calling cows
December 10, 2005 Sometimes when Austin and I are riding in the car, we have these philosophical discussions. Usually we discuss something much more basic than black holes or quantum mechanics; although I am holding out for him to be the next great theoretical physicist. Yesterday it was car parts and repairs. I was explaining to him how all of the parts, particularly electrical parts used to be replaced at much greater frequencies. Head lights used to cost a fraction of now, but you replace several of them over the life of your car. I told him that his Grandpa used to wear out multiple pick up horns from calling cows. We talked for a while about calling cows; Austin thinks that his Grandpa probably still wears out horns, even with the newer technology. Austin has recently discovered rock and roll from the 60s and 70s. As we were driving, Austin had Jimmy Hendrix in the CD player. I speculated that with the advent of better sound systems in cars, Grandpa could condition his c...