Ah, it just hadn't registered in my mind what ALCI stood for.
I wasn't born until 1966, but you may have noticed from my other posts that I'm very interested in the development and history of electrics/electronics. I've found that a lot of people don't realize just how long some things have been around.
Tell them that the first trans-Atlantic TV broadcast by satellite was 1962 or that the first commercial microwave oven was marketed in 1949 and they sometimes look in disbelief.
I saw a documentary about Oregon some years ago, and just recently watched an early 1960s movie filmed on location in Ore. ("Ring of Fire," David Jansen as a sheriff for a change!). It certainly looks pretty country up there.
I'm planning on looking for a place over in France. Property's much better value there. Have you ever been there?
By the way, the oil prices have lowered the price of gas ("petrol") here compared to a year or so ago, but it still works out over $4 per U.S. gal.
