[ale] Ot: Geek Squad

James P. Kinney III jkinney at localnetsolutions.com
Tue Aug 16 18:03:44 EDT 2005


On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 17:48 -0400, H. A. Story wrote:
> My dreams are not practical.
> Still can't carry a couple of printers and a monitor in either one, much 
> less a server.
> 
In grad school, a friend rode his bike everywhere. Even to cello
practice. He had a bike trailer installed.

He also ate a lot.

> Adrin
> 
> 
> James P. Kinney III wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 17:02 -0400, H. A. Story wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>My personal favorite.
> >>
> >>http://www.acpropulsion.com/tzero_pages/tzero_home.htm
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Cool but OUCH! I saw the projected price as being between a Porsche and
> >a Ferrari. The Smart car is under $15k.
> >  
> >
> >>James P. Kinney III wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>I'm partial to
> >>>http://www.zapworld.com/cars/smartCar.asp
> >>>for geek-fleet cars.
> >>>
> >>>Until I can get the flying cars that George Jetson used I guess I'm
> >>>stuck with stuff with wheels only.
> >>>
> >>>On Tue, 2005-08-16 at 00:55 -0400, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> >>> 
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>>>At least they were smart about their choice of vehicle.  VW Bugs are the 
> >>>>most economical cars around these days.  But, I'm sure the Prius will 
> >>>>take that title within the next few years when Toyota can meet the 
> >>>>demand for it.
> >>>>
> >>>>And no, this isn't intended as flamebait.  I've seen many corporate 
> >>>>entities using Bugs as personal transport vehicles (as compared to 
> >>>>shipping vehicles).  I can't think of the names, but here in Alpharetta 
> >>>>you see VW Bugs all the time with various corporate 'fleet' makeovers 
> >>>>similar to the Geek Squad ones.
> >>>>
> >>>>-CB
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>James P. Kinney III wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>   
> >>>>
> >>>>        
> >>>>
> >>>>>On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 18:39 -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     
> >>>>>
> >>>>>          
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Speaking of geeks in my last email, is it just me or does anyone else
> >>>>>>here take offense to those idiots driving around in VW Bettles called
> >>>>>>the Geek Squad?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>  
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>       
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>            
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>I found them offensive to _real_ geeks everywhere ;)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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