P3D Re: Why different?

[Bruce Springsteen <bsspringsteen@xxxxxxxxx>]

George the Stereo Doctor said:

> How can you people compare accumulating material goods with
> having children???

In the USA the latter seems always to lead to the former!!!  Never
underestimate the ability of advertisers to control the family mind.

> Believe me, if I had a choice, I would have zero cars.... Walking,
> riding my bike or taking the bus as I did back in Greece.  But the
> USA operates around the automobile.  I am jealous when the friends
> from UK talk about taking the train to go to their stereo meetings...
> Imagine... relaxing, taking a nap, catching up in reading, looking
> at stereo slides, even mounting, while going from place A to place B.

At age 42, I have never had a driver's license or car, and have managed
reasonably well in most circumstances with feet and the greatest
technological accomplishment of man, the bicycle.  But I sometimes have
had to prevail upon friends like Dave Williams to drive me to places like
Kansas City to attend stereo meetings with people like John Baird, because
a sensible thing like a Kansas commuter train from Topeka through Lawrence
to Kansas City (a long slide bar!) can't exist anymore in a society that
*worships* personal internal combustion point-to-point travel.  Would like
a little electric Bruce Buggy to putt around and shoot pictures from,
though.

> Well, I have tried everything... Taking stereo pictures while I drive.
> Reading, eating, talking about stereo with Jim Motley... Even looking
> at slides while I drive... (I have not tried mounting yet...) But
> this is incovnenient, not to mention dangerous...

Ernie Rairdin, of APEC fame, and spouse put in a surprise appearance at
the KCMPA stereo meeting, as Mr. Baird reported.  Shocked the heck out of
me when they walked in.  Ernie later showed me the inside of their vehicle
which was full of stereo goodies, including the parts for many viewcards,
which he said he meant to assemble WHILE ON THE ROAD! (I assume while his
wife drives ;-) )  So commuter slide-mounting may not be so crazy an idea!
Maybe someone needs to devise a laptop mounting table for use on planes
and trains.  You think I'm joking?  Some long haul travellers I know could
mount enough to put Kodak out of the stereo business.

Have jig, will travel.

Bruce (Two stereo cameras, no car, no kids, no debts, no grey hairs.)
Springsteen




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