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Re: Way Back When

From	Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Way Back When
Date	2018-11-05 11:47 -0800
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<prq6oj$gi$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)
References	<021120181121292358%star@sky.net> <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-u7sHhJvBhewG@localhost> <prq6fk$1vng$1@gioia.aioe.org>

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On 2018-11-05 11:42 AM, Your Name wrote:
> On 2018-11-05 19:07:41 +0000, John Varela said:
>> On Mon, 5 Nov 2018 05:13:45 UTC, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
>> wrote:
>>> On 2018-11-05 03:13:18 +0000, John Varela said:
>>>> On Sat, 3 Nov 2018 21:41:15 UTC, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-6Fd5ZtZ5ez1z@localhost>, John Varela
>>>>> <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bought a new car recently? Mine came with 780 semi-mouse print pages
>>>>>>> spread among 5 volumes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good effin' luck trying to find how to turn dozens of electronic
>>>>>>> features on, off or calibrate them; when to change the oil; how to
>>>>>>> change the clock tor daylight saving; program the radio or link 
>>>>>>> up your
>>>>>>> phone, etc., etc....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Subaru presents one manual for each model.  It covers every trim
>>>>>> line and optional feature.  For something as simple as resetting the
>>>>>> clock there will be instructions for several different versions,
>>>>>> each qualified "(if equipped)".  We go off of Daylight Savings Time
>>>>>> tomorrow morning, and I am going to have to look it up yet again.
>>>>>
>>>>> that's incredibly poorly design.
>>>>
>>>> Sure enough, I had to look it up again in the manual.  The index has
>>>> an entry for "clock" so I went to page 3-35 as instructed.  It turns
>>>> out that the instructions for this car are described under the
>>>> multi-function display, on page 3-49.
>>>
>>> Ahhh, the joys of technology for the sake of it.
>>>
>>> The digital clock on my car is in the middle of the driver's instrument
>>> cluster (between the speedo and rev counter dials. To change it you
>>> simply reach through the steering wheel to turn a small knob clockwise
>>> or counter-clockwise to adjust it, keep holding it in that direction
>>> and the time ticks up / down by 1 minute until you let go.  :-)  I
>>> don't think the car's radio / cassette player (yes a cassette tape
>>> system) has a clock - it displays the radio frequency.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if my mother's much newer car adjusted the time itself or
>>> if she had to do it via the touchscreen menu system of her car's
>>> infotainment screen.
>>
>> The Subaru is my wife's car and if she had to reset the clock
>> herself it would never happen.  This year I wised up and annotated
>> the index with the desired page number and also dog-eared that page.
>>
>> My car is similar to yours, in having a real clock, not one built
>> into a multi-function display.  My clock has an analog dial placed
>> smack in the middle of the dashboard, with two buttons: one to
>> advance the hands and one to reverse them.
> 
> I dislike analogue clocks, even worse when they're in a car ... you 
> meant to be driving, not spending "10 minutes" trying to figure out 
> where the big hand and little hand are pointing. Digital clocks are much 
> easier and quicker to read.  :-)
> 
> 
> 

Please tell me the smiley means you're kidding.

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  Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-02 09:06 -0700
    Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-03 21:00 +0000
      Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-03 21:17 +0000
        Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-03 15:29 -0700
          Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-03 22:55 +0000
            Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-03 18:15 -0700
              Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-04 08:47 +0000
                Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-04 12:55 -0500
                [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 08:12 +0000
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 01:45 -0800
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 13:42 +0000
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 07:31 -0800
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 17:47 +0000
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 12:14 -0800
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-05 20:46 +0000
  Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-03 09:28 +1300
    Re: Way Back When Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-11-02 18:35 -0400
      Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-03 21:06 +0000
        Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-03 17:41 -0400
          Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-05 03:13 +0000
            Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-05 18:13 +1300
              Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-05 19:07 +0000
                Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 08:42 +1300
                Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 11:47 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 09:18 +1300
                Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 12:37 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 15:15 +1300
                Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 21:12 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-06 18:13 +1300
                Re: Way Back When Alan Baker <nunya@ness.biz> - 2018-11-05 21:26 -0800
                Re: Way Back When John <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-11-05 18:47 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-06 10:16 +0000
                Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-06 08:12 -0500
                Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-05 15:44 -0400
                Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-06 14:57 +0000
                [OT] Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-06 15:10 +0000
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-07 16:27 -0500
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 14:15 +1300
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2018-11-07 18:16 -0800
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-07 22:52 -0500
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-07 21:22 -0800
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 18:28 +1300
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 00:33 -0400
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-08 02:48 -0500
                Re: [OT] Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 18:26 +1300
                Re: Way Back When Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-07 08:41 -0800
                Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-07 18:38 +0000
                Re: Way Back When Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2018-11-07 15:41 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-08 10:26 +1300
                Re: Way Back When snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2018-11-07 22:10 +0000
                Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-08 07:06 +0000
                Re: Way Back When Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-09 19:13 -0500
                Re: Way Back When nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-05 14:55 -0400
                Re: Way Back When Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-11-05 15:48 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-06 10:14 +0000
                Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-06 08:22 -0500
                Re: Way Back When Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-06 07:02 -0800
                Re: Way Back When Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-06 13:54 -0500
                Re: Way Back When Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-07 09:26 +0000
                Re: Way Back When Elden <usenet@moondog.org> - 2018-11-07 05:34 -0800
                Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-06 15:41 +0000
        Re: Way Back When Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-04 14:28 +1300
    Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-04 14:01 -0500
      Re: Way Back When Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-04 17:00 -0500
        Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-05 08:44 -0500
  Re: Way Back When Supermarine Spitfire <spitfire@spitfireflyinghigh.com> - 2018-11-02 20:32 +0000
  Re: Way Back When Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-04 16:55 -0500
    Re: Way Back When J Burns <burns@nospam.com> - 2018-11-05 09:18 -0500
      Re: Way Back When Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-11-05 07:33 -0800
        Re: Way Back When "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-05 19:41 +0000
    Re: Way Back When Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-06 15:44 -0500

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