Ubuntu

[Jerry McBride]

On Saturday 14 July 2007 09:58:41 pm Bob Hemus wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 21:23 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
> > On Saturday 14 July 2007 08:04:56 pm Bob Hemus wrote:
> > > I may just be liking Ubuntu Feisty.  Downloads updates "Whack!!"  Easy
> > > to install programs & applications.  Only thing I don't care for, or am
> > > not used to is "sudo"  I'm an old su-er.  I know Lonnie is going to say
> > > something about "know what is going on", but I'll bet I'm one of the
> > > few of you who ever shaved poured main bearings, ground valves in the
> > > block by hand, installed and adjusted points so I could learn how to
> > > drive. And, I bet all of you drive.  Any way it's easy.
> > > Bob
> >
> > Babbit? L-head? Points? ??
> >
> > I still do that. Sorry, maybe I'm older than I feel.
> >
> > Cheers...
>
> Could be.  My dad gave me a 1936 Willys coupe when I was 14 and I had to
> get it to run.  That was back in 1950.  Haven't had a car since except a
> VW camper my wife and I bought in 1967, brand new. and a 1969 Nissan
> Patrol we bought new.  Everything since has had electronic ignition and
> or fuel injection.  By the way, I rebuilt an AFB carburetor back in
> 1963, and it worked.
> Bob
>

Hmmm... is this where we ad "<OT>" to the subject line???

Anyways... You date me by a few years... My first car was a 63 VW Bug. I was 
only 15,  but it didn't stop me. Like you, I had to make it run... by the 
time I was 18, it was making so much horsepower, I had to feather the gas 
peddle lest I pop a gear while racing the local "bad guy" in s a cosworth 
Vega... :')

AFB's were cool, but I spent most of my time in Webers and ThermoQuads...
Thanks for the trip down memory lane. It's a place I hope to retire to 
someday...

:')




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