@larand "takes a licking and keeps on ticking" as the ads used to say. :P
// @thrrgilag
@larand those old Western Electric phones… solid pieces of engineering.
// @thrrgilag
@larand yes, yes I have. Including my new car. Dealer had to show me how to jump it because it's different. :P
// @japchap @gtwilson @hybotics
@gtwilson I remember my dad saying cars were getting more complicated to work on with all the electrics. Mind you, this was back in the 1980s. If he were alive today, I'm sure he'd hardly recognize what's under my hood now.
// @japchap @hybotics
@gtwilson they're getting closer to being able to do that. It's those aforementioned batteries that are the limiting factor. :P
// @japchap @hybotics
Still processing the fact I bought a new car last night. Expecting a huge jump in insurance premium with the addition of Thing 1 to the policy. #nt
@gtwilson it's like I said: I don't believe the car is necessarily any better for the environment. Hopefully they get better over time, though.
// @japchap @hybotics
@hybotics which is why I'm under no illusion that driving a hybrid is necessarily any better for the environment than a regular car. Still, it burns less fuel, which is not a bad thing.
// @japchap
@matigo math dictated by bureaucrats, which may not entirely be math. :P
// @jextxadore