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  • Posted by $ allosaur 1 year, 4 months ago
    Those snowmen evolved from carrots.
    Never thought reading "XX CHROMOSOMES" would ever crack old dino up.
    During the Seventies I drove to California twice. The second time I was all alone. I didn't have a Star Trek communicator, which I once read somewhere was an inventor's inspiration for cell phones.
    On the Great Plains or a flat desert, yon feel so alone and insignificant that it's kinda creepy. Maybe you still do without a cell phone, come to think of it finally.
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    • Posted by $ 1 year, 4 months ago
      LOL, evolved from carrots . . .
      Yes, it is lonely traveling out west, AZ/UT/NV/CO and a little worrisome...it takes forever for the scenery to change. I drove home to connecticut from CA the summer of 79. Spent 4 years there. Had just bought a 78 Mercury Capri. (German Influenced) Quick little car.
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      • Posted by $ allosaur 1 year, 4 months ago
        When I was in the Marines, my father the all but me family to see Europe. When I got, Dad offered money so I could do the same. I said I wanted to see some of the western part of my country. Took a brother along for company. Was driving a Camaro.
        That same brother settled in LA for a few years.
        That's when I drove alone in a Mustang from Alabama to LA. There was a stretch of desert where even truckers were driving near 100MPH,
        Unforgettable! Had 4 new tires. So I wasn't afraid of a blowout.
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        • Posted by Lucky 1 year, 4 months ago
          Ah those long stretches of desert road. We were free in those days in a sense the young of today cannot know.
          I remember a long stretch, a figure in the distance in the middle of nowhere, a hitch-hiker, I stopped, it was an Indian chap I think. "Goin' that way?" "Yup." Not much choice actually, just the road, forward and back. He got off after half an hour, to me it all looked exactly the same.
          100mph, a magic number.
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      • Posted by bobsprinkle 1 year, 4 months ago
        Houston to El Paso is pretty boring also. Drive it at night and you don't really notice how boring
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        • Posted by $ allosaur 1 year, 4 months ago
          Driving across Texas seems to take forever I can recall from the Seventies.
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          • Posted by bobsprinkle 1 year, 4 months ago
            I was in the service. Had brand new '65 mustang. Drove from Florida to El Paso/Ft Bliss. Had a detour in Alabama. Had to follow a local cop to Justice of the Peace home so I could pay for a speeding ticket. Those were the good 'ol days.
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            • Posted by $ 1 year, 4 months ago
              I remember having to surrender my AAA card to pay for a speeding ticket in Nebraska. He actually followed me, a few miles behind me, from the previous state. Said, "NOT ONCE DID YOU" drive under 80mph!
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            • Posted by $ allosaur 1 year, 4 months ago
              During my first of 2 trips to the west (1972 or 1973, I was entering New Orleans. Driving, I asked my brother if he had seen a speed limit sign and he said no.
              Went over a small bridge. Speed trap was rigged to clock my speed coming down the other side of the bridge.
              Because I was out of state, I was placed under arrest. Never was cuffed but stood around for an hour watching them ticket who often complained
              of the so obvious a speed trap.
              Asked them if my brother could follow as they took me to "central lockup."
              They laughed as they tried to lose my brother and all the more when he was forced to run a changing traffic light to keep up. Scumbags? Yep!
              I was in a holding cell with a bunch of unhappy guys for about 15 minutes when someone called my name.
              It was mispronounced but I knew it was me and did not correct the jailer. (Just get me out of there!)
              Another cop told me my fine was $10. I could not believe I went to jail for $10!
              "Ten dollars?" I inquiringly exclaimed. I was told if I wanted to contest the fine I'd stay in jail before appearing in court at 1PM the next day.
              To that I said, "TEN DOLLARS? I'VE GOT TEN DOLLARS!"
              My brother was waiting for me outside.
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          • Posted by CaptainKirk 1 year, 4 months ago
            Driving from CA to FL...
            One Quickly Learns that Florida is a VERY LONG State. I remember crossing the border near the panhandle, and thinking "Wow, I am almost there".
            Yep, about 12hrs... LOL...
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            • Posted by $ allosaur 1 year, 4 months ago
              During the Sixties I rode a Greyhound bus fro St. Petersburg to Dothan, Alabama, the town I grew up in.
              Dothan is only about 30 minutes from the Florida line.
              But it took all night to get there and the sun was coming up when I used a payphone for a parent to come and get me.
              Keep in mind St. Petersburg is roughly halfway down the west side of Florida.
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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 1 year, 4 months ago
    Love the tree on the Tesla! That is hilarious!

    I like the 1965 (sedan) and 1971 (fastback) Mustangs better. However, they are all gorgeous!

    Back Draft Racing used to make a racing body/chassis that looks just like a 1965 Mustang, but with a real stiff chassis, and tunable suspension. Too bad it is $70K.

    Griggs has some now:
    https://www.griggsracing.com/griggs-r...
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    • Posted by $ 1 year, 4 months ago
      Wow, my 66 GT, (The First GT made for 1966) was valued at that price . . .too bad I couldn't keep it when the housing market crashed. Rebuilt from the ground up.
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      • Posted by $ Thoritsu 1 year, 4 months ago
        That sucks. I never had an early one, but gave away a perfect 1990 LX 5.0 model for $500! What an idiot I am.
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        • Posted by $ 1 year, 4 months ago
          We all made mistakes like that. I let my fav. car, late production model 1961 starliner with a 406 4 speed go to a friend . . .worth maybe 100K today.
          . . .and, like a dummy, let my last 240Z go when I clearly could have put it aside . . .just because of a little rust on the frame. A few years later, Japan was rebuilding them at the factory. Worth 40+ these days.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 1 year, 4 months ago
    Thanks for the great wakeup this morning, OUC! After months I finally cleaned up all the dust in the man cave. If it was anyone I knew they're gone now - whatever. Duck sink - LOL! TP! Smart tree taking out the EV. Love that Mustang - had a SUV type car pull up next to me at a stop light the other day that turned out to be a Porche. I said to my wife, "Why would anybody spend so much money on a vehicle that looks like a Kia?" - if you have to read the name to know what it is because it looks like everything else, then what's the point?
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  • Posted by JohnRandALL 1 year, 4 months ago
    How to verify a woman? Looking for XX chromosomes is quite accurate, but difficult. Genital exam is fairly accurate, but not socially acceptable. Some less accurate, but still useful clues: Look for a carrying angle at the elbows. Women have arms that angle out at the elbow, men less so. And women usually have index fingers longer than their ring finger, men don't. You're welcome.
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