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To: artichokegrower
"On Friday, Sacramento launched a pilot program that put eight shared electric Kia Souls at public housing sites. Up to 300 residents can apply for on-demand access to the vehicles, with no charge for maintenance, insurance or juicing up the battery.

What could possibly go wrong? Reminds me of this:

"Even more important than being drunk, however, is having the right car. You have to get a car that handles really well. This is extremely important, and there’s a lot of debate on this subject – about what kind of car handles best. Some say a front-engined car; some say a rear-engined car. I say a rented car. Nothing handles better than a rented car. You can go faster, turn corners sharper, and put the transmission into reverse while going forward at a higher rate of speed in a rented car than in any other kind. You can also park without looking, and can use the trunk as an ice chest. Another thing about a rented car is that it’s an all-terrain vehicle. Mud, snow, water, woods – you can take a rented car anywhere. True, you can’t always get it back – but that’s not your problem, is it?"-PJ O'Rourke (How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink, 1978)

55 posted on 05/05/2017 7:31:24 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Sooth2222

What could go wrong?

The LA School System’s $1.3 Billion iPad Fiasco Comes to a Sad End

An iPad for every kid! It sounded like a good idea in 2013, but a $1.3 billion plan to supply Los Angeles schools with Apple tablets turned into a failure quagmire, with the school district asking for a refund.

http://gizmodo.com/the-la-school-systems-1-3-billion-ipad-fiasco-comes-to-1733569377


61 posted on 05/05/2017 7:46:04 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: Sooth2222

“...electric Kia Souls at public housing sites.”

“Wachu meen you don’t know wheres the gas goes at?”
“Just pur it downz into the trunk - thats whatz it means ifn’ they gotz junk in the trunk.”


69 posted on 05/05/2017 8:44:37 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
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