Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 1/2/25 10:05 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Fri, 3 Jan 2025 01:46:39 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote:
 

Ahh, the days of the 5mph bumper: DoT regulatiuons required that new
cars must have bumpers that would allow a 5 mph hit without structural
damage to the car. Carter years?

 Can't blame Jimmy for that one. It all started in '71, so Nixon years.
 

Then came the new car designs with crumple zones, and that was the end
of that.

 A kid with a plow on his pickup made an illegal left turn and hit my
Toyota. Neither of us were doing much more than 20 mph. No injuries, no
air bags, and since I was only a mile and a half from home I drove the car
back telling the cop to call off the wrecker.
 When the guy from the auto body place selected by the insurance company
came to pick it up, he took a quick look and said 'totaled'. I thought it
was mostly plastic cosmetics but the frame had crumbled.

   Find an old International Harvester truck ... SOLID
   steel all through. Parts may be tricky though ...