On 5/8/2017 1:33 PM, wrote:
On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 9:06:57 AM UTC-5, wrote:



It's no surprise that not only have they survived but they still work almost as well as new.


The problem is even when new, the old stuff did not work nearly as well as any of the new stuff today. Kind of like a fool saying the drum brakes and carburetor on his 65 Pontiac was better than the new fancy dandy computer cars today.


Agreed, dependable/repairable/cheap is not the same as best
performance. People have personal preferences based on
various not-shared criteria.

That said, after the Chinese run their high altitude EMP
device, my no-electronics cars will run and yours won't.

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