I wasn't a mechanic (although I knew my way around a shop). My father is a pipeline welder and steam fitter and most of my friends are in industry or the building trades. I had a bigger interest in understanding how things worked. So, I decided to go to school and become an engineer. I'm the only person in my family or circle of friends to have gone to college.
Re: TDI - I'm told that people are linking palm pilots to their car computers to improve performance.
Mike
Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Oops - you're younger than me.
Were you a mechanic? I was, waaaay back when.
Now you hot rod cars with a computer. I souped up my TDI with a chip,
software and an air intake. Still thinking about injectors...
-M
Michael Redler wrote:
>
> I'm a 39 year old, first generation "head banger" and grew up
> listening to Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, Accept, Ozzy, Hendrix, Crue,
> Zappa, etc. In high school, I had shoulder length hair and spent my
> time with lots of garage mechanics who liked to make their cars go
> fast (I went to a trade school).
>
> My taste in music has broadened since high school and I get into
> everything from Beethoven to bag pipes to Slayer. Most important, I
> listen to the words (when there are words) and I think Zack is a
> gifted poet.
>
> I've quoted him once before (alongside Lincoln):
> http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/msg60453.html
>
> Some of the most powerful lyrics I've ever heard comes from his song
> "Born of a Broken Man"
>
> His thoughts like a hundred moths
> Trapped in a lampshade
> Somewhere within
> Their wings banging and burning
> On through endless night
> Forever awake he lies shaking and starving
> Praying for someone to turn off the light
>
> I think it's right up there with Joni Mitchell's "The Fiddle and the
> Drum" and even some of Dylan's stuff.
>
> ...motivation for fighting propaganda from that rag, The Economist.
>
> Mike
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