To tie this in to another thread, note that "vintage" vessels of some sort are great speculative cargos - and a 539 Ling Standard Products Racing Air/Raft might be as eprsnickety a cargo as half a dozen prize polo or show ponis.


On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Knapp <magick.crow@gmail.com> wrote:



On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Bruce Johnson <johnson@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote:

On Apr 23, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz <schwartz.jeffrey@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Knapp <magick.crow@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I got to thinking today; what makes sports cars and all terrain car fun?
>> I think a lot of it has to do with that 0-200 in 3 seconds pressing you into the seat, that getting pressed against the windows as you speed through that curver. In a similar fashion 4wd car bonce you around and toss you about making you know you are alive as you struggle to drive the terrain.
>>
>> So at TL why not just put momentum/grav plates in the cars? Give that sports car the feel of 9Gs, if you can take it! Have your car bash you around as you drive down main street in your 4WD!!
>>
>
>
> At that point.. why have the car?
> I'm thinking TL15 video game packages are going to be fun....
> I can see a set of plates that you assemble in your "home theater
> room", and they provide "SurroundFeel(tm)" to your entertainment

Exactly, and you’ll be a lot less dangerous to the other people out and about.

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Great ideas. I was thinking that people would still want to travel and impress their friends with a great sports car. Also where are the smells and the wind? The sense of freedom? 

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