Re: faith
Posted by
Roger Critchlow-2 on
Sep 25, 2012; 3:10pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Faith-tp7580633p7580741.html
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:59 AM, Steve Smith
<[hidden email]> wrote:
My father bought a wartime surplus Harley when he returned from
WWII, had a grand good time stripping the military paintjob and
repainting it only to have two scary accidents within a few months
(civilian turning left in front of him, mechanical failure in the
drive sprocket) which put him off the whole business.
I was going to bring up our faith in machines to continue to work as intended, despite our contrary experience. There's nothing quite like a 2 wheeler that becomes a 1-1/2 or 1 wheeler at any velocity worth mentioning.
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