Comments on: Bad News From the Past: blog devoted to century-old bad newspaper stories http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 21:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SkullHyphy http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515334 SkullHyphy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515334 From the article it looks like SARS is a much older problem than I realized. From the article it looks like SARS is a much older problem than I realized.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515110 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515110 Interesting. As a global society presently we seem to have gotten over the vampire car concept and now accept thousands upon thousands of deaths and injuries every year in order maintain our unbridled access to personal automobiles. Some may even consider driving a right rather than a privilege. Certainly the older drivers with dementia that make up part of my PhD research are pretty annoyed when they are sent for a driving test. Interesting. As a global society presently we seem to have gotten over the vampire car concept and now accept thousands upon thousands of deaths and injuries every year in order maintain our unbridled access to personal automobiles. Some may even consider driving a right rather than a privilege. Certainly the older drivers with dementia that make up part of my PhD research are pretty annoyed when they are sent for a driving test.

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515136 Moriarty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515136 I have to assume the death toll is much lower today, what with cars loaded with safety features, traffic laws, and almost everyone having a lifetime familiarity with cars. Still, driving is the most dangerous activity most people engage in. I have to assume the death toll is much lower today, what with cars loaded with safety features, traffic laws, and almost everyone having a lifetime familiarity with cars. Still, driving is the most dangerous activity most people engage in.

]]> By: Darren Garrison http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515237 Darren Garrison Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515237 Wow, never heard the term "vampire auto" or "vampire autoist" to describe a hit-and-run driver before. The articles all seem to take for granted that the readers know the phrase, though. Anyone know anything about the history of the term? http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+autos%22&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&start=0 http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+auto%22&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+autoist%22&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+autoists%22&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a Wow, never heard the term “vampire auto” or “vampire autoist” to describe a hit-and-run driver before. The articles all seem to take for granted that the readers know the phrase, though. Anyone know anything about the history of the term?

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+autos%22&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&sa=N&start=0

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+auto%22&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+autoist%22&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22vampire+autoists%22&btnG=Search+Archives&hl=en&ned=us&scoring=a

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515259 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515259 Moriarty, You're probably just as likely to get your ass run down at 45th and Cottage Grove today. Summer in Chicago always brings an outbreak of "hit-and-runs," particularly in the evening. Chicago is also known for having cross-walks where drivers are not required to stop for pedestrians, a feature that is particularly common on the South Side. My theory is that the city is attempting to breed especially fast children. Some of the authors' comments on Chicago drivers are also right on the money. Moriarty,
You’re probably just as likely to get your ass run down at 45th and Cottage Grove today. Summer in Chicago always brings an outbreak of “hit-and-runs,” particularly in the evening. Chicago is also known for having cross-walks where drivers are not required to stop for pedestrians, a feature that is particularly common on the South Side. My theory is that the city is attempting to breed especially fast children.

Some of the authors’ comments on Chicago drivers are also right on the money.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515276 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515276 Remember the adage, Be quick or die???? Remember the adage, Be quick or die????

]]> By: gnosis http://boingboing.net/2009/06/09/bad-news-from-the-pa.html#comment-515299 gnosis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-515299 This reminds me of the Futurama episode where Bender has to spend the night in the haunted castle and is stalked by the vampire car :) This reminds me of the Futurama episode where Bender has to spend the night in the haunted castle and is stalked by the vampire car :)

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