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From: Sharx35 on 9 Dec 2009 01:29

"Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message
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> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Jeff Strickland, 12/8/2009,3:06:39 PM, wrote:
>>
>>> How long it takes for this stuff to become mainstream and provided to
>>> the masses is a fact of life. Electric windows and door locks was
>>> once a luxury that only the rich could afford. I don't understand
>>> what your point is.
>>
>> My point is it was a bad feature in the first place and there has been
>> new features created to override the bad feature.
>>
>
> You can't get much more primitive than a rock, and AFAIK, a rock will
> still open most car windows ;-)
>
> I have a different device that isn't so likely to spray glass everywhere
> by putting a nice spiderweb pattern in the safety glass that you can then
> push in or crumble. I know police and firemen that use this device.
> --
>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
>

A spark plug?



From: Sharx35 on 9 Dec 2009 01:30

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Tom, 12/8/2009,5:22:59 PM, wrote:
>
>> if a door is locked manually or automatically you still cant open it
>> from the outside dosnt make any difference
>
> Surely you drove cars before there were automatic locks. Did you lock
> your doors when you got in? The only time I ever locked my doors when
> I was in the car was when I was downtown at night and there were
> strange people walking up to me while sitting at a traffic light.
>
> Why must doors be locked while you're inside the vehicle anyway? Do
> they suddenly fly open these days? I just don't get it.
>

You never know when someone might run up to your vehicle, from behind, and
yank open the door. Only the negligent fail to lock their doors at all
times. Ditto for houses.


> --
> "Some folks are wise and some are otherwise." ~ Tobias George Smolett



From: Sharx35 on 9 Dec 2009 01:32

"Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message
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> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> <snipped>
>>>
>>> I'm waiting to hear the next OnStar commercial with celebrity
>>> endorsements, or Saturday Night Live could have some fun with it ;-)
>>> --
>>
>>
>> Did you see SNL over the weekend with Blake Lively playing Elin while
>> they used a regular cast member to play Tiger? It was pretty funny. He
>> wanted to make a statement to the media while Blake was standing nearby.
>> He held up a paper with his statement on it with HELP ME printed on the
>> side we could see. He said, "I've made some mistakes ... " and Blake
>> raised her eyebrows as if to say, "that's an understatement."
>>
>> Sadly, Rhianna was the musical guest on the show, and the Domestic
>> Violence Crowd is up in arms that the skit is in poor taste.
>>
>>
>
> At the risk of coming across like the fuddy duddy that I am...
>
> 30 years ago, I used to watch SNL weekly, and after a while, it didn't
> seem so funny, so I watched it less often. I turn it on about once a
> year now, and now all it seems to do is confirm that I've gotten out of
> touch with the current crop of glitterati, celebrities, and "musical"
> artists because I don't know who most of the guest hosts or musical guests
> are, what their claim to fame is, or what kind of talent they are supposed
> to have. My attention span must have gotten even shorter, because it
> seems like the skits are too long and continue past the punch line.
>
> Special interest and PC groups have waaaay to much influence these days.
> Comedians are not allowed to be funny any more because most jokes come at
> the expense of some thin-skinned special interest group.
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>
> Ray O
> (correct punctuation to reply)
>

Ditto. SNL now sucks. It started to go go downhill in 2002.



From: Ray O on 9 Dec 2009 12:14

"Sharx35" <sharx35(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in message
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>> "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:xn0ginua48ixpk1000(a)news.albasani.net...
>>> Jeff Strickland, 12/8/2009,3:06:39 PM, wrote:
>>>
>>>> How long it takes for this stuff to become mainstream and provided to
>>>> the masses is a fact of life. Electric windows and door locks was
>>>> once a luxury that only the rich could afford. I don't understand
>>>> what your point is.
>>>
>>> My point is it was a bad feature in the first place and there has been
>>> new features created to override the bad feature.
>>>
>>
>> You can't get much more primitive than a rock, and AFAIK, a rock will
>> still open most car windows ;-)
>>
>> I have a different device that isn't so likely to spray glass everywhere
>> by putting a nice spiderweb pattern in the safety glass that you can then
>> push in or crumble. I know police and firemen that use this device.
>> --
>>
>> Ray O
>> (correct punctuation to reply)
>>
>
> A spark plug?
>

LOL, I forgot about spark plugs. I'm not going to broadcast my method as it
would probably help the bad guys more than the good guys.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


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