My contribution (only the Knode issue) [OT]

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Sun Mar 7 02:32:44 UTC 2010


Craig White wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-03-06 at 19:08 -0600, Mikkel wrote:
>   
>> On 03/06/2010 06:45 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>     
>>> A car would work without a differential in much the same way a wagon or
>>> cart would.  However, when cornering the tires would need to rotate at
>>> different speeds.  This would tend to cause slipping on one side and
>>> dragging on the other and lead to control problems as well as damage to
>>> the tires.
>>>
>>>       
>> A better fix would be to only drive one wheel. Having a way to lock
>> in the second wheel would be useful, but not necessary. My snow
>> blower is set up that way - a live axle, and only one wheel driving,
>> unless you manually engage the lock on the second wheel so they both
>> drive.
>>     
> ----
> the whole concept that one can bring relevance to Marcel's ranting by
> using a metaphor is comical by itself when in reality, Marcel couldn't
> hit the broad side of a barn from 3 feet.
>   
I don't know about the others....but I'm not speaking in metaphors.  I'm
talking about cars.  Seemed like it would be more productive to change
the subject.   (OK, OK, I've belatedly added the OT.)  :-)

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