Oh, John, now you've gone and got me really upset......Here I was, happily
deleting away all the rubbish about who's computer was the best and you
have to go and touch a nerve. I happen to like green cars with silver
wheels and I don't consider myself boring! (I do, however, appreciate the
clever way you have tried to divert a pointless thread back to something we
can all relate to.........)
Lawrie
(SNIP)
> From: John McEwen <mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> My MG has gold wire wheels. My car is painted very bright red. I like
> this because all really fast cars are red with gold wheels. People who
> drive red cars with gold wheels are exciting. Silver wheels are boring.
> Green cars are boring. People who drive green cars must be boring.
People
> who drive green cars with silver wheels are really boring. -:
>
>
>
> >I have to disagree slightly with Ben Ruset's comment against John
> >McEwen's nerd comment. First of all, I'm sure John meant to be humorous
> >with a bit of sarcasm.
> >
> >But second, I can see John's underlying point. Some of us view
> >computers as necessary tools, without a real desire to delve fully into
> >their history, workings, and jargon. We learn what we have to, to do
> >what we need to. I feel that way about computers, mainly because I
> >don't have the time to embrace them as I do MGs. A ready-made
> >mailorder PC system from Micron or Dell is good enough for me, and make
> >sure I can get telephone tech support when I need it. If that gives me
> >the equivalent of a computer minivan, so be it.
> >
> >MGs, on the other hand, are my passion. I delight in amassing obscure
> >volumes of trivia concerning their history, parts, manufacturing, etc.
> >Researching and writing MG articles for British Car magazine and my
> >local club is a pleasure, not a chore. Unfortunately, all this leaves
> >me little time to indulge in my other hobbies (aviation history, classic
> >Christmas lights, old TVs, radios, electric fans). Computers don't have
> >any room in my hobby stable, except to support my hobbies through the
> >Internet.
> >
> >Maybe we need to accept the fact that nerds are the same as gearheads,
> >just with a different idol to worship! I would however enjoy it more if
> >we got back to HS4s and Lucas instead of SCSI and Linux!
> >
> >Cheers, Paul Kile
>
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