Re: GNU

From	rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.usage.english
Subject	Re: GNU
Date	2026-03-31 03:41 +0000
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:42:00 -0400, Tony Cooper wrote:

> I don't know the year of my grandparent's Chrysler, but the third digit
> would have been a 4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacamatic

That was their first attempt. followed by the PrestoiMatic that also had a 
clutch. The PowerFlite was a conventional 2 speed auto, sans clutch.

> It has "suicide" rear doors.  One day, I was in the back seat and the
> door was not fully closed. We were on Fall Creek Parkway going about 30
> mph.  I opened it to slam it shut, and the wind caught it and pulled me
> out.  I landed in the street, rolling, but unhurt.  Luckily,
> there was no one behind us.

Nobody ever fell out but my '62 Lincoln had suicide doors also. I forget 
when they faded out.  Unlike the Chrysler the Lincoln had a hood that 
opened forward and a 430 ci V-8 that filled the engine compartment. By 
comparison the old straight-8 was a dream to work on. 

> Those of us old enough to have had cars with no power steering or
> windows all remember how much effort it took (although the steering
> wheels were larger in those days) to parallel park, and remember almost
> crashing because we leaned over to roll up or down the passenger side
> window and took our eyes off the road.

My mother learned to drive around 1920 and taught her father. After my 
father died she went looking for a new car in the 1970s. I had to convince 
her she could drive an automatic. I had a '73 Mustang that I used for he 
student training. Not only did she discover automatics, but power steering 
and power brakes and it was off to the races. Probably more literally than 
I wanted to know about; she always was a fast driver and settled on a Gold 
Duster.

My 2011 Toyota Yaris had manual windows. I got stopped and the cop walked 
up on the passenger side so I reached over to roll the window down. "I 
didn't know they still made cars with manual windows", he said. Young 
guy. 

It was a courtesy ticket and as he started to walk away he asked as sort 
of an afterthought "Are there any weapons in the vehicle I should know 
about?" "No sir!"  I mean it has Montana plates. I was watching an episode 
of 'Detective Harry Hole' last night that is set in Oslo. Gangs are 
starting to shoot it out with each other and one of the cops says "There 
are getting to be too many guns in Oslo. This isn't Montana." I guess our 
fame has spread.

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