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: 103376,5ceaa18e60630343,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-18 10:24:00 PST Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ucbvax!NTSC-RD.NAVY.MIL!keeler From: keeler@NTSC-RD.NAVY.MIL ("Larry Keeler") Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Ted's Wheels (was Re: The actual quote ... ) Message-ID: <9303181834.AA17753@ajpo.sei.cmu.edu> Date: 18 Mar 93 18:24:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The Internet Date: 1993-03-18T18:24:00+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. I'm surprised. Ted doesn't really give the impression of being really swift like one would think would be associated with anything related to the fleet footed Mercury of mythology. But then again, I've often thought that Ted was a myth cojured up in Greg's imagination. But I digress. Perhaps, since it has more than one letter in it (i.e., is not C) maybe Ted misspelled the name, and it should really, a Murray bicycle (or trike). This would fit in with the five forward speeds, since Ted seems never able to change directions, but always keeps plowing ahead in his relentless zeal for ... I forget, what is the point of Ted? In case my musings are all wrong, and Ted really does exist, and really does drive a car then please post what state(s) he drives in, so the rest of us can obtain proper insurance. No. No. No. I don't really mean that last paragraph. But I would suggest that Ted check the PCV valve on that Merc. From here it appears that it is jammed and the emissions are smogging up the net. Larry P.S. It is curious that Ted has rebutted (not necessarily succesfully) all responses but quote that dealt with those who fall back on "patriotism."