Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: OT - TV Date: 15 Oct 2026 01:33:36 GMT Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <118cshs$2v7m0$1@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$2@dont-email.me> <3lb2qmx0jv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <11am01r$r69f$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net y9xp1bZ+Yl0F9+7bLOk7xQXPdckmEzX9Kj5arvJPV3EPhSvpsf Cancel-Lock: sha1:6gufnxFGLptfifU3JDlG13mG8oM= sha256:mrHI8ACxj/Ogg5jGQADUbCmr2Z5c5UTn79+4Ss1QJy8= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:93729 On 14 Oct 2026 22:44:21 GMT, Robert Riches wrote: > There's an apocryphal story from the time when time-delay headlights > were very new and only a few vehicles had them. The story goes that a > man drove his Cadillac to a restaurant and parked it. As he was walking > toward the restaurant, someone told him his headlights were still on. > He had measured the delay and was perhaps counting down the time. He > acknowledged the "helpful" other person, turned around, and pointed a > finger at the car, just in time for the lights to turn off. The story > does not mention him being charged with impersonating a magician. The previous Toyota had daylight running lights. I had helpful people tell me the tail lights were broken when they saw the headlights were on. One of the not so helpful people was a cop that pulled me over. I'd left work at dusk and the drls were bright enough that I didn't think to turn the real headlights on. The cop was skeptical until I demonstrated I did indeed have working tailights when I turned the headlights on. This one has a drl position on the stalk but it's optional.