Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Rule works both ways
Curbside Classic fills its space by reprinting items from the same date in earlier years, typically 6 years ago. Today's reprint from 2014 dealt with the use of aircraft and rocketry themes by cars. The item didn't seem familiar, so I read it with interest.
The first comment under the article seemed especially sharp:
Your last picture makes an interesting point. Real outer-space stuff, whether satellites or capsules, is not aerodynamic at all. It doesn’t need to be. It tends to show ungainly bare mechanisms without any outer case or body. In other words, automobiles of the 1890-1905 era looked more like real space stuff than any later cars!
Wonder who said that?
Oh. It was me.
More proof, not needed, of a basic rule: After you WRITE a thought you forget it.
This rule can be beneficial in clearing out bad or unwanted thoughts, but it needs to be used cautiously. You don't want to prematurely clear out an unfinished USEFUL thought by writing it down. When you're in the middle of solving a complicated problem or developing a complicated design, it's better to leave everything floating around, letting dreams and unconscious processes chew on the idea. You'll know when it's ready to use. The internal oven timer will ding.
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