> Reminds me of car windows.? Have you ever wondered why we say "roll down the 
> window?"? You aren't "rolling" anything, the car window is a solid piece of 
> glass.? But 100 years ago, car windows (and before that, carriage windows) 
> were 
> like window shades.? You rolled them down to close them, and rolled them up 
> to 
> open them -- now it's backwards.
> ****************************************

I still hear myself talking about turning the TV channel too.

Don Good,
Who's no Colonial Tim or Jack Smith


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