But Ed, the average lifespan, as we know it, would only be (365/900)(76)
= 30.8 years (or possibly longer if metabolisms are slower due to the
frozen nature so far from the sun). good comments, however.
Rance Velapoldi (Tranby, Norway)
Edward Loizeaux wrote:
>
> Earthlings.....
>
> Due to our mutual language differences and the lack of competent
> interpreters available to support us, I feel obligated to clarify my
> earlier
> comment about new products. Bear with me while I try once again. To start
> with, here is what I actually said:
>
> "Perhaps I am from a different planet, but I have not noticed
> hardly any new MAJOR products becoming available in the past eighteen
> months or so."
>
> Please note that I did not say there were no new products in the past
> eighteen months. I did not even say there were no new MAJOR products. What
> I was trying to say, using my Marsese (official Mars language) was that
> there were "hardly any new MAJOR products" released in the past eighteen
> months. My intent, obviously not clear, was to say there have been
> darn few
> new MAJOR products.
>
> I will leave it up to the interpreters, when their saucers land nearby, to
> decide if "darn few" is roughly equivalent to "hardly any".
>
> Yes, Ron S. has done a couple of modern box cars. And Bill has done some
> freight cars and a motorized lobster speeder. As he has stated, some folks
> get excited over lobster speeders. Fine for them. Jim King has already
> received his publicity and so I will not repeat it here. Yep, I would
> agree
> that here are several new freight cars released within the past 18 months.
> I erred in not mentioning them more explicitly -- although some of them do
> not run in Mars, but that should not be an excuse. So, yes, there has been
> a slow steady trickle of new freight cars in S and I should have not
> forgotten about them so easily. Sorry about that.
>
> In my view, new paint schemes on existing castings do not qualify as MAJOR
> new products. That's just the way it is on Mars. Don't blame me. Some
> Earthlings apparently think differently and that is fine also. There is no
> accounting for the differences between various inter-planetary cultures.
> The UP (United Planets) gave up a long time ago trying to forge
> standardized
> thinking about these things.
>
> So........unless I am wrong, the only new loco suitable for use on a
> Class I
> RR in the past 18 months is the Shark from River Raisin Models which
> arrived
> in April 2007 (15 months ago, barely made it). I think that qualifies as
> "hardly any" MAJOR new locos in the past 18 months. With due
> recognition to
> Bill Wade's "creature" (the Mars name for "critters") which is motorized,
> but not MAJOR. Also with due recognition to the impending arrival of RRM's
> SP steamers. But that is looking to the future and my comment was looking
> toward the past.
>
> I would also opine that a new grocery store, while very nice, is not a
> MAJOR
> structure. In Mars, the word MAJOR means big and very important. Like a
> sawmill complex, or coal mine complex, major big city passenger terminal,
> 8-stall roundhouse, monster factory or warehouse, etc. As I recall, Bill
> Wade (a very busy Earthling, I might add) has been busy with some new
> large
> structures for a sawmill complex. Good for Bill (on Mars he would be
> William), but what other MAJOR structures have become available in the
> past
> 18 months? Not many......from what I can see from way up here on the Red
> Planet.
>
> I suppose the point of this dissertation is that S scale new product
> production, over the years, has had slow times and busy times. Things perk
> along at a good clip and then there are some dry spells. I think we have
> just come through a "slow time" with respect to MAJOR new products.
> That is
> not necessarily bad or good -- it is just what it is. Perhaps busy times
> are just around the corner ahead of us. And I would hastily add that new
> MINOR products are being cranked out like never before. All those smaller
> structures (like grocery stores), decals, new paint jobs, etc., etc. are
> coming along just fine. My comments were only with regard to MAJOR new
> products. Read my lips! Yes, Martians do have lips, but you would not
> believe where they are located.
>
> Perfectly clear now? One other conclusion that could be reached is that Ed
> L. has too much time on his hands. I would like to point out that on Mars,
> there are 565 days in a year and that provides me with ample time to write
> lengthy messages like this one. Just think what I could do if'n I moved to
> Pluto? Over 900 days per year (or something like that).
>
> Take care Earthlings. Have fun in Lowell. Missed the saucer this year, but
> there is always the future. Right? The future never ends. Think about it.
>
> Cheers...Ed L.
>
>
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