From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Fri Nov 15 18:01:23 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A6F33B00142; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 18:01:23 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <8.007DE39D@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:47:11 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 2631 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:46:42 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 6897; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:45:39 -0500 Received: from smtp1.clear.net.nz [203.97.33.27] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:45:39 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by smtp1.clear.net.nz Received: from joe (203-167-168-41.dialup.clear.net.nz [203.167.168.41]) by smtp1.clear.net.nz (CLEAR Net Mail) with SMTP id <0H5N00L0ZBK04T@smtp1.clear.net.nz> for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:45:38 +1300 (NZDT) MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <001801c28c52$47774180$4289a7cb@joe> <3DD50975.15F4@ezy.net.au> <002d01c28ced$7b5c9cc0$6488a7cb@joe> <021701c28d07$ed72b3c0$6501a8c0@potshe01.pa.comcast.net> Message-ID: <000801c28d11$d63a4a60$29a8a7cb@joe> Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 14:45:23 +1300 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Jinx Subject: Re: [OT]: Dude, where's my car ? Oh, that green guy's got it To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600761 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 000007bb-0000 > Hmmm.... skateboards go back to the 40's. According to http://www.all-sports-posters.com/skateboard-history.html way before that even. (Google for +skateboard +history) but I don't think they were seen much outside the US. I first remember them being popularised in the early 70s when polycarbonate ones with urethane wheels came out (a friend had a plastics factory that was full-time for months making them) What's cool/lame goes in/out of fashion of course. A couple of years ago it was grown men riding scooters (what was THAT all about ?). Next year, who knows - Xtreme hula-hoops ? Off-road skipping ? -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.