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egoldstein said:
Hey now, I had a couple of vehicles with 3 on the tree. One of my favorite experiences was taking one with 4wd to a shop and when I asked the fellow if he'd driven one he cut me off with, "Yeah, I now how to drive a stick", hopped in, grabbed the Hi-Low lever for the transfer case and started trying to shift with it. After a few seconds he paused and said, "How do you get it in gear? It's stuck."

I'm still a hold out and haven't given up my manual yet.
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Love seeing the look on the younger generations faces whenever they see a older 4X4 with two or three levers in the floor ?

Better still is a old Land Rover, transmission shifter, 4wd engagement, range select and then OD ?

And the handbrake as well ?

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Also can't find a picture of one, but early discmans were such shit that if you moved them while playing the laser would skip, so they sold gel pads to act as vibration cushions for them.
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I had one of these in my first truck it worked every once in a while but my truck didn’t really like it
 
Or a Sony Walkman. Using cassette tape. The type was released around 1979.
 

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egoldstein said:
I'm still a hold out and haven't given up my manual yet.
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Oh thank god! Now I don't feel so alone -- there's two people on this forum who read Orwell and still cling to manuals: you and me :) May yours never die. Me, I'm keeping mine til I can't rebuild it anymore -- and then I'll find another, high or low. I learned how to drive on a 5 speed econobox all those years ago. Took it to the driving test to get my license, and right hand to doG, I've never owned anything but manuals ever since. Anything thats had my name on the title, has had a clutch. I'll trans-swap or rebuild something out of a junkyard, or go to one coast or the other, to keep finding 'em. If it means I'm destined to spend a lifetime driving old beater shitboxes, wrecks with three wheels in the grave, turn a wrench every other time I turn a key, well, so be it. For the love and the thrill -- yes, even in traffic -- all is worth it. From cars to trucks to motorcycles, everything I've owned has at least 5 gears and a clutch. And it always will. Save the manual!

Interestingly, Toyota is rumored to be seeking a patent for a pseudo-manual for their EVs. Heard tell it even 'stalls' the electric motor if you're careless with the fake clutch. Now that's dedication in engineering (and more than a few closet stick enthusiasts on their board).

Hell I'm still on an early 90s Ford for my farm truck. Not even a diesel. 225k on a gas motor and still turns over just fine. They laughed at me when I welded a set of gooseneck rails into a 1/2 ton truck that can barely haul 'em anyway. "Thats love," I said. "I did it just to keep using that truck for everything." Sure, I concede, she can't pull >12k gross beyond 3rd gear but so what? She still makes it home. Just takes longer. Use the scenic route. Still worth it, I insist. Lol. OBD-I, not II. No electronics beyond an ECU for fuel injection. Bench seat, metal roof I can stick magnetic clipboards to, rubber over the floorboards, hose it out easy. That there's a workin' man's truck. And that old familiar third pedal with a double H pattern in my hand. I could hang my head and cry when I think of a generation coming up who doesn't even know how to drive these, and will never feel the joy of the thing.
 
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I was DEVASTATED when they got rid of these....and I was a full grown adult lol

And that cartoon I sent was Danger Mouse. Classic late 80s animated crack for kids

and Pinky & The Brain was the best part of Animaniacs.

Bust it didn't hold a candle to Ren and Stimpy
 
Big differences from place to place what is shown on the TV.
I haven’t seen any of this cartoons in my country. And many from here is probably unknown to you too.
 
humananimal said:
Big differences from place to place what is shown on the TV.
I haven’t seen any of this cartoons in my country. And many from here is probably unknown to you too.
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Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego mentions your country. "She'll pull a scam in Scandinavia"
 
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