FLOW SCAN Meters

[El and Bill]

"Simplify, simplify, simplify" -- Henry David Thoreau

"Today's Luddites continue to raise moral and ethical arguments against the excesses of modern technology to the extent that our inventions and our technical systems have evolved to control us rather than to serve us." -- Martin Ryder University of Colorado at Denver

[Pat Anderson]

Got it! Luddite and proud of it!

[El and Bill]

No, not a Luddite -- not opposed to technological advances. Quite the opposite, if fact. Change has been a by-word in my life. And most tech advances have made my life simpler (whew -- think how much easier and simpler GPS is compared with shooting bearings).

I added the neo-luddism to illustrate that luddites are still around -- and some might have an (arguably) valid discussion point -- perhaps some tech. advances are morally wrong (stem cell research is one that many might bring up) and others perhaps are changing our culture in ways that might not be beneficial (gizmos that kids play with indoors to the exclusion of outdoor play or social interaction with peers, could be another). And some, like a flow meter, might have little application for a small boat.

Sorry you got the wrong impression. I am merely a critic of technology that has little or no apparent use (for me, and perhaps many other small boat users) when there is a simpler and less costly technology in existence.

[Pat Anderson]

Bill - just being my normal facetious self! Anybody using a computer and connecting to the internet via an Aircard, or using a GPS directed by satellites, or a boat powered by anything but oars for that matter, pretty much by definition cannot be a Luddite!