact of our lives and our stuff - >>> we'd get very serious about how to keep our tools (and vehicles) >>> running and performing for a life time or two. Was a time when a >>> tradesman's tools wore out about the time the tradesman wore out. >> >> ..................................................................... >> ..................................................................... >> .. >> I always keep my cars until they're ready for scrap. Since 1970, >> we've >> had one >> car for 11 years, then one for 17. Now the Prizm is from 1990, >> and the >> Honda >> is a '93, but they've got years to go before I'm ready to get >> anything >> newer. >> >> Same for cameras ;~) >> >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> University Information Technology Services >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> amr3@uwm.edu >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information