> Certainly annual model year changes of American automobiles in the 50s
> thru ??? were/are good examples of this.  But that's not really fair:
> Around 1958, cars started having 4 instead of 2 headlights -- Who dare
> say that was not a great leap forward, technologically,
> which greatly enhanced Americans' quality of life?

Perhaps this was necessary due to the high failure rate of US-made headlights
-- if the one fails, you still have the second one (without looking like a
motorbike from afar).  Modern cars have 4 headlights -- well, with today's
quality you never know...!

Chris

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Customer: "Do you have a rear-view mirror for a Lada?"
Car dealer: "Yes, this sounds like a fair swap to me!"



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