She's 101, but just like us!
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Just got passed along this video:
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1. ... Type=embed
101 year old woman driving an 81 year old car. You might recognize some similar attitudes about owning a special car, and the way much of the world responds to it. I especially appreciate her method for protecting the running boards at the end of the video. And I could only hope to be that sharp at 101.
Enjoy,
Dave
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1. ... Type=embed
101 year old woman driving an 81 year old car. You might recognize some similar attitudes about owning a special car, and the way much of the world responds to it. I especially appreciate her method for protecting the running boards at the end of the video. And I could only hope to be that sharp at 101.
Enjoy,
Dave
Dave
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bilcoh - Second Gear
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What a fantasic lady. She even does the oil change as well !!
I came across this the other day, the longest known car / owner relationship, and the owner was 102 when he died.
Was he very, very short, or is the car very, very tall!
http://theedje.blogspot.com/2010/08/wor ... nship.html
Mark
I came across this the other day, the longest known car / owner relationship, and the owner was 102 when he died.
Was he very, very short, or is the car very, very tall!
http://theedje.blogspot.com/2010/08/wor ... nship.html
Mark
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Elanintheforest - Coveted Fifth Gear
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Two wonderful stories. That lady is simply marvellous!
Funny how with some of us cars just get under the skin. Other inanimate objects do too, of course. For me it's a Frederick Beesley sidelock ejector 12 bore shotgun; a John Phillip RA painting; an International Dragon yacht; a Braun Mach 2 lighter given to me by one of my sisters for my 21st. No idea why, they just do!
Tim
Funny how with some of us cars just get under the skin. Other inanimate objects do too, of course. For me it's a Frederick Beesley sidelock ejector 12 bore shotgun; a John Phillip RA painting; an International Dragon yacht; a Braun Mach 2 lighter given to me by one of my sisters for my 21st. No idea why, they just do!
Tim
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trw99 - Coveted Fifth Gear
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Excellent!
Christian Car Guy Radio Show... well, I'll make sure to listen out for that one.
Christian Car Guy Radio Show... well, I'll make sure to listen out for that one.
Cheers,
Pete.
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trw99 wrote:Two wonderful stories. That lady is simply marvellous!
Funny how with some of us cars just get under the skin. Other inanimate objects do too, of course. For me it's a Frederick Beesley sidelock ejector 12 bore shotgun; a John Phillip RA painting; an International Dragon yacht; a Braun Mach 2 lighter given to me by one of my sisters for my 21st. No idea why, they just do!
Tim
This posting is meaningless without photos!!
Especially that shotty & the dingy
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GrUmPyBoDgEr wrote:This posting is meaningless without photos!!
Especially that shotty & the dingy
Here, here!! And throw in the Phillips and lighter while you're at it. I'll trade you for a rock I found on the beach in Mexico. Looked like someone had machined a perfect stone for slaying Goliath. Many a time I've had to resist trying to skip it across a lake.
Hmm. Posting about a rock. Perhaps I should rethink this.
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bilcoh wrote: Hmm. Posting about a rock. Perhaps I should rethink this.
You should've sold it!
"My Pet Rock sold for $3.95, and creator Gary Dahl unloaded more than five million of the igneous invertebrates in six months. He walked away with a cool $15 million"
(http://undecidedname.tumblr.com/post/37 ... ts-sold-to)
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Eh? That big boat might be a classic but it's not a Dragon, Shirley. The other one is but it's not a classic.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Pete.
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flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/16096573@N02/sets/72157624226380576/
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Richard, I now officially loathe you for introducing the possibility that my totally natural and exquisitely formed igneous memento took a trip through a factory for, erm, "tuning".
Fortunately for you, my cooler head prevailed, and a quick Google search reveals scores of original Pet Rocks with clearly "natural" surfaces. Thus, I rescind my loathing and return to admiring both my rock, and your command of the archives.
Blessings to you both.
Cheers.
Fortunately for you, my cooler head prevailed, and a quick Google search reveals scores of original Pet Rocks with clearly "natural" surfaces. Thus, I rescind my loathing and return to admiring both my rock, and your command of the archives.
Blessings to you both.
Cheers.
Dave
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bilcoh - Second Gear
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elansprint71 wrote:Eh? That big boat might be a classic but it's not a Dragon, Shirley. The other one is but it's not a classic.
Pete
I can assure you that it is a 1933 Dragon, built by Alholmens Batvara in Sweden, original sail no S47. It was bought to the UK by JC Crosby Esq and became K74, raced on the Clyde. I am Hon Sec of the British Dragon Association and have responsibility for maintaining the archives for the older classic boats. Classic is defined for us as any boat built in wood before 1972.
The other is my own 1999 built modern fibreglass Dragon, which as you rightly point out, is not a classic, though of course she retains the classic lines of the original 1929 Johan Anker design.
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trw99 wrote:A thousand words and all that, John, just for you!
Tim
Many thanks Tim,
Where have I heard that phrase before
lovely bits of kit although I doubt that is quite the right terminology for works of art, nevertheless a sign of respect in the West country tongue.
The blue of that spinnaker might look good on a sprint
Cheers
John
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elansprint71 wrote:Eh? That big boat might be a classic but it's not a Dragon, Shirley. The other one is but it's not a classic.
Pete, why do you call Tim Shirley?
Is there something he's not telling us?
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nebogipfel wrote:elansprint71 wrote:Eh? That big boat might be a classic but it's not a Dragon, Shirley. The other one is but it's not a classic.
Pete, why do you call Tim Shirley?
Is there something he's not telling us?
One hopes you are joking yourself, But as we are on the subject of classics, the use of Shirley instead of "surely" is itself a Classic joke. {from the "Carry On" series isn't it?}
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