Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 12:23:07 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <953b4590-d703-cb47-697d-32b34f5c8df1@example.net> References: <1126njll2vjtnlvjhrtme7k7oe3cds496q@4ax.com> <4rm7nj5bp7p6t1uojs6f6sc64netbf1qot@4ax.com> <94kbnjd3ogg051ghlbhj67ds8kf3eorm5a@4ax.com> <9d09fc36-f503-1661-c626-692f7720e545@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="1960354"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:63764 comp.os.linux.advocacy:682754 On Fri, 3 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 1/3/25 7:49 PM, D wrote: >> >> >> On Sat, 3 Jan 2025, rbowman wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 12:30:44 +0100, D wrote: >>> >>>> Reminds me of old Saabs. Those had what you could call a bumper! >>> >>> What era? The only Saab I drove was a girlfriend's. It was a 92 or maybe a >>> 93, I forget which. It did have a bumper of sorts. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagmar_bumper >>> >>> Those were bumpers! >>> >>> Trivia: The Dagmar the bumpers were named after was an actress's stage >>> name that went back to a TV show we alwayes watched, 'Mama', aobut an >>> extended Norwegian family. >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_(American_TV_series) >> >> This is a beautiful bumper: >> >> https://www.startpage.com/av/proxy-image?piurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fe%2Fe5%2FSaab_900_GLE_%282%29_%28crop%29.jpg&sp=1735951735T1b8aa114fd353d88b4d34fd3554f5b9455c5317dadea52d972489e1e4be614a0 >> . >> >> I think there's a sabb with an even wider one, but cannot find it. I saw it >> in a garage many decades ago. > > Old truck I owned, fitted 8x2 'C'-beam as rear bumper. > > A common trick at the time was for perps to fake a > 'rear-end accident' using a stolen car - and when > you got out they'd all jump you. I think someone > tried that on me once ... just left 'em in the road, > barely scratched the paint on the bumper :-) You are a wise man! =)