Climate Change Prediction is bunk...

The Austin America was Britain's revenge for the Revolution. But it was a pioneer in front-wheel-drive transverse engine design.

My flaming red Audi A3 3.2 really kicks butt. My first automatic transmission.

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They're still popular in the US on police vehicles but AFAIK no domestically made cars have them stock anymore, nowadays they're retrofitted during the police-spec/interceptor upgrade process.

That thing was a "hooptie" the day it rolled off the assembly line. ;-)

I don't know. I ignore sports and politics, which are similar scams.

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As far as I know, there are exatcly zero column shifted standard transmission cars being manufactured today.

More accurately, they WERE popular in some states (like Texas) to have the "three on the tree" configuration because the transmission tunnel gets used for other equipment mounting, etc.

Some of the stupid shit that issues forth from your face has to be a scam.

Or the mama monkey dropped you on your head too much.

My God. You imported /that/? I didn't realise you were /that/ undiscriminating! Dreadful things.

I thought the Mini was the real pioneer w.r.t. front-wheel-drive transverse engine design, but then I'm seriously uninterested in cars, provided they Get Me There. Too many wheels, too few wings.

It probably was the Mini, but the AA was the first one that I saw. Fortunately, it wasn't mine.

Cars are a great improvement over covered wagons, or walking in the cold rain.

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oard with AGW. Almost overnight, they did a 180 with no explanation and hav e remained that way ever since.

ticians generally aren't scientists), but rather I suspect they were paid o ff, or wanted to use this issue as a wedge much like abortion or gay marria ge.

rous video clips of these prominent politicians stating global warming is a big issue that must be addressed.

just more handiwork from Republicans to discredit research.

It's a complicated subject, and even minor effects are of considerable econ omic importance.

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If you could think for yourself you'd find that even more amazing. Pity about that.

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And is so great to have Amazon/Google/Apple listening to every word said in your home.

If I were to let something like that into my house, I should be committed. Voice assistants on phones remain off.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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That explains a lot.

Yeah, big move up.

In the '70s, I was following a small car with a red and yellow "Explosives" decal on the back. I thought to myself what an odd vehicle to carry dynamite in. ...then the light went on and I burst out laughing. No one else in the car thought it was that funny, though.

A PRNDL or three-on-the-tree? I have one of the former, now (F150).

The car I learned on was a '64 Ford Custom 200 straight six, with a three-on-the-tree. Hard car to drive. The clutch was *really* sensitive. My first car was a '70 Gremlin. The most appropriately named car in history.

I've only ever driven one three-on-the-tree--it was a 1960s Fargo van that a friend of my future wife lent her for a move in 1982ish. Fairly ghastly, but fun for an afternoon.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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Dr Philip C D Hobbs 
Principal Consultant 
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics 
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics 
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510 

http://electrooptical.net 
https://hobbs-eo.com

1984's Big Brother (sister?) is here and folks are inviting it into their homes and pockets!

John :-#(#

I am sure you have already considered this, but think about the fact that this device is nothing more than a cell phone or hooks to the net thru your connections. It is dedicated to listening and responding.

Your phone is no different and could be and could have been listening this entire time. It did not require a hard installed dedicated applet to do it, just a few NSA 'plug-ins', courtesy of your friends at Google, Apple, etc.

What's so amazing about it? Are you doing acid now??

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Aw honey

I drove an original Beetle one time, hard to believe anyone ever daily drove them at all much less sold millions. It felt like one of those half-scale amusement park rides for kids you drive around a track with a rail in the center at Busch Gardens, not a real car.

The Pinto was apparently pretty reliable but I don't recall exactly how long they had it and they don't either. The next grocery-getter I remember my family owning was some kind of Dodge K-car station wagon in the late 1980s, like a Dodge Aries or Plymouth Reliant or something eh they were all the same car pretty much. Pretty sure I recall them looking at one of the "Dustbuster" minivans at some point but that never happened, yeesh.