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sam_w
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 Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 3:14 pm Post subject: 1973 Motor Trend Thing review |
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A positive review!
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bmwloco
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Thanks!
Good read, and it takes me back to my Cub Scout days pouring over car magazines  |
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FreakCitySF
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks for posting Sam! |
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kubelmann
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| Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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| This article and all the other Thing articles of the era are contained on the RoMTOC Thing Data CD.. Nice posting as always Sam!! |
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Big Luni
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| Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:03 am Post subject: |
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They were right about The Thing, but wrong about the Corvette going rotary!
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kubelmann
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| Yeah but, how about that high-tech "instamatic" camera. 110 cartridge film. Yowza!! not quite digital dvd movies but you could take pictures at a tennis game (or so the ad claims) |
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Big Luni
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The worst thing about that 110 camera ad is that it says it costs "Less than $68," which equates to about $300 in today's dollars! Anyone who's owned a 110 camera knows how scary that is.
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kubelmann
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| Especially if you consider that a 5 megapixal camera can be had for $30 today... |
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oasis
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I remember paying $70 for a desktop, plug-in-only calculator back in the day which did all of the following:
- add
- subtract
- multiply
- divide
- turn on and off
Now, you can get graphing calculators from Texas Instruments that does stuff I don't even understand -- and math was one of my double-majors -- for the same (non-price indexed) price.
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