25 Feb 09 11:22, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> BA>> If you park identical models of a 1958 Buick, a 1958 Pontiac
 RW>> and a
 RW>> BA>> 1958 Oldsmobile side by side you'd have trouble telling them
 RW>> apart.

 RW>> RN> I could because I've been around automobiles all my life and
 RW>> worked
 RW>> RN> 25+ years in a Chevy dealership.

 RW>> I could too, because I made it my hobby to know what every model
 RW>> looked like back then.

 RN> Riding around New Orleans in streetcars (my favorite) or buses made
 RN> that easy for me.  I suppose I got that from my dad because he was
 RN> mechanically inclined and was always working on his car.

We had streetcars when I was a kid, but they replaced them with buses in
the 50s. Last time I was back there, there was still one street with
tracks on it. You would think that someone would want to pull that iron
out of the street and recycle it.

                R\%/itt


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