And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Monday, September 21, 2026
Trucks in 1966 wouldn't tattle on you to the authorities
That's not 'tattling', the government needs to know where you are and what you do in order to help you be safe. That way they can keep people away from you who possibly would tell you that the government is full of corrupt people who don't give a damn about you.
I needed a new commuter car. Found a ‘03 with only 50k on it, receipts from all service work since new, showroom clean, and no touchscreens, no Bluetooth, no warning voices, manual transmission. Could not get my wallet out fast enough.
Seems like the oil dripping from my pan might have been a useful tracking means. Remember that those old trucks (cough like my Ford) were not really built leak tight, especially after about 30k. The good news was a quart of oil was way less than a buck and we all just carried extra. My dad put 100k on a 302 in a Ford van and swore he never changed the oil. I later learned about 'blowdown' aka feed-and-bleed as a means of managing liquid quality.
That's not 'tattling', the government needs to know where you are and what you do in order to help you be safe. That way they can keep people away from you who possibly would tell you that the government is full of corrupt people who don't give a damn about you.
ReplyDeleteb...b... but, "it’s for our own good”.
ReplyDeleteIn an older generation, expressed as; "Zu deinem eigenen Besten!“
"Big Brother" from the predictive novel, 1984.
ReplyDeleteI needed a new commuter car. Found a ‘03 with only 50k on it, receipts from all service work since new, showroom clean, and no touchscreens, no Bluetooth, no warning voices, manual transmission. Could not get my wallet out fast enough.
ReplyDeleteSeems like the oil dripping from my pan might have been a useful tracking means. Remember that those old trucks (cough like my Ford) were not really built leak tight, especially after about 30k. The good news was a quart of oil was way less than a buck and we all just carried extra. My dad put 100k on a 302 in a Ford van and swore he never changed the oil. I later learned about 'blowdown' aka feed-and-bleed as a means of managing liquid quality.
ReplyDeleteThese days there are spray cans of sealant that you spray on old school cork gaskets so they stay oil tight
DeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Got two 89 K trucks, never letting them go, and thats a fact jack.
ReplyDeleteMy first car was a 1966 Chevy Corvair Corsa convertible. I paid the Blue Book value for the car in 1969, which was $400.
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