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mvpel
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response 75 of 111:
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Jul 16 18:10 UTC 2003 |
Check out this article:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33569
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russ
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response 76 of 111:
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Jul 17 11:57 UTC 2003 |
Mike, World Net Daily is hardly accurate or well-balanced, and
I speak as someone who sympathizes with some of their goals.
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mvpel
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response 77 of 111:
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Jul 17 18:47 UTC 2003 |
I think I must have posted that in the wrong item, sorry folks.
Re: 76 - and your standard for accurate, well-balanced reporting is what, the
New York Times, maybe? :-D
Re: 17 - this is precisely the result of ignoring the 85th percentile speed
as the standard for setting speed limits. If you set the limit at that rate,
the vast majority of people driving on the road will be comfortable with the
speed.
The 55mph speed limit, by cementing it in the minds of motorists that speed
limits have nothing to do with reasonable, safe speeds under normal road
conditions, has arguably done more to damage highway safety than to support
it.
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rcurl
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response 78 of 111:
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Jul 17 21:25 UTC 2003 |
The 55 limit was implemented to save fuel. Of course, saving fuel wasn't
a primary concern of most of the public.
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mvpel
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response 79 of 111:
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Jul 17 23:42 UTC 2003 |
It was kept for as long as it was because of "safety" concerns.
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rcurl
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response 80 of 111:
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Jul 18 00:38 UTC 2003 |
That came after. But it was safer - except when people disobeyed it, which
became more and more frequent. I agree it wasn't enforceable once fuel
became more abundant and people became richer and when laws are not
enforceable it is time to consider changing them. After all, laws are made
by people.
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russ
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response 81 of 111:
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Jul 18 02:01 UTC 2003 |
Re #77: Accurate, yes. Well-balanced, no; I have serious issues
with the editorial positions and the obvious omissions in many of
the stories. But that doesn't mean WND is better just because
they're opposed.
Re #78: Raising fuel taxes would have; people care when it hits
them in the wallet. Look what cigarette taxes have done for smoking.
Unfortunately pols tried to do this "painlessly", and pain (or
necessity in some other form) is the only thing that gets many
people to change their habits. "First you gotta get his attention."
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lynne
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response 82 of 111:
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Jul 19 23:09 UTC 2003 |
heh. fuel economy? i realize that the 55 mph fuel-economy argument is from
a previous generation, so to speak, but the idea of fuel economy being a
concern in today's SUV-happy climate...well. Until I noticed it was rane
posting in #78, I thought that was tongue in cheek.
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rcurl
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response 83 of 111:
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Jul 20 19:21 UTC 2003 |
Sorry - I didn't think that some would not be able to translate the expression
"fuel economy".
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russ
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response 84 of 111:
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Jul 23 03:06 UTC 2003 |
Re #82: It may be a joke to today's average driver, but it's not a
joke to most environmentalists; the president of the American Solar
Energy Society has words about the subject in the latest issue of
_Solar Today_. Some people are trying to do something about it;
today I discovered calcars.org, which I hope to be able to peruse
more thoroughly to find more food for thought.
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lynne
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response 85 of 111:
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Jul 23 20:08 UTC 2003 |
<for the record, I am not among the SUV-happy hordes. I drive a stick shift
station wagon--uncoolest of the uncool, but with great gas mileage and an
amazing amount of interior space.>
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rcurl
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response 86 of 111:
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Jul 23 23:43 UTC 2003 |
(That describes my car too.)
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jiffer
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response 87 of 111:
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Jul 24 02:26 UTC 2003 |
I drive a 97 Geo Metro... i can still speed in my wonderful hawaiian themed
death mobile.
./
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gull
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response 88 of 111:
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Jul 24 19:41 UTC 2003 |
Alas, stick-shifts are getting hard to find. Especially in wagons.
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slynne
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response 89 of 111:
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Jul 24 20:04 UTC 2003 |
I love stick-shifts and I want my next car to be a wagon. I will find a
wagon with a stick shift!
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lynne
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response 90 of 111:
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Jul 24 20:11 UTC 2003 |
That was sort of a nice side effect of only being able to afford a fairly
old car--made it easier to find a stick shift.
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glenda
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response 91 of 111:
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Jul 24 20:23 UTC 2003 |
We have a Saturn wagon with a stick shift.
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rcurl
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response 92 of 111:
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Jul 25 00:24 UTC 2003 |
Subarus can be obtained with stick shift. I drive a Subaru Legacy wagon
with stick. (Our daughter, who is at college with another Subaru wagon
with stick shift found it helped in politely turning down requests to
borrow her car: Q: "May I borrow your car?" A: "Sure - but it has a stick
shift." R: "Oh - well, thanks anyway.....")
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lynne
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response 93 of 111:
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Jul 25 23:02 UTC 2003 |
My parents have a Subaru manual wagon precisely because it was about all
they could find with a stick shift. I think it's ridiculously uncomfortable
to drive; my mother hates driving it and riding in it, and my brother agrees
with both of us. Luckily we all have our own (non-Subaru) cars. Mine is
a '91 Corolla wagon, which is perfect for me. I think I'm going to take it
with me when I move to California--although it's likely that I will use
one of my boyfriend's (stick shift but non-wagon) cars on a daily basis,
it'll be useful for transporting large objects and taking the as-yet
hypothetical puppy places.
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dcat
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response 94 of 111:
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Jul 25 23:53 UTC 2003 |
Part of the reason I don't have a licence yet is because my father wanted to
teach me to drive a stick, and give me his previous car, an '88 Honda Civic.
But the Civic hasn't been driven in two years, since he got the car he has
now, and nobody really knows if it works. Nor does anyone have time to find
out, apparently.
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scg
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response 95 of 111:
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Jul 26 00:29 UTC 2003 |
I prefer driving sticks over automatics, but I'm just as glad to have learned
to drive on an automatic first. Finguring out the mechanics of a stick shift
at the same time as figuring out how not to run into things strikes me as a
lot to keep track of.
What part of California are you moving to, Carolyn?
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lynne
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response 96 of 111:
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Jul 28 01:15 UTC 2003 |
re 95: Malibu. :)
re 94: A car that hasn't been driven in two years will have a dead battery
at the very least.
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dcat
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response 97 of 111:
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Jul 28 01:21 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, well, as I've just received the bill for school for next year --- $4800,
or about ten times what the gov't said we could be reasonably expected to
pay--- it's going to be a while before it's really much of a concern :-\
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bru
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response 98 of 111:
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Jul 28 02:06 UTC 2003 |
also there is a good chance the breakes are shot, the calipers rusted
together, and the rotore seriously rusted.
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albaugh
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response 99 of 111:
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Aug 1 17:57 UTC 2003 |
If you like driving a stick shift, you would like living / driving in the
Philippines, where most of the vehicles are stick shift (standard, i.e. not
automatic, transmission), and most of them use diesel fuel.
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