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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: Knoppix Operating System :-)
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 19:50:01 -0400
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Wed, 1 May 2024 19:26:28 -0400, DFS wrote:
>
>> On 5/1/2024 4:28 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>
>>> On 1 May 2024 14:54:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've seen a few SUVs or whatever you want to call them that looked
>>>> like a disaster waiting to happen with a high CG and relatively narrow
>>>> tread.
>>> 
>>> “Ya canna change the laws of physics, Cap’n!”
>>> 
>>> I honestly don’t understand this fondness for SUVs.
>> 
>> Have you owned one?  There's no going back to small, low, cramped
>> automobiles.
>
> Instead you have a large, high, cramped automobile.
>
> It’s just dumb. They have an inherently higher centre of gravity, which 
> compromises their handling. Then they try to lower the roof to compensate, 
> and that just reduces the interior room.
>
> Ah, I just realized ... you’re in the USA, aren’t you? Cars in the USA 
> aren’t expected to go around corners.

I've always like smaller cars. More nimble, quick to accelerate even with a
4-cylinder engine, better gas mileage, cheaper to maintain.

I think DFS prefers phallus substitutes.

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In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of
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