<html><body><div id="edo-message"><div>And this topic has what to do with aprs?<style>#edo-signature img {max-width: 90%}</style><div id="edo-signature" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue','Helvetica',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font:'-apple-system-body';"></div></div></div><div id="edo-original"><div><br><br><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:1ex 0 0 0;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:0.5ex;"><div>On Apr 5, 2017 at 22:42, <<a href="mailto:tapr@noseynick.com">Nick VA3NNW</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div><pre>Robert Bruninga wrote:<br>> And so we still have clueless people stuck in the<br>> gas-tank/gas-station legacy thinking who cannot conceive of the<br>> conveneience of simply plugging into a $15 simple outlet while parked<br>> and paying a fixed monthly rate.<br><br>Can you imagine if, every time your laptop ran out of juice, or your<br>smartphone, you had to take it to a special Laptton, Mobil, Texapho or<br>Sunopho shop, or perhaps a supermarket-brand one on the opposite corner<br>of the parking lot, a funny smelly outdoor shelter exposed to the<br>weather, squirt dangerous chemicals into it for a few minutes, in return<br>for maybe 25% of your credit-card balance, just so you could continue<br>using it for another few days?<br><br>Heck, even if it gave you twice, or even 5 times the use off a single<br>"refill", even if you could pick up a chocolate bar and a soda when you<br>go to pay, would you honestly DO that?<br><br>ABSURD! RIDICULOUS! Who are you kidding?!?<br><br>Obviously makes SO much more sense to plug it in whilst you sleep, or<br>when you're at work, or maybe even both.<br><br>So why DO we put up with that crap for our cars?!?<br><br>-- <br>"Nosey" Nick Waterman, VA3NNW/G7RZQ, K2 #5209.<br>use Std::Disclaimer; sig@noseynick.net<br>Jury: Twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer.<br>_______________________________________________<br>aprssig mailing list<br>aprssig@tapr.org<br>http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig<br></pre></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>