[CR]ebay outing: yet another early 70s Masi

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Columbus)

From: "C. Andrews" <chasds@mindspring.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:13:24 -0700
Subject: [CR]ebay outing: yet another early 70s Masi

Nice enough, but the seller would have more credibility if he'd refrain from spinning the facts:

http://ebay.com/<blah>

It always bugs me when these restorations are done with a non-original color...and even worse, with those darned dt graphics that are the wrong vintage (on that frame, unless I'm mistaken, the *Gran Criterium* should be chrome yellow, while the *MASI* should be white...or vice versa, I've seen that graphic both ways..but the all-chrome-yellow is wrong for the period...) Chris Chance should have known better, imho.

Charles "unreasonably picky" Andrews SoCal

As far as converting THIS society to solar, I think it's literally impossible. Even if political and economic barriers are ignored, there are not enough natural resources left to rebuild the existing infrastructure--to move everyone out of existing hot, dry cities (esp. Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, etc.) and house them elsewhere in high-density, low-energy structures.

America was built on the belief that fossil fuel would last forever. It was in our genes. We had no choice.

--Jay Hanson