Comments on: Parking for Dummies http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:34:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: perianwyr http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-176316 perianwyr Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:08:02 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-176316 The kids ain't learning, and they're wussy to boot! TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING US WEAK, OH NO. If I hear that one more time, I'll... I'll... wish for World War Z. The kids ain’t learning, and they’re wussy to boot! TECHNOLOGY IS MAKING US WEAK, OH NO.

If I hear that one more time, I’ll… I’ll… wish for World War Z.

]]> By: MJ Memphis http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-176306 MJ Memphis Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:33:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-176306 "then, in anotehr innovation, the driver becomes unneccesary for other functins, and fleets of empty vehicles roma the streets in lieu of paying exorbitant parking fees." Personally, I'd like mine to be able to go pick up a roast beef sandwich for me every weekday around 11:30. The comments on the Kicking Tires site are pretty funny, especially the one reminescing about cars of the 60s and then whining that "This generation is a generation of lazy, helpless big babies that are continuously searching for ways to invent an easy button... Never have I ever seen such selfishness and self-servitude in any single generation." As if these $60K cars were being bought by 20-somethings, as opposed to- more likely- the folks from his own generation. “then, in anotehr innovation, the driver becomes unneccesary for other functins, and fleets of empty vehicles roma the streets in lieu of paying exorbitant parking fees.”

Personally, I’d like mine to be able to go pick up a roast beef sandwich for me every weekday around 11:30.

The comments on the Kicking Tires site are pretty funny, especially the one reminescing about cars of the 60s and then whining that “This generation is a generation of lazy, helpless big babies that are continuously searching for ways to invent an easy button… Never have I ever seen such selfishness and self-servitude in any single generation.” As if these $60K cars were being bought by 20-somethings, as opposed to- more likely- the folks from his own generation.

]]> By: etat http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-175928 etat Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:21:46 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-175928 Once they figure out the sonar and braking bits, the driver becomes redundant. Just set the auto-pilot, exit the car in mid-street, lock the doors, and let it park itself. then, in anotehr innovation, the driver becomes unneccesary for other functins, and fleets of empty vehicles roma the streets in lieu of paying exorbitant parking fees. Once they figure out the sonar and braking bits, the driver becomes redundant. Just set the auto-pilot, exit the car in mid-street, lock the doors, and let it park itself. then, in anotehr innovation, the driver becomes unneccesary for other functins, and fleets of empty vehicles roma the streets in lieu of paying exorbitant parking fees.

]]> By: Greg http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-175884 Greg Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:40:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-175884 If the job as a philosopher in upstate New York want pay for the Lexus I believe the Toyota Prius does exactly the same thing, at least it does in some of the European versions. I wonder if the widespread inability to parallel park among philosophers might explain all the fascination with twin earth examples. If the job as a philosopher in upstate New York want pay for the Lexus I believe the Toyota Prius does exactly the same thing, at least it does in some of the European versions.

I wonder if the widespread inability to parallel park among philosophers might explain all the fascination with twin earth examples.

]]> By: bad Jim http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-175845 bad Jim Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:05:27 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-175845 Actually, I've found parallel parking to be getting easier as the parking spaces in my town get larger to accomodate SUV's. There's so much room I can actually just nose in and wiggle a bit to straighten out. Actually, I’ve found parallel parking to be getting easier as the parking spaces in my town get larger to accomodate SUV’s. There’s so much room I can actually just nose in and wiggle a bit to straighten out.

]]> By: The Continental Op http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-175781 The Continental Op Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:20:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-175781 This does seem like a promising innovation. I was bemused by the hostility in some of the comments to the <i>Kicking Tires</i> post. I mean, I love manual transmissions, rack & pinion steering, and the like, as much as any automotive traditionalist. But I simply would not put parallel parking in the class of "skills the demise of which is regrettable". This does seem like a promising innovation. I was bemused by the hostility in some of the comments to the Kicking Tires post. I mean, I love manual transmissions, rack & pinion steering, and the like, as much as any automotive traditionalist. But I simply would not put parallel parking in the class of “skills the demise of which is regrettable”.

]]> By: cs http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/comment-page-1/#comment-175776 cs Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:29:29 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/10/16/parking-for-dummies/#comment-175776 The first comment at the linked post was pretty funny. The first comment at the linked post was pretty funny.

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