From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8264dac98bc604d8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-14 13:33:38 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman) Subject: Re: The actual quote from the Post AAS article Message-ID: <1993Mar14.003649.24085@seas.gwu.edu> Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu Organization: George Washington University References: <1no3fbINN3h7@umbc4.umbc.edu*<1993Mar12.232510.7619@seas.gwu.edu> <343@fedfil.UUCP> Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1993 00:36:49 GMT Date: 1993-03-14T00:36:49+00:00 List-Id: In article <343@fedfil.UUCP> news@fedfil.UUCP (news) writes: > >Try a 1986 Merkur, 5 forward speeds plus turbocharger. I avoid Japanese >cars out of patriotism, GM cars out of a normal instinct for survival. And >when the ultimate total collapse of Ada air-traffic control grounds you, >I'll still be up there, safe from the clutches of the FAA. > Hmmm. Which country do you live in, Ted? Not the US, I presume. It's patriotic to drive a German car but not a Japanese one, eh? For which land are you a patriot? RE: air traffic control: Ted, which countries will you fly into, out of, or over? Every one of them either is running on Ada now, or will be very shortly. Even Germany. (Can't speak for Japan - dunno.) Mike