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   From: jclarkeusenet@cox.net   
      
   In article , john@jfeldredge.com   
   says...   
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   > On Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:38:07 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:   
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   > > "Brian M. Scott"  writes:   
   > >   
   > >> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:40:19 -0500, David DeLaney   
   > >>  wrote in   
   > >>  in   
   > >> rec.arts.sf.written,rec.arts.sf.movies,rec.arts.books:   
   > >>   
   > >> [...]   
   > >>   
   > >>> And he may well think that putting his brights on requires stepping on   
   > >>> a button on the floor. Remember those?   
   > >>   
   > >> I?d actually meant to include that and simply forgot.  I still think of   
   > >> that arrangement as natural, though I?ve never owned a car that had it.   
   > >>   
   > >> How about the parking brake *pedal*?   
   > >   
   > > My daily driver still has both!   
   >   
   > The last two cars I have owned, as well as the last few cars I have   
   > rented, all had a foot pedal to set the parking brake, and a hand-pulled   
   > cable to release the parking brake.  The most recent car that had an   
   > entirely hand-operated parking brake dated back to the 1970's.   
      
   My Toyota Supra and my Corvette had hand levers, as did both my Jeeps.   
      
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