80 year old waterpump that still works

I believe that the pipes go into a tank (which I decided not to take with me). I will go back to that seller, and may change my mind about the tank. The tank looked like nothing special.

I cannot think of any first hand. I see a lot of progressions from good to crappy.

Yep Wes, that's right. It has 60k lines of perl code alone. Plus a lot of content that I created in the database.

Thanks. That was a seriously good deal for $5. I would have considered it a fair deal at $100.

Does all the pipework hang from the top of the pump? That looks a bit fragile, but maybe it's intended to be bolted to a wall.

Interesting hypothesis (I'm assuming that you're excluding consumable goods). To turn it around another way, can anyone think of a maker of crappy "durable" goods that has been in business a long time, and making crappy goods all that time?

Chris

I tried Gmail when it first came out, but stopped using it fairly quickly. It seemed to need the latest browser to work right (not sure if this is still true). Using a lot of different computers, some fairly old, this was a major nuisance to me.

Chris

Very impressive.

You must have been the early bird who got the worm with that website name.

And IMAP too. But there are times when webmail is so much more convenient. Like when you're using someone else's computer.

Chris

It was 1995. I got the name because it sounded nice and was available. I wanted to have a cool domain name. I had no idea of its potential.

American auto makers? Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Be careful there. There is a lot of Canadian content in crappy American cars. We have the UAW, you have the CAW and they all are working for companies in distress.

Wes

-- "Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

Sorry.

I liked the Ford Ranger pick-um-up I saw the other day plastered with CAW issued stickers like "out of a job yet - keep buying foreign" "buy Canadian - keep the jobs in Canada" "CAW - working for you" ad nauseam! Where do rangers come from??? Hint - they come by sea! Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Seriously, what's a reasonably balanced view of American cars? I mean, it's a large market, so there's probably a lot of variety, but surely they can't all be crap? Otherwise you'd be dumb to buy them, right? I remember taking a fairly old American taxi in Niagara Falls (a few years ago now), probably an '80s Ford Crown Victoria, and thinking it was a sweet ride.

Chris

Think I was mistaken. It was possibly a Mercury Grand Marquis I rode in. Definitely American, defintely '80s, and definitely not a Town Car.

Chris

On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:19:15 -0700, the infamous Gunner Asch scrawled the following:

Me, too. It'd pay the bills.

-- Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn. -- John Muir

Made about 15 miles from here - just hope that the assemblers were not suffering DT's or over indulgence in whatever recreational medication they were on at the time that vehicle was passing through. Latest from that front is that police forces in Texas can buy that Crown Victoria Police Interceptor for about 70% of what the local commission has to pay. Oh yeah, and they are closing that plant and discontinuing that model after next years production. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

Same car - different nameplate. Gerry :-)} London, Canada

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Details?

--Winston

Sorry for a slow resopnse Win, I have a site algebra.com, which attracts a fair amount of visitors, free tutors and students.

I had no idea Google paid that much for ads.

Thanks Ig!

--Winston