Don't worry, time, trauma and gravity will reduce our spines by 1" to 2" before we retire. Head room will be less troublesome. Folding the legs in and out of cars doesn't get easier though, as our knees and hips go kaput.
I miss being able to open my Bug with a pocketknife :-)
50k - huh, our '87 A8L has 85k - I better replace all 8!
It was amazing, pun intended. Ellison could be quite a self-centered ass, but his knowledge and dark wit was astounding. The first day of class, Ellison stood up and introduced himself as Heinlein, who was sitting in the first row. He kept up the facade for about ten minutes and had half the class snowed. …
Understood. In the 70's I met him in a UCLA class given by Ellison on SciFi. Heinlein was one of the most diverse minded people I've met. His banter with Ellison was great and confusing. It took years to figure out the inside jokes the two exchanged. He inspired many to global thinking and personal…
Heinlein wrote a few of 'em.... I grok his work.
Well, since California has about triple the population of Ohio or Pennsylvania, we are fortunate to have less than one third the chance of tickets per capita! Speed on Cal-bro!
Population density tends to create more individual and societal stresses. Smaller communities result in a higher probability to 'run into' the same individuals repeatedly. I find that manners and behavior tend to be more civil and polite in these areas.
Not threat, consequence for actions... This is a primary difference between the urban and rural population.
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. - Robert Heinlein
~500 hours for round-the-world flight, yet pilots will changed out every 5 - 6 days. How is this going to be non-stop in 2015?