[Engineer[_2_]]

On Jan 18, 11:22*pm, wrote:
On Jan 18, 10:09 pm, Engineer wrote:





On Jan 18, 1:23 pm, wrote:

*Was America a better place then? I think so.

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And a considerable number of audiophiles built a good
percentage of their own systems from component parts, giving them
knowledge and experience later 'appliance operators' would never
attain.

Bret, I am an optimist... IMO, it is better now. *We can still collect
and build the 1959 audio stuff (and I do!) but at the same time have
an affordable LCD home theatre (I don't!), use a cellphone (yes!) and
fly to Oz at any time (I have!) *One good thing about 1909 and earlier
was that the "inquiring scientist/engineer" could know a good
percentage of the then current knowledge in a number of technical
disciplines. *Now he/she can never even cover one discipline but must
specialize (as I have!) *Of course, if we know the basic physics,
maths and chemistry we can at least be told how most stuff works - but
we can't make it in the basement like they did!
Anyway, most of us live longer now ("three score and ten" is
obsolete... I hope, nearly there!) and if we are active and inquiring
thoughout our lives it can even be fun.
The beer's still good, too!

*In America the beer is way better IF you shun the major brews, which
only bikers and Mexicans drink anymore. Where American beer sucked
fifty years ago, we now have a selection of brews as good as any
although I like German, Canadian and British beers occasionally too as
well as the Czech beers. Nothing Asian because most use rice and it
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Bret, I, too, shun the major brews. I mostly drink dark beer from the
smaller breweries here in Canada. Sleeman's Dark is pretty good, as is
Alexander Keith's Amber Ale and Wellington County Dark Ale. But
sometimes I drink Keith's IPA. I have never like American pale
beers. In Britain HSB is very good indeed, I have sunk many a pint
over the years, but I have never seen it over here. Oh, yes, London
Pride (a classic British bitter) in cans is also very good and it is
shipped to Canada, perhaps to the US, too. Then there's
Smethwick's... but this is getting a a bit OT!
Cheers,
Roger