Ode: >And which is a better car is a matter of >opinion.....I'll go with Honda, Toyota or Suzuki.
I might point out (if you didn't know) that there is a big differance in engines in Toyota & Honda. IF a timing belt breaks in the Toyota, it won't run. IF a timing belt breaks in a Honda, the valves get bent & the engine is history ! This from a Toyota mechanic friend. Smitty ############################################################### On 8/28/07, Ode Coyote <[email protected]> wrote: > At 07:05 AM 8/27/2007 -0700, you wrote: > > >Ode, > >I think that Simon did a good job in explaining the difference. As to the > >difference..a simple analogy and rebuttal to what's the difference. As > >you suggest, true enough, with enough time, money and techo know how, > >one can eventually turn a Honda into a Mercedes. > > > ## But the disagreement isn't between Hondas and Mercedes. Both are cars > and do what cars do. [And which is a better car is a matter of > opinion.....I'll go with Honda, Toyota or Suzuki. They'll go just as far > at a tenth the cost. ] > It's the difference between gasoline and alcohol fuels that's being made > out to be the difference between cars. > > Simon did not explain the difference between generators, he explained the > difference between end products when running similar generators > differently...and did a good job. > BUT > Installing a cruise control doesn't make a car into a different car. It > just makes it a little easier to drive. [You can spend less time on > watching the speedometer and more time talking about nothing on a cell phone. > ] > Crikey! Now there are cars that tell you when you're about to hit > something and also park themselves. Drive that thing for a while and > you'll forget how to walk and not bump into things. OK, so now you can pay > $60,000 so you can drive with your eyes closed. Yee Haww! > ..but can you get out of it and not crack your noggin open ...tripping over > the curb ....and dropping that cell phone? [No more dropped calls? Right. ] > > With GPS navigation, you can get to where you're going and not know where > you are. > > A sign of the times. Pay somebody else twice what life costs to do your > life for you, so you can sue *them* when they screw it up. > It's like: If I work really hard, I will be able to afford to pay someone > else to do that work. > I gotta get a treadmill, walking somewhere is too hard. > > Shucks. I know a guy who couldn't make it up a hill to his garden > anymore. He bought a BowFlex...and spent his time tripping over it and > complaining about what bad shape he was in. Weird thing is, he doesn't > like vegetables and never ate anything he grew. Might be part of why he > got so sick and out of shape he couldn't grow them anymore. LOL [err, > not funny ] > > Question: Do I pay the dealer $900 for the nice sound system option, or, > do I spend 3 hours studying wiring and install a better one for $200 in 4 > hours? > What is worth what? I won't be building the radio from scratch. [ > Especially if I have to make the scratch.] > I will buy a shovel rather than dig iron ore with a stick. > But then, Hiring a back hoe to dig a long ditch is better than digging it > myself if I have something else to do. If I don't, it isn't. > > Ode > > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.10/976 - Release Date: 8/27/2007 > 6:20 PM > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > >
