It is metaphysically (literally) impossible for something to be kludgy in the sense of badly designed and to be at the same time and in the same respect beautiful, since beauty implies order and harmony among the parts -- ie, that is part of what it is to be beautiful, at least in composite things. Ens et bonum et unum et pulchritudinem sunt unum in re.
On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:54 AM, William <[email protected]> wrote: > What if something is both beautiful and kludgy? Is it beauludgy? > Barf > > On Apr 7, 10:34 am, CycloFiend <[email protected]> wrote: >> on 4/7/11 8:53 AM, PATRICK MOORE at [email protected] wrote: >> >> > Just for the record: my interest in the text and my reason for >> > referring to it was not the writing style but the message: don't >> > obsess over the looks of your bikes, they are meant for riding, though >> > riding has no quarrel with looks. >> >> > I am surprised by the many photos I see of bikes that are showroom >> > floor clean. Either they are not ridden, or, more likely, the owners >> > spend as much time cleaning them as riding them. Now I do live in a >> > dry climate, but mine get washed about 3 times a year. (I am very >> > careful about keeping the drivetrain cleaned and lubed.) I am too busy >> > fixing flats to clean them more often than that. >> >> The other thing that happens is that when I actually wrangle my sloth and >> clean the bike, I end up wanting to document that. So, I end up with images >> from the squeaky clean end o' the spectrum. A place just north of >> Brigadoon. >> >> Dirty bikes. Clean drivetrains. >> >> Each bicycle increases exponentially the possibility that none of them will >> work properly. >> >> - J >> >> -- >> Jim Edgar >> [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
