On 07/12/2005 at 06:12 AM, Kenn Yuill  wrote:

>Kris Steenhaut wrote as follows on 12/07/05 06:04:

>>Don{ald} O. Woodall schreef:
>>
>>>>In ,
on 07/12/2005 
>>>>   at 12:18 AM, "Phil
Parker" said:
>>>>
>>>>Hi Phil
>>>>
>>>>>>My old AT model ran from 3 July 1993 until 31
October 2004. I thought it
>>>>>>died early compared with old units performing
similar tasks from the
>>>>>>1950s, of which I still have several that work just fine.
>>>>>>    
>>>>>>Both mechanical and electronic durability and
quality have been on a long
>>>>>>slide for many years. We recently had to replace
our old Sunbeam toaster
>>>>>>because it was not possible to get a replacement
part for it any more. I
>>>>>>don't know exactly how old it realy was because we
inherited it from my
>>>>>>wife's grandmother, but it was the old 1950s and
earlier Art Deco design.
>>>>>>I believe it was post WWII vintage from the type of
plastic used for the
>>>>>>base, but the cord was just like those of the
1930s. So it was at least
>>>>>>50 years old when it died, it never toasted
differently from the current
>>>>>>setting, and the automatic elevator that lowered
the bread when you
>>>>>>dropped it in the slots and raised it when it was
done had never
>>>>>>malfunctioned.
>>>>>>    
>>>>     I have one of those.  It was my grandmother's.
>>>>I remember her having it in the early 50's.  Maybe
>>>>even in the late 40's.  It is still working for me.
>>>
>>... and there are drivers available for OS/2?
>>
>Unfortunately, these drivers never made it past the alpha stage, as all they
>produced was coloured indelibly *blue*.

Thank you, and congratulations! That's *the* cleverest quip I've heard/seen in
quite some time.

-- 
    Phil Parker
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URL http://www.math.wichita.edu/~pparker/
Random quote:
  I'm in Pittsburgh. Why am I here?---Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate




 
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