On 4/3/2012 8:27 AM, sf wrote:
>
> Class has nothing to do with it. Europeans smoke while they drive and
> you can't do both. They'll be off cigarettes in a few years, then
> you'll begin to see cup holders. Look at how long it took the USA to
> switch from smoking in their cars to drinking enough coffee that they
> needed cup holders.... it was 40-50 years after the Surgeon General's
> mandatory warning on packages of cigarettes first appeared. I
> remember when people used to balance their coffee cups on the
> dashboard or place them on the console.
>

My dad used to put a cup of coffee on the dash and drive. Somehow, it
magically would stick up there without splashing or falling. The steam
would make fascinating patterns on the windshield. I've tried driving
with a cup on the dash but it's more than I can handle. I can maybe go a
hundred feet or so before I have to grab it. Forget about making any
turns. :-)