As well you should, Mr. Flint; as well you should. Yours truly, in another life, was a police officer for around twelve years, total. Saw my share of accidents on the street where occupants had not been wearing them, including having to retrieve a severed head that had flown about 100 feet down the road, while the woman's young daughter waited back at the car. And every winter I see the jerks who don't slow down even one iota during blizzards going off the interstate here.
I put mine on even for short trips into town, despite it's being a royal pain getting them on and off (our second Saab; first one was the same in this regard) Old Farmer Dave On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Paul Flint <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Sam, > > That 2.5X roll-over was a religious experience. I now worship seat belts! > > Regards, > > Flint > > On Mon, 30 Mar 2009, sth wrote: > > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:55:05 -0400 >> From: sth <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: VT could use one of these... >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> At some point in college, when I visited a friend from my high-school >> days in England, I discovered that it's not terribly uncommon for some >> local community group (in this case the local university's caving club) >> to have what amounted to *their own room* in a pub. >> >> Every, say, Wednesday night after 1900h, the caving club from >> Aberystwyth University[1] (yes, that unlikely word comes from a human >> language) would traipse down to the one pub, commandeer this room for >> the duration of a few pints, and (ostensibly) transact the business of >> their group. I suspect the establishment enjoyed the consistent custom. >> I also suspect that there were more than a few meetings at which not >> much was accomplished. But whatever. Other patrons sat in this room the >> rest of the week, but the caving club's paraphernalia was hanging on the >> walls. >> >> With all due respect to VAGUErants from other regions, of course, is >> there an Internet-connected venue (doesn't have to be a pub, in the >> spirit of accommodating the under-21 crowd) somewhere that doesn't >> require the substantial crowds from the Burlington System and the >> Montpelier Nebula to transit the Corridor of Doom[2] -- where the roads >> eat Flints for breakfast -- during the winter months? I think that "lack >> of perilous travel" would be a major selling point, especially if such a >> place is being eyed as another stable venue for the monthly meeting. >> >> >> $0.02, >> >> - -sth >> >> [1] http://www.aber.ac.uk >> [2] http://xphile.noiseplant.com/url/?url=dLJoPWDZ >> >> >> On 2009/03/30 4:59 PM, Rubin Bennett wrote: >> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Kevin Thorley <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Mon, 3/30/2009 4:20pm >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: VT could use one of these... >>> >>> http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Hacker_Spaces >>> >>> I LOVE this idea... I'd be very interested in seeing if there's enough >>> interest/ energy to pull something like it off in the Montpelier area >>> (Burlington is just too far away from where we are...). There are available >>> spaces that could be used for this right in town. >>> >>> I suspect that coffeeshops and WIFI cafes are serving as HackerSpaces in >>> most areas though, because most hacker types are going to want a ready >>> supply of: >>> Pizza >>> Coffee >>> Soda >>> Beer (for celebrating those little victories) >>> >>> So those should be close by, or even in the building as well. >>> >>> Hrm... I've pretty well described the antithesis of our office there, >>> with the exception of readily available, really good coffee :) >>> >>> Rubin Bennett >>> rbtechnologies, LLC >>> (802)223-4448 >>> [email protected] >>> http://thatitguy.com >>> >>> Think for yourselves and let others enjoy their privilege to do the same >>> --Voltaire >>> >> >> - -- >> >> sam hooker|[email protected]|http://www.noiseplant.com >> >> I have received the love Internet dispatch. >> >> -spam >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org >> >> iEYEARECAAYFAknRP7gACgkQX8KByLv3aQ2vygCeIWV3zLhPE9NFnV/sWbr4uMT4 >> CKQAoOJtFXR12pOsd/IFl7QawCs8U4t3 >> =zpMU >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> > Kindest Regards, > > > > Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 > > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgment in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > Barre Open Systems Institute > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 > > http://www.bosivt.org > http://www.flint.com/home > skype: flintinfotech > Work: (202) 537-0480 > > Consilium _ > gratuitum .~. ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) > valet /V\ against HTML e-mail X > quanti /( )\ www.asciiribbon.org / \ > numerantur ^^-^^ >
