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To: Agamemnon
Buggy whip manufacturers faced the same thing when cars were invented or earlier when steam engines were invented.

It didn't happen overnight, did it?

168 posted on 08/03/2003 10:13:29 AM PDT by raybbr
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To: raybbr
It didn't happen overnight(buggy whips going out of business), did it?

Uh basically it did. Henry Ford's Model T saw to that.

174 posted on 08/03/2003 10:20:48 AM PDT by Dane
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To: raybbr
It didn't happen overnight, did it?

Didn't sting any less when it did though. How did we ever survive? Your point is slow it down? Who was that character in Greek mythology who in his conceit thought he could tame the sea?

200 posted on 08/03/2003 10:39:55 AM PDT by Agamemnon
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