Re: [VERY OT while waiting for Lenny?] reminiscing on old computers
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On 04/10/08 11:32, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 02:17:06AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 04/09/08 23:14, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> I have a 1965 International Harvester (aka Cornbinder) Metro-Mite
>>> delivery truck. It's so cool. Geared so low in first, you could pull
>>> stumps with it...
>> Gee, ya think uber-torque is why they did that?
>
> I don't know why frankly. It was obviously a local delivery vehicle
> and intended to carry some weight. This particular one was originally
> purchased by the USAF and used as a flight-line ambulance. They may
> have had special gearing requirements for it. It has a top end around
*Really* smooth acceleration for critically-wounded patients?
Or really, really, really fat pilots?
> 45 mph, which is fairly in line with flight-line speed limits. I don't even
> bother with first gear because it's just ridiculous. Nothing quite
> like revving that engine all the way and having the little old
> pedestrian lady still beat you around the corner.
>
>> If you've got any pictures of it, throw them on the web. I'd love
>> to see it.
>
> I think I've got some around here. If not I'll snap some and put them
> up.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
We want... a Shrubbery!!
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