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Re: what is this folow up thingy?
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Wed, 28 Oct 1998 06:13:04 GMT
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On topic bit: I agree with Mike. Asking stupid questions is better than
making stupid mistakes, but it's better still to avoid both. And research
is easy on the Internet (or I want my money back ;)
Linc Smith <ldsmith@pfc.forestry.ca> wrote
> Why shouldn't everybody know about car repair? Do you have
> some "strange sort of pride in" your lack of car repair knowledge?
Yes, definitely. I've never owned one and possibly never will. I'm a
passenger infrequently, drive rarely (once a year?) and it's more than a
year since I travelled more that 100 miles in one. What would be the
point in me knowing how to fix a car? I consider them morally
unjustifiable for most people and classic symptoms of the waster years
we're in.
All knowledge is not of equal value. I mean, do you know how to perform
an emergency tracheotomy? You could save save someone's life with that
knowledge.
> Now, I *know* that you can pay someone to change your oil or adjust your
> brakes, and if you did this it would be easier for me (given that my help is
> the alternative) and this would make you completely self-sufficient.
Except for the bit about needing to know how to reset the engine
electronics, rebuild a catalytic converter and perhaps refill the
windscreen washer reservoir.
As it happens, I have been taught the rudiments by an ex-girlfriend and
can do things like change a tire or check the oil (if I have to).
Moz
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| Moz, Did you read this one? (URL) . You have quoted only the car analogy bits that lead up to the main points in the paragraphs, and left out my thesis. I have the feeling that you were just responding to some of the examples I used, and not (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Mike, I keep waiting for you back down a bit from this stance, but wow! I feel it comes down to this... if I were your friend, and you asked, I wouldn't mind helping you with your car. I wouldn't think you any (...) (26 years ago, 26-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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