Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]You guys are lucky, you have good roads. Here in India, we have to change cars every 4 years or so, mainly because of increasing cost of maintenance due to the hammering they take on dodgy roads, even in urban areas. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr@gmail.com> wrote: > 2004 Prius has 76000 > 1999 Plymouth Grand Voyager is at 72000 > 1995 GMC Sonoma truck has 73000 > > All run great. > > The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24,901.55 miles > > The truck has never been more than 80 miles from Natchitoches, but it has > delivered thousands of Pizzas. > > Sonny > > > > On 3/12/08, amr3@uwm.edu <amr3@uwm.edu> wrote: > > > > Quoting Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com>: > > > > > if we truly > > > cared about the environmental impact of our lives and our stuff - > > > we'd get very serious about how to keep our tools (and vehicles) > > > running and performing for a life time or two. Was a time when a > > > tradesman's tools wore out about the time the tradesman wore out. > > > > > ............................................................................................................................................ > > I always keep my cars until they're ready for scrap. Since 1970, we've > > had one > > car for 11 years, then one for 17. Now the Prizm is from 1990, and the > > Honda > > is a '93, but they've got years to go before I'm ready to get anything > > newer. > > > > Same for cameras ;~) > > > > > > Alan > > > > Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer > > University Information Technology Services > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > amr3@uwm.edu > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Regards, > > Sonny > http://www.sonc.com > Natchitoches, Louisiana > USA > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >