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First off let me say I appreciate the interest in my cars, but I will not be sharing pics and heres why : (Warning, Rant against current social norms ensues )
Out in the boonies ? You got it.
No high speed internet cables nearby, only option other than dial up is Dish and that sucks under such a broad range of conditions I also refuse to pay for that service, I miss the old days of analog signals, that didn't go all pixely every time theres a cloud on the horizon or a car drives by with their GPS on because pretty much everyone is useless now without all their electronics when it comes to real world skills like finding your way home at the end of the day.
As a person with skills, who fixes things ( In a big concrete and steel box w/o cell phone reception inside even when I can see a tower put up 2 miles away to improve reception in our area )the worst thing to me is paying $ for terrible reception/service in our building all so someone can hassle/distract/ or interrupt me 24/7 when their car breaks. swap an engine or trans under book time with a cell phone ringing/vibrating or worse yet playing 15 seconds of some annoying song no one likes and you'll know what I mean. No camera phone here, its a touch-tone LANDLINE phone attached via a coiled cord to the wall ! Have someone text you a description, or snap a cell phone pic of one so you know what I have.
Yeah I know everything is electronic nowadays, I just hope someday theres a massive EMP and all these crutches people use to supplement real world skills are fried useless, and people would actually have to socially interact in a more in depth way then texting brief messages and pictures, living vicariously through a virtual "life" online all while staring at the palm of their own hand, ignoring the REAL people all around them.
If I sound defensive its because I have to explain all this almost daily to people who are perturbed I'm not at their beckon call, that they can't find me on Face book, or send me stupid abbreviated messages barely decipherable by anyone but a code breaking linguistics specialist or a pre teen girl, I work with my hands and dammit its hard as hell to touch a 4mm square button with work toughened hands and if you cant talk as fast as you can type with your 2 thumbs and think its more efficient I just plain feel bad for you., a corded phone and dial up give me a legitimate reason to not drop whatever I'm doing, lose momentum, wash my hands, and switch gears to do what somebody else needs.
Keep relying on all the tech to do everything for you, cars park themselves now and sooner or later it will be deemed unsafe to let people drive their own cars due to a few helpless humans unable to do something as basic a drive an anolag controlled car ( you see throttle cables much anymore ? ) When the day of driving your own car goes by the wayside and everyone hops into a "magic go box" to get around it'll be thanks to our increasing reliance on technology. Ironically I joined to get help fixing my ECU, so I'm here to learn , I own CSMs, I have Dial up, no camera phone, and a broken digital camera so no, I will not be posting pics, sorry to all you voyeurs out there. If I really wanted to could I ? Yes. Is it worth the effort to me ? No. You'll just have to use your imaginations ( and maybe your palms ! ) So yeah, I hate tech but like CSMs, they are 25 year old technology after all ! My buddy has an Evo X and it'll smoke all of my cars, but it does not have the same feeling or frankly as much fun factor through a round about as something WITHOUT a computer correcting your every input.
Last edited by aluma scoupe on Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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