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From: JNugent on 20 May 2010 15:32 The Medway Handyman wrote: > Doug wrote: [in response to:] >>> I wonder why the motor vehicle has risen to the top of the transport >>> chain? >> Peer pressure fed by mass production. > Ha ha ha ha! >> In the beginning cars could only be afforded by the rich and then >> prices came down due to mass production and the poor, ever eager to >> emulate the rich, started joining in. > I rather think that the poorer realisd the efficiency of the motor vehicle > and took advantage of them as soon as they became affordable. <shrug> It's obvious. It was just as true of the television set. It was certainly just as true of the video-recorder and the PC. Not to mention the *bicycle*. Every consumer innovation starts as the plaything of the rich. There's a perfectly well-understood micro-economic explanation for it, but it seems that some people prefer to ignore reality and throw pseudo-intellectual jibes about, rather than accept reality.
From: Colin Reed on 20 May 2010 15:36 JMS wrote: > On Thu, 20 May 2010 19:17:40 +0100, JMS <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk > > wrote: > >> On Thu, 20 May 2010 18:38:24 +0100, Colin Reed >> <colin-reed(a)no-spam.lineone.net> wrote: >> >>> JMS wrote: >>>> On Tue, 18 May 2010 09:37:38 +0100, NEWS(a)sarlet.com (Roger Merriman) >>>> wrote: >>>> <snip> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> though the bent is unlikely to mangage that. >>>>> >>>>> roger >>>> >>>> >>>> why is that? >>> You seem very interested in lots of aspects of recumbent bicycles. >>> Instead of asking every question under the sun, why don't you arrange to >>> test ride one? You'll probably find the answers to most of your >>> questions that way. >>> >>> Colin >> >> Sorry sun"lots of aspects of recumbents" to the degree that I would >> want to ride one. >> >> Why would I want to look the knob like Chapman? >> >> I only commented that the fuckwit with the camera did not put down a >> leg to steady himself - only relying on his hand on the pavement. >> No more - no less. > > Correction: > > Sorry sunshine - <snip> Oh dear, having to correct your own witty repartee now. A bit early to be on the Blue Nun isn't it? Colin -- Murphy's Law � If anything can go wrong, it will. Parkinson's Law � Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion Cole's Law � Thinly sliced cabbage.
From: Brimstone on 20 May 2010 15:40 "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message news:dcmdncKkI6fxE2jWnZ2dnUVZ8nmdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > The Medway Handyman wrote: > >> Doug wrote: > > [in response to:] >>>> I wonder why the motor vehicle has risen to the top of the transport >>>> chain? > >>> Peer pressure fed by mass production. > >> Ha ha ha ha! > >>> In the beginning cars could only be afforded by the rich and then >>> prices came down due to mass production and the poor, ever eager to >>> emulate the rich, started joining in. > >> I rather think that the poorer realisd the efficiency of the motor >> vehicle and took advantage of them as soon as they became affordable. > > <shrug> > > It's obvious. > > It was just as true of the television set. It was certainly just as true > of the video-recorder and the PC. Not to mention the *bicycle*. > > Every consumer innovation starts as the plaything of the rich. There's a > perfectly well-understood micro-economic explanation for it, but it seems > that some people prefer to ignore reality and throw pseudo-intellectual > jibes about, rather than accept reality. That's because pseudo-intellectual jibes are affordable by all, they're not only rich people's playthings. As for reality, who wants it?
From: Nick Finnigan on 20 May 2010 15:55 Halmyre wrote: > In article <1jis4tm.1ar05s217b8n4N%%steve%@malloc.co.uk>, %steve%@malloc.co.uk says... >> JMS <jmsmith2010(a)live.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> I wonder why he is wearing a cycle helmet? >> I did wonder the same thing, after wondering about the two ugly little >> hobbits in the background. Smeagol and Gollum? >> > > Erm, Smeagol and Gollum were the same person. But I take your point. Obviously, he meant Deagol.
From: JNugent on 20 May 2010 16:13
Brimstone wrote: > "JNugent" <JN(a)noparticularplacetogo.com> wrote in message > news:dcmdncKkI6fxE2jWnZ2dnUVZ8nmdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >> The Medway Handyman wrote: >> >>> Doug wrote: >> >> [in response to:] >>>>> I wonder why the motor vehicle has risen to the top of the transport >>>>> chain? >> >>>> Peer pressure fed by mass production. >> >>> Ha ha ha ha! >> >>>> In the beginning cars could only be afforded by the rich and then >>>> prices came down due to mass production and the poor, ever eager to >>>> emulate the rich, started joining in. >> >>> I rather think that the poorer realisd the efficiency of the motor >>> vehicle and took advantage of them as soon as they became affordable. >> >> <shrug> >> >> It's obvious. >> >> It was just as true of the television set. It was certainly just as >> true of the video-recorder and the PC. Not to mention the *bicycle*. >> >> Every consumer innovation starts as the plaything of the rich. There's >> a perfectly well-understood micro-economic explanation for it, but it >> seems that some people prefer to ignore reality and throw >> pseudo-intellectual jibes about, rather than accept reality. > > That's because pseudo-intellectual jibes are affordable by all, they're > not only rich people's playthings. As for reality, who wants it? :-) |