[DeTomaso] Computers....past and present

gow2 at rc-tech.net gow2 at rc-tech.net
Sun Jan 27 17:46:38 EST 2013


How about some of these:

http://www.rc-tech.net/cars2/old/olds.jpg



> Well, we are a narrow gauge town . . .
> http://www.durangotrain.com/
>
> BTW, want a comparison between old and new?  I was out at the fabricators
> and he was working on old Alma Smith's Model A  . . .which I ended up
> driving on the road test.  Just a little different than a Pantera!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
> To: "David in Durango" <adin at frontier.net>
> Cc: <gow2 at rc-tech.net>; <michael at michaelshortt.com>; <detomaso at poca.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Computers....past and present
>
>
>> HA, HA, I probably won't be good at it.
>>
>> The booster rocket had to travel by rail through the mountains. The
>> mountain included a tunnel. The hole in the tunnel derived by the width
>> of
>> a train. The train derived from the width of train tracks. Train tracks
>> derived from the width of the track on horse and buggy. The width of
>> horse
>> and buggy derived from putting the wheel between the legs of a horse.
>> This
>> determined by the width of a horses ass whcih goes all the way back to
>> Roman Chariots.
>>
>> BTW did you know horse and buggy as well as train tracks and cars
>> originally came in two widths based on the width of the tracks in your
>> area.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The width of a roman horse's ass.
>>>
>>> You can tell the story!
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
>>> To: <michael at michaelshortt.com>
>>> Cc: "David Adin" <adin at frontier.net>; <detomaso at poca.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 2:47 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Computers....past and present
>>>
>>>
>>>> Seems like technology slows it down some times.
>>>>
>>>> Question about new and old:
>>>>
>>>> What ultimately limited the size of the space shuttle booster rockets?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have read several times in the past that since 1900, we have
>>>>> doubled
>>>>> all
>>>>> technology every ten years from the previous ten years.
>>>>> I find it amazing when visiting old buildings like Biltmore House,
>>>>> Empire
>>>>> State Building, etc. that they could do that and yet didn't have a
>>>>> single
>>>>> power tool, a computer, etc.
>>>>> I go to car shows and look at early cars with workmanship not offered
>>>>> today
>>>>> and then also scratch my head at how complicated they made some
>>>>> things
>>>>> that
>>>>> didn't need to be when something much simpler would have worked. Look
>>>>> at
>>>>> early torsion bar suspensions and just think, HELLO.
>>>>> Didn't you guys have coil springs? To me, disk brakes seem far
>>>>> simpler
>>>>> than
>>>>> drum brakes...what about simple things like wipers, rear view
>>>>> mirrors,
>>>>> seat
>>>>> belts...they seem so obvious now. Racing caused those innovations,
>>>>> just
>>>>> seems like they would have been come much sooner.
>>>>> We had electric windows, automatic dimmers and air conditioning in
>>>>> cars
>>>>> before even the most rudimentry ABS.
>>>>>
>>>>> Michael
>>>>>  On Jan 27, 2013 4:19 PM, "David" <adin at frontier.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Absolutely, think about this: my grandfather lived in a world where
>>>>>> an
>>>>>> airplane coming to town was a huge event. And old Pete saw man walk
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> moon!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my little hand held gizmo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jan 27, 2013, at 2:01 PM, gow2 at rc-tech.net wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > I think the past 150 years are the most amazing years this world
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> ever
>>>>>> > see. We have lived in one of the most amazing times and I believe
>>>>>> few
>>>>>> > recognize or understand the implication. Look at the life before
>>>>>> 1900
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> > after the year 2000. Look at the change in between. Horse and
>>>>>> buggy
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> > cars with internet.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I look back and see that my grandfather, who is still very much
>>>>>> alive
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> > my mind very likely could have known people who would have known
>>>>>> Lincoln.
>>>>>> > Grew up with no cars, sporadic electricity, dirt roads, etc.
>>>>>> Children
>>>>>> now
>>>>>> > don't even know what a rotary telephone is any more.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I fear however, the fall of Rome coming. Our government and world
>>>>>> > governments have become so large, consuming and self serving I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> see
>>>>>> > how our children and their children will ever see the freedoms we
>>>>>> had.
>>>>>> 2
>>>>>> > months after a storm in NY, NJ people still without power and food
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> > society amazingly modern but amazingly strapped by it's own
>>>>>> government.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I also don't think they will ever see or truly understand the
>>>>>> development
>>>>>> > of the modern world as we do. Horse and buggy, Model "T", WWII,
>>>>>> 50's
>>>>>> cars,
>>>>>> > the fall of cool cars in the 70's, into a civilization where cars
>>>>>> today
>>>>>> > seem more like disposable phones then anything special.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I guess that is why working on old cars is so fun. It is a mix of
>>>>>> old
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> > new, the mix of your discretion, locked in the time of your
>>>>>> choosing.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Amazing 150 years! 10,000 years form now they will still be
>>>>>> talking
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> > the time period we lived in....if we don't destroy each other
>>>>>> first.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
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