RE: Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
The Chevrolet Corvair was a vehicle produced before it's time. It got a lot of bad press because of Ralph Nader's book 'Unsafe at any Speed' which was named by Human Events as one of the "Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries". LoL! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsafe_at_Any_Speed "... in 1972, Texas A&M University conducted a safety commission report on the Corvair for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; it found that the 1960--1963 Corvairs possessed no greater potential for loss of control than its contemporaries in extreme situations." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Corvair On 9/23/2013 11:01 AM, Bhairitu wrote: I used to call VW buses "bread boxes on wheels". I winced everytime I had to ride in one. I had two friends who owned them. I thought they were about the most unsafe vehicle on the road given you only had a thin wall of metal between you and an oncoming. Those who survived owing had sheer luck. Of course I myself owned Ralph Nader's number one unsafe vehicles, a Corvair. Although I only owned it for a few months when it was stolen and totaled. I didn't know that WV still made the bus but they are still being made in Brazil until the end of December. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/vws-hippie-hauler-ending-its-long-strange-trip-4B11231364
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
Thanks, Xeno, it's always good to laugh in these situations. I found an owner's manual online and will try not to electrocute self (-: I got upset and hung up on Panasonic because they wanted my street address which is NOT the billing address of my credit card! From: "anartax...@yahoo.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:43 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels Dynamite. Don't stand too far away in case the fuse burns out and you have to relight it. Otherwise, if the DVD is going to be overdue, take the whole unit into the library and say, 'The DVD is stuck in here. Can you help me get it out?' See what they do. There should be enough techies in FF to figure it out in any case. But suppose you were stuck on that metaphorical desert island, and there was no one to help you. How would you proceed? (That means getting the DVD out of the player; if you are on that island, no way you are going to return the DVD on time.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share wrote: noozguru or anyone, a dvd is stuck in the dvd player. I called Panasonic but they put me on terminal hold. It's a library dvd too! Any ideas? thanks
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
Nice, Doc, thanks, useful to ask other users. From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:39 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels Re: stuck DVD This link has every suggestion I could think of: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/209005-Panasonic-DVD-S47-Disc-Stuck-In-Machine --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: noozguru or anyone, a dvd is stuck in the dvd player. I called Panasonic but they put me on terminal hold. It's a library dvd too! Any ideas? thanks From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels I used to call VW buses "bread boxes on wheels". I winced everytime I had to ride in one. I had two friends who owned them. I thought they were about the most unsafe vehicle on the road given you only had a thin wall of metal between you and an oncoming. Those who survived owing had sheer luck. Of course I myself owned Ralph Nader's number one unsafe vehicles, a Corvair. Although I only owned it for a few months when it was stolen and totaled. I didn't know that WV still made the bus but they are still being made in Brazil until the end of December. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/vws-hippie-hauler-ending-its-long-strange-trip-4B11231364
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
Doc and Xeno, thank you! I did it! And guess what the key was? A regular sized paper clip didn't work. I had to get a large paper clip to get the tray to partially open. From: "doctordumb...@rocketmail.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 12:39 PM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels Re: stuck DVD This link has every suggestion I could think of: http://forum.videohelp.com/threads/209005-Panasonic-DVD-S47-Disc-Stuck-In-Machine --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: noozguru or anyone, a dvd is stuck in the dvd player. I called Panasonic but they put me on terminal hold. It's a library dvd too! Any ideas? thanks From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels I used to call VW buses "bread boxes on wheels". I winced everytime I had to ride in one. I had two friends who owned them. I thought they were about the most unsafe vehicle on the road given you only had a thin wall of metal between you and an oncoming. Those who survived owing had sheer luck. Of course I myself owned Ralph Nader's number one unsafe vehicles, a Corvair. Although I only owned it for a few months when it was stolen and totaled. I didn't know that WV still made the bus but they are still being made in Brazil until the end of December. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/vws-hippie-hauler-ending-its-long-strange-trip-4B11231364
Re: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaKV5zz_704 From: "anartax...@yahoo.com" To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 10:43 AM Subject: RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels Dynamite. Don't stand too far away in case the fuse burns out and you have to relight it. Otherwise, if the DVD is going to be overdue, take the whole unit into the library and say, 'The DVD is stuck in here. Can you help me get it out?' See what they do. There should be enough techies in FF to figure it out in any case. But suppose you were stuck on that metaphorical desert island, and there was no one to help you. How would you proceed? (That means getting the DVD out of the player; if you are on that island, no way you are going to return the DVD on time.) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share wrote: noozguru or anyone, a dvd is stuck in the dvd player. I called Panasonic but they put me on terminal hold. It's a library dvd too! Any ideas? thanks
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
RE: Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
Re: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
noozguru or anyone, a dvd is stuck in the dvd player. I called Panasonic but they put me on terminal hold. It's a library dvd too! Any ideas? thanks From: Bhairitu To: FairfieldLife Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels I used to call VW buses "bread boxes on wheels". I winced everytime I had to ride in one. I had two friends who owned them. I thought they were about the most unsafe vehicle on the road given you only had a thin wall of metal between you and an oncoming. Those who survived owing had sheer luck. Of course I myself owned Ralph Nader's number one unsafe vehicles, a Corvair. Although I only owned it for a few months when it was stolen and totaled. I didn't know that WV still made the bus but they are still being made in Brazil until the end of December. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/vws-hippie-hauler-ending-its-long-strange-trip-4B11231364
[FairfieldLife] End of the Bread Box on Wheels
I used to call VW buses "bread boxes on wheels". I winced everytime I had to ride in one. I had two friends who owned them. I thought they were about the most unsafe vehicle on the road given you only had a thin wall of metal between you and an oncoming. Those who survived owing had sheer luck. Of course I myself owned Ralph Nader's number one unsafe vehicles, a Corvair. Although I only owned it for a few months when it was stolen and totaled. I didn't know that WV still made the bus but they are still being made in Brazil until the end of December. http://www.nbcnews.com/business/vws-hippie-hauler-ending-its-long-strange-trip-4B11231364
