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Sam Powell
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Joined: 04 Jun 2006
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Location: Gaithersburg MD
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(Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:33 am)
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| Dart270 wrote: | Too bad we can't settle on one simple metric unit for everything.
Lou |
Agreed. When I was a kid, and that has been awhile now, they told us eventually ALL measuring in the US was going to be metric. Guess what. We are still waiting. It is hard to get everyone in any group to agree to anything completely, much less get groups to agree with each other. Complacency. Not invented here. Ego attachment. Unwillingness to retool. Conviction of superiority. ETC, ETC, ETC. So there you are. Fortunately the internet does offer some handy conversions, if you know what the acronyms stand for.
Sam_________________ A REAL professional is someone who knows when to hit it with a bigger hammer.
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Dart270
Board Sponsor & Moderator
Joined: 21 Oct 2002
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Location: Blacksburg, VA
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(Mon Aug 22, 2011 12:36 pm)
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I'm sure you are as frustrated as I am. The world is simply leaving us behind, and will continue to do so...
Lou
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Sam Powell
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Location: Gaithersburg MD
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(Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:32 am)
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| Dart270 wrote: | I'm sure you are as frustrated as I am. The world is simply leaving us behind, and will continue to do so...
Lou |
You are absolutely correct. I think one of the keys to staying young is to TRY (at least) to stay with current technology and social trends. And this is even if you don't necessarily like the new trend. My father in law, before he died at age 92 could not make a phone call, change the channel on the TV or use the microwave. He rejected all new technology as unessential, and a nuisance. Eventually he was all alone, and completely incompetent.
This is one of the reasons I am fooling around with EFI. It is a small thing, but one step towards staying relevant in a changing world. Am I in over my head? Yeah. Kind of. But at least I can doggie paddle. Thanks to you guys for trying to drag me kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
Sam_________________ A REAL professional is someone who knows when to hit it with a bigger hammer.
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GunPilot
SL6 Racer & Moderator
Joined: 06 Nov 2002
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Location: Casa Grande, AZ
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(Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:32 pm)
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There is probably a Discovery Channel documentary program contained in your post above Sam.
I had to chuckle when I read about the microwave. We got a microwave in the mid-eighties. By my old man's reaction you'd have thought we had installed a nucler reactor in the house. He would not even approach it. I still think about that today when I press 1-3-0-start on ours._________________ It's a Slant thing. Even I don't understand.
1974 Duster, EFI /6 soon to be turbo...
Get that Monkay! Get that nasty thing!!
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olafla
Turbo EFI
Joined: 17 Jan 2006
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Location: Oslo, Norway
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(Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:19 pm)
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| Sam wrote: | Thanks to you guys for trying to drag me kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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Lots of screaming and kicking old geezers here already, it would be a loud but lonely place without you... 
Olaf.
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Sam Powell
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Location: Gaithersburg MD
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(Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:00 pm)
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| olafla wrote: | | Sam wrote: | Thanks to you guys for trying to drag me kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
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Lots of screaming and kicking old geezers here already, it would be a loud but lonely place without you...
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Thanks. That means a lot.
Sam_________________ A REAL professional is someone who knows when to hit it with a bigger hammer.
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