[NTLK] Delurking and intro

[Bob Carls Dudney]

How about the original model T. It was all about being useful and efficient, had a power take-off so it could perform numerous functions like a tractor on farms and estates. It wasn't loaded with bloatware destroying gas mileage.

It was a tool for the common person, not an over-stuffed Duesenberg nor Rolls for the bloated wealthy.

B

On 20/11/11, Lord Groundhog wrote:                                                                                                                                                                        |
>~~~ On 2011/11/19 23:26, Andrei Chichak at newton at chichak.ca wrote ~~~
>
>>
>> It's like cars, PCs are from Dodge, Macs are from BMW, and HP calculators are
>> from SAAB.
>>
>
>
>Interesting.  So what cars are *n*x-boxes from?  And Amigas?  And our
>beloved Newts?  :-D
>
>FWIW I connect Newtons with my old, stubbornly reliable 1967(?) VW 1600
>Variant squareback -- in all the glory of its perfectly designed,
>impressively compact, 240,000+ miles of stubbornly reliable service.
>(This one isn't mine -- that died long ago -- but it looked like this:
>http://tinyurl.com/co7uop6
> except in dark blue.)
>
>
>But someone here might know a more appropriate car.
>:-)
>
> 
>Shalom.
>Christian
>
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