Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don_from_AZ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT - TV Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:09:47 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 30 Message-ID: <871p9y6ykk.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> References: <118cshs$2v7m0$1@dont-email.me> <119r8k4$3515t$1@dont-email.me> <119tba1$3quvc$1@dont-email.me> <11a38uf$24fks$1@dont-email.me> <11a4u79$2lnse$1@dont-email.me> <11a55g7$2nipf$4@dont-email.me> <11a5at8$2nipf$18@dont-email.me> <11a80sh$3pnm3$4@dont-email.me> <11a90dj$7ae1$1@dont-email.me> <11a9169$73vs$8@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2026 03:09:48 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1446349"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18sR5yvUvtxLt07cg6JPlAxm7TA8OU8tlQ="; posting-host="951a4819ba4cd4bfb5553ba367caa462" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Feiotrb0bR/piAOmcvJRZGdBcUE= sha1:rcJXTV0Bc6neyK6ty8WUSlTWALs= sha256:y1lhAJcwlMgs2ILjhw943ut/H0kqO85v434di6Sa2eM= sha1:EL/FLOPxLdheJriD+uSbzPHkPHM= sha256:Rs1YY4XIPBQFqD1WqgZOcm+CrMuXmMRwitdm+BD+7b0= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93286 rbowman writes: > On Fri, 9 Oct 2026 22:22:56 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote: > >> Coasting on neutral on down slopes is strongly discouraged in driving >> school. Very, very dangerous. > > It wasn't a huge hill but sometimes my father would coast down to see how > far he could get. I spurred him on. It was a rural area with good > visibility so it wasn't dangerous. > > You did not try that in the city unless you were suicidal. It was a steep > drop from the escarpment to the rest of the city lying along the river. > > https://archives.rpi.edu/institute-history/building-histories/approach > > It was falling apart when I was there. The campus itself starts at the > brick building and continues up the hill before flattening out. If you had > classes in West Hall you got your cardio in climbing up to the other > buildings. It was a joy in the winter. When I was at RPI from 1964-1968, I avoided the Approach pretty much all the time, due to its condition, but especially in the winter. I lived in an apartment along River St, but to supplement my scholarship I worked breakfast in the Freshman dining hall on the north side of campus. I usually went up Fulton St and climbed the hill by West Hall to get up to the main part of campus. I remember one winter where I would see the time/temperature display on one of the bank buildings downtown reading -25 F or so every morning for at least a week. Ah, Good Times! -- -Don_from_AZ-