Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 07:54:23 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Charlie Gibbs wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
 

On 2024-11-01, Scott Lurndal <scott@slp53.sl.home> wrote:
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
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On Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:57:35 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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Yes, I recently saw a video of someone on the street in India
rebuilding a starter motor.  Primitive but effective.  Meanwhile,
others in the background were overhauling heavy equipment.
You do what you gotta do.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding_Solo_to_the_Top_of_the_World
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First off, in the US a 350cc bike is considered marginal to ride down
to the Stop'n'Rob for a sixpack. Back in the '90s I have a 400cc
Yamaha Seca I put a lot of miles on both on pavement and on goat
tracks so that's bull.

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A Honda 50 should be good enough for anyone :-).

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I had a Yamaha 80.  I rode it half of everywhere, then put 50 cents'
worth of gas in it and rode the other half.

 
That's when gas was $0.35/gallon, no doubt.
 
And when the only computers were mainframes with 300 baud phone links.

Probably. Filling up one of the bikes which might take 2 or 3 gallons is
less painful at $3.05 than the car. The car usually takes about 8 gallons.
I feel for those people with land whales that are at the pump for 15
minutes.