The Flying Dutchman

La asta s-a referit @apriliacluj. Si, probabil si la excesul de semne ale exclamarii.

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A cowboy named Bud was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture in Wyoming when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced toward him out of a cloud of dust. The driver, a young man in a Brioni® suit, Gucci® shoes, RayBan® sunglasses and YSL® tie, leaned out the window and asked the cowboy: "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?" Bud looks at the man, who obviously is a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?" The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell® notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3® cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop® and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg , Germany. Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot® that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL® database through an ODBC connected Excel® spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry® and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet® printer, turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves." "That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says Bud. He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on with amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car. Then Bud says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?" The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?" "You're a Congressman from Washington , DC ", says Bud. "Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?" "No guessing required." answered the cowboy." You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You used millions of dollars’ worth of equipment trying to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about how working people make a living - or about cows, for that matter. This is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."

Ai avantaje, au mai spus-o altii inaintea mea, dar avantajele nu sunt (inca) la indemana tuturor. Nu ma refer aici numai la Romania. Trebuie: - sa stai la casa, nu la bloc (asta e must); vor fi unii care vor spune ca iti poti monta o statie de incarcare in parcarea de la bloc, dar costurile sunt mari, si ale statiei si cele ulterioare (stiu despre ce vorbesc, am la Bucuresti un prieten cu Tesla care a montat o astfel de jucarie in parcarea subterana); - sa ai abonament la Hidroelectrica (asta e bonus); - sa ai panouri fotovoltaice (si asta e bonus); - sa folosesti cotetul electric pentru distante scurte, eventual ca a doua/treia masina (stiu ca se vor gasi cativa sa ma contrazica, dar chiar si in vestul Europei trebuie sa planifici grijuliu un drum mai lung. La noi, cu infrastructura de acum, trebuie sa faci un plan foarte bine elaborat.). Mai sunt si altele, dar astea mi-au venit in minte mai rapid. Sigur, discutia se poate purta la nesfarsit, cu argumente de o parte si de alta, mai mult sau mai putin solide. Colegul nostu Mircea a avut pana mai deunazi numai Spring(uri), care, pe langa faptul ca sunt lipsite de confort si de multe gizmo-uri necesare unei electrice, au niste baterii de tot rasul (parca vreo 22kW sau asa ceva). Nici nu vreau sa ma gandesc daca s-ar incumeta la acel drum de Timisoara cu alea, mai repede ajunge cu CFR-ul.

Un politist de la circulatie opreste un sofer: - N-ati vazut semnul de "interzis"? - Ba da, dar pe dumneavoastra nu v-am vazut!

Nu e nimic senzational, si nici absurd in asta. Am locuit cativa ani in UK. Pentru cine nu stie, acolo se plateste deja aceasta taxa de catre posesorii de cotete cu motor termic, numai ca taxa se regaseste sub forma unui adaus la pretul carburantilor. Este corect sa fie platita de toata lumea. Da, dar nu mai incarci acasa si pretul e un pic mai ridicat, nu? Numai un pic...

Si eu am luat, si afara si in Romania, dar recunosc ca nu sunt chiar motociclist tru. Si nu am avut nici costum caroserie.

Doua lucruri care schimba mult datele problemei. Bafta!