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Re: cars and COBOL and tricks

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From	Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com>
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Subject	Re: cars and COBOL and tricks
Date	30 Oct 2022 22:28:09 -0400
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Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> writes:

> Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> > (deleted comp.os.linux.misc)
> > 
> > John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> writes:
> > 
> >> Trimed follow-ups to: comp.os.linux.misc
> >> 
> >>> My car is not new enough for the backup camera but that seems like a
> >>> worthwhile feature.
> >> 
> >> I do not have one either, but as I age, I can see that camera
> >> as being very useful.
> > 
> > Absolutely.  The only reason we got one in my wife's car was we bought
> > off the lot and had no choice.  After roughly a day we realized just how
> > valuable it is.  I keep wondering about retrofitting one to my truck
> > (but none of the retrofits are anywhere near as nice as factory).
> > 
> 
> Having seen one in my daughter’s car I absolutely want one. For better or
> worse the old Honda just keeps ticking at 170,000m+ with very little
> maintenance required, so I’ll just keep waiting.

My wife and I have aftermarket units in her Lexus and my Scion.  Great things.

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Rich Alderson					  news@alderson.users.panix.com
      Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
	  omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
									--Galen

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Re: cars and COBOL and tricks John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.hsd1.ma.comcast.net> - 2022-10-29 17:05 +0000
  Re: cars and COBOL and tricks Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2022-10-29 19:16 -0600
    Re: cars and COBOL and tricks Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2022-10-30 09:43 +0000
    Re: cars and COBOL and tricks Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-10-30 06:57 -0700
      Re: cars and COBOL and tricks Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2022-10-30 22:28 -0400
        Re: cars and COBOL and tricks Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2022-10-31 08:29 -0600
  Re: cars and COBOL and tricks Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2022-10-30 06:14 +0000

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