Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,alt.comp.os.windows-10,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.tech.broadcast Subject: Re: OT - TV Date: 14 Oct 2026 19:16:29 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <118cshs$2v7m0$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> <11abmhd$164sk$2@dont-email.me> <11afnkn$2hgt3$1@dont-email.me> <11ag4nq$2m7ll$9@dont-email.me> <6l4tpmx2b5.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <11ah3ja$32r3i$1@dont-email.me> <11aiacn$3ehmq$6@dont-email.me> <11aj5b9$3qln8$1@dont-email.me> <11ajtrn$3qub$1@dont-email.me> <11al3g3$fb53$3@dont-email.me> <11alr4b$p00g$2@dont-email.me> <11anlrc$1cu2q$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net iV5M3kzHUPaEAPNisHYKNwke4+Lll9/cxy+7Ipu45hScqyYwUG Cancel-Lock: sha1:AOak+r1XwS0C+JvoLY/y4UsL0xU= sha256:eYBOgqDN05I3K/NZF9ycVLL2EIjx+RsIRC6TPHtF4Tk= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:36306 alt.comp.os.windows-10:197023 comp.os.linux.advocacy:724163 comp.os.linux.misc:93711 uk.tech.broadcast:70962 On Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:34:20 +0100, Max Demian wrote: > It's for people who thing that clutch control/gear changing is the most > difficult part of driving, when it's just a mechanical/muscular process > that, once learnt is never forgotten, whereas the difficult part of > driving is working out what other road users are doing and avoiding > crashing into people/vehicles/objects. A Volvo White truck I drove had a 9 speed overdrive transmission. The basic shift pattern was 1 2 3 4 I put over 100,000 on that truck and still would blow shifts if I wasn't paying attention. Muscle memory isn't always a good thing.