Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Small Practical Usenet-Related Question - Keep Thunderbird From Dropping Out Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:48:07 +0100 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <10p8v64$1vi0v$12@dont-email.me> <10pa24l$2dmau$1@dont-email.me> <10pa8a9$2fkq9$4@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net FsLWOZZ/DiirsPafsj7xnA6/K047enS06QCW44lcANnzmLCwhE X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:eqqMEhmdaSIfCJab+HnHQ2L8aUI= sha256:EhQS6+NMo+b2e/SQkx+6lFuw/62cFUGzoH9oSN7Gr+4= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10pa8a9$2fkq9$4@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:83227 On 2026-03-17 01:47, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:02:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> Rumour had it that the Pinto's gas tank would explode if rear-ended >> ... > > No rumour. There was an actual lawsuit against Ford (which the victim > won). Among the evidence that was uncovered, it was revealed that > Ford’s executives knew there was a likelihood of a rear-end crash that > could cause a fire leading to serious injury or death, but they > calculated that the expected cost of the lawsuits would be less than > the actual cost of fixing the problem. > > The jury did not look kindly on that. > > Also a running gag . Who did that gag? :-D -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;