Joe Nicholson wrote in a message to Charles Angelich:

 -=> Quoting Charles Angelich to Roy J. Tellason <=-

 CA>> Not unlike mandatory 'fins' (ala the late 50's and early
 CA>> 60's) being installed onto all existing automobiles
 CA>> because the gov says so with no justification whatsoever. 

 RJT> Huh? What the heck are you talking about here? 

 CA> Tailfins ala '59 Chevy etc. A useless appendage that actually
 CA> could lift the Chevy rear wheels off the road at around 100mph.

 JN>  Those fins are what started Ralph Nader on his safety kick
 JN>  after a few people were actually "stabbed" by them.  They
 JN>  are now totally, 100%, absolutely illegal on newer cars.

I hadn't heard that,  either...

Saw his book in a library once,  never did get around to checking it out. 
His political ambitions a while back were somewhat interesting to watch. 
The biggest problem I had was that he seemed to think that government
intervention was the solution to all of the problems he perceived.

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