Suzuki Samurai was Re: [geeks] SPARC proprietary (waaaay

[Michael Schiller]

On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 09:37  PM, Kurt Huhn wrote:

> Nope 32 this year.  I've had loads of 1000-mile days - which is nowhere
> near as difficult as it sounds.  It's actually pretty fun.  You get to
> see a whole bunch of country that way.  It's relaxing too.  Just you,
> the truck, the road, and your collection of cassettes.  Or, in some
> cases, you, the road, and your motorcycle - which is *far* more fun.

It must be an age thing, when I was 32 I thought nothing of driving a 
1000 mile day! Now at 44 I look at 500 miles as a long trip! But then 
of course, one of my most often used lines these days is from Danny 
Glover in the original Lethal Weapon "I'm too old for this shit"

>> I did not say it wasn't possible, i am just saying that 1.5 million
>> miles is very very very very unlikely unles a) one is pretty old, or
>> b) one is a professional truck driver of sorts.
>
> Bingo, on "b)".  Not any more, but I still love driving and riding.  A
> 700 mile day is nothing.  400 miles can be done before lunch.

While I'm starting to approach A most of my miles (and I'm pretty sure 
I've got over a million miles under my belt) were from C) Cab driver. 
back in the day I had lots of 700 mile days, although 250-300 were more 
the normal day
>
> Mother of Pearl!!  Don't ever refer to me as "Mr. Huhn", please!  Mr.
> Huhn is my dad.  If you must use the "Mr" salutation, please follow it
> with "Attitude Problem".

And being called Sir is almost as bad! (unless you're in England, and 
it's an official title!)
>
> I never disparaged you or your driving or said you lived in a small
> world (or made that type of suggestion).  All I said was that, due to
> extenuating circumstances, you cannot always keep a big enough space
> cushion.  Some folks, though, would rather quote road code and distill
> things into what is in the Driver's Education handbook than consider 
> the
> miles of "what if" in between the obviously right and the patently
> wrong.

So true. Anyone who tries to keep a 'proper' following distance on any 
of the NYC highways would have to be driving in reverse! Of course back 
in my younger days (back in 1980 when I lived in Manhattan for a year) 
one of the things I used to love doing with one of my neighbors was to 
race from harlem to battery park all on local roads (no highways), 
something that no sane person should try :)

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