Imagine this... You are on a plane, about to take off, and the pilot comes over the PA announcing a delay due to a mechanical problem. He predicts an 8 hour delay while they wait for a qualified mechanic to be flown in to fix the problem...
How would you react if another passenger volunteered to fix the problem?
This is an excerpt from an important article that you should read.
I don’t mean to slight Michael Jackson’s once-formidable talent, nor do I dismiss his troubled personal life. But have we become so frivolous as a nation that any entertainer’s tragic and untimely death warranted more news coverage — day after day after day — than the real issues that will confront each of us now and in the all-too-near future? Apparently so. Most of us know more about the last two days of Jackson’s life than we know about the negotiations in which Washington forced GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy. You certainly know more about Jackson’s death that the names on the list of the 25 individuals who destroyed the world’s financial system. Of course, none of the 25 has died; they still work at the same jobs.
The world record largemouth caught by George Perry has stood for 77 years. A Japanese angler reportedly has tied the record. Manabu Kurita reportedly landed a bass weighing slightly less than 22 pounds, 5 ounces, from Japan’s Lake Biwa. Perry’s record is 22 pounds, 4 ounces.
A very unique perspective. You should read the entire article, but here are some highlights...
"So here goes. It’s terrible. Biblically terrible. Possibly the worst new car money can buy. It’s the first car I’ve ever considered crashing into a tree, on purpose, so I didn’t have to drive it any more."
"And the sound is worse. The Honda’s petrol engine is a much-shaved, built-for-economy, low-friction 1.3 that, at full chat, makes a noise worse than someone else’s crying baby on an airliner. It’s worse than the sound of your parachute failing to open. Really, to get an idea of how awful it is, you’d have to sit a dog on a ham slicer."
"But let me be clear that hybrid cars are designed solely to milk the guilt genes of the smug and the foolish."
"The only hope I have is that there are enough fools and madmen out there who will buy an Insight to look sanctimonious outside the school gates. And that the cash this generates can be used to develop something a bit more constructive."
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Thanks to Eric Bilderbeck, Mary's cousin, for the link!
Imagine this...
A very unique perspective. You should read the entire article, but here are some highlights...
I guess this really addresses the problem of not enough legroom
