"Six Means of SF Transportation You Should Probably Avoid" Topic

"I was lucky enough to grow up in an age when people weren't as worried about safety. Especially transportation safety. That's why:

•I remember the brief glorious moment of flight when jumping an old beater car over a railway crossing, followed by the thud when the engine falls out on touchdown;
•I know the exact sound of a windscreen and face collision after an abrupt stop;
•I know how fast a VW Beetle has to take a corner before the kid riding the running board flies off;
•I can boast of walking four miles through a blizzard after breaking four ribs in a mid-winter car wreck.

It was a glorious time to be alive…."
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"Bob Shaw was not a Hard SF author"

Excuse you? An engineer by trade? True, he had a limited grasp of particle physics, but his biology was sound. I assume the author was talking about some of his more mystical outings ( "The Palace Of Eternity" probably. ).

And why an Orion can't be allowed to utilize high-yiled Lithium or Aluminum explosives in ecological areas ( Think BLU-82s ) is beyond me.

Thanks. That was hilarious.

The opening reminded me of the hooky-bobbing of youth. We would squat, grab the bumper, and let the car pull us across snow and ice until we fell, were thrown by a curve, or let go.

The survivors usually grew out of hand-held hooky-bobbing by about age 16. By then, we were tying inner tubes to bumpers, and well, you can guess the rest.

(smile)

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Armand