I believe that you've misplaced a decimal point. IF such issues drive SUV acceptance, and IF Freud was right (increasingly problematic) the purchase of SUVs by males is to "compensate" for their "inadequacies" in other areas. Last time I checked, buying an SUV does not make anything on a male's body actually bigger (maybe the belly.) When I'm on the road, it's mostly on a bicycle. I have been amazed for decades the guys who, when matched up with me at a stop light, will go out of their way to leave rubber when the light changes (charge out from the light.) I usually say something like "Wow! leaving a bicycle in the dust must make it almost possible to know what it feels like to be a man." Of course, on occasion, when I'm at a similar intersection on a motorcycle ... John Willkie -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Manfredi, Albert E Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:32 PM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Barriers eroding to LCD TV adoption Craig Birkmaier wrote: > The SUV craze has largely been driven by safety issues, with a > generous dose of "following the crowd." And here I thought it was caused by a large number of males feeling they needed to boost the size of their "member," sort of as an adjunct to their daily intake of Viagra. How else do you explain the overly aggressive looking, massive, vertical grilles? Or maybe it's to ensure the maximum possible wind resistance, to make ourselves more dependent on Arab oil? It's women who use "safety" as their excuse. If they're so "safe," how come they keep flipping over? Saw one getting T-boned right in front of my face, at a stop light, only a couple of weeks ago. Someone in a small compact car ran into its side. The SUV would have flipped in no time except that it was saved by hitting a pole. A few months prior, at the same intersection, a similar beached whale was lying on its side. Amazing pieces of junk. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.