Subject: Re: TAN: (Unbelieveably TAN) Vehicles From: Jeff Huo Organization: Denizens of the Wolverine White Coat Ghetto Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan Lurker Below wrote: > On 28 Mar 2000 22:51:59 GMT, mkozlows@guy.ssc.wisc.edu (Mike > Kozlowski) wrote: > > >In article <38E13640.40E6@mindspring.com>, > >Marc Sanders wrote: > > >>Mike Kozlowski wrote: > > >>> And when manuals are offered, they're typically unpopular. Even BMW, > >>> much beloved by the sort of people who like manual transmissions, > >>> sells the overwhelming majority of its cars with automatics. > > >>It's probably due (in part) to the tremendous increase of people with > >>cell phones. They need a free hand to use them, instead of shifting > >>gears. > > >Cell phones and anything else. Ever try to eat while driving a manual? > > Hell, I used to eat driving a Tractor-Trailer - with 9 forward gears > (and 2 reverse). Hm...that could be bad.... :-) --- "And here's a picture from when I was in the Navy." "Daddy, you're standing in front of your submarine?" "Yep!" "And what the big number pained on the side?" "That's the number of the sub." "And what are the little red ships painted next to the number?" "Each one is one ship that we destroyed with our sub." "How come some of the ships are bigger than other ships?" "The big ships stand for ten ships, and the little ships are one." "So you wrecked a lot of ships in the war?" "Yep!" "Wow...." "And here's a picture from when I was a truck driver!" "Daddy, that's your truck?" "Yep!" "And the big number painted on the door?" "That's the number of the rig." "And the cars painted next to the number?" < pause > "Um....honey...sometimes Daddy has accidents while eating in his rig." "Wow, Daddy, there are lots of big cars and little cars..." "Uh...honey..." "...and lots of big school buses, too...." "Well, er, um..." "...are those cows? How come there's _three_ different sizes of cows?" "Ah..." "Daddy, is that a little airplane painted on the side?" "Erg...." "Daddy, how come there are a group of nuns painted on the side of your truck?" "...arg..." "Daddy, is that a windmill?" "......" "Wow, look at that big sign on the back of your truck! What does it say? 'How's...my...dri-ving...Call... 1-800...E...A...T...S...H...I...--- "...er, Honey, maybe we should look at another page." "Daddy, how come Mommy always drives everywhere?" .... -Jeff -- Jeff Huo | jeff@starfall.com.nospam (remove nospam) U. Michigan Med | http://www.starfall.com/~jeff New to the group? Welcome! Please read http://www.landfield.com/faqs/sf/robert-jordan-faq/ http://www.starfall.com/~jeff/rasfwrjians2.html