On Aug 5, 1:49 pm, "Blueskies" wrote:
wrote in ooglegroups.com...

Odds are, most modern-day Americans won't see anything unusual in a
letter taking six days to travel 1,300 miles at a cost of nearly half
a dollar. But when I was a kid in it took about six days for a letter
from my aunt in New York to arrive in San Francisco. Cost three cents
and traveled by train.

By accepting incompetence we become a party to it. "You're doing a
heck of a job, Brownie."


Yesterday, I saw 85 octane MOGAS for $2.80/gal. I got excited.... for
a minute.

By the way, I was out at the "lake" yesterday. More like a big farm
pond, but this is Colorado. Anyway, there were several jerks in shiny
new ski boats bound an determined to pull their skiers around the pond
in a direction contrary to the 4'x8' sign posted at the launch ramp.
Well, yours truly just got in front of them, and despite much roaring
and roostertailing with their super boats, none could catch me. For I
was in my old man's 1971 Terry 14' bass boat, powered by an equally
old but well tuned 25 hp Evinride. So much for shiny new boats.

Harry "105-year old flying machines are fine by me" Frey