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#797
01-01-2011, 03:08 PM
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#798
01-01-2011, 03:17 PM
In my short lifespan of almost 66 year I have experienced a lot of transitions. My earliest recollections of the oldest of our family cars was a 1948 Plymouth which was followed by a 1954 Studebaker 2DR Champion coupe with a Continental 6 flathead and a three on the tree. I remember thinking that we were riding like royalty. It was the first new car my mom and dad ever had. When my dad had to work away from home it was up to me as a young boy to put tire chains on that car for my mom if we had bad snow weather. Try and find a 9 to 14 year-old that can or would do that now. Better still, find me a mom that can drive a stick shift with straight steering with tire chains on it. I remember the school busses running with tire chains on. Find a school bus driver that would do that now. We live in a world of wusses now that can't drive without all the latest advances like traction and braking control, not to mention all the other little comforts. I honestly believe the Greatest Generation has come and are almost all gone. I'm technically not a Baby Boomer because I was born in '45 as opposed to '46 or later. Still I count myself as a part of the Baby Boomer generation and I believ my generation was where things started to go down hill. I honestly believe that those of us that are older and have lived with less convenience and comfort actually have a much greater appreciation for the luxuries and modern conveniences than the current generation.
#800
01-01-2011, 03:30 PM
You got a few years on me...but when I was in high school my mom drove around in a vehicle that was chained up (guess who put the chains on and took 'em off...certainly not my dad!) when we had snow (lived in Tahoe, so we mostly had snow from Nov. till April) and eventually we got a 4X4...a 12-year-old Land Rover, which only came with a manual transmission. She drove that as well.
Nowadays she drives a Taurus SHO...with a manual.
My sister isn't afraid to drive a stick or a vehicle with chains when she has to chauffeur her kids around in inclement weather. I very much doubt she'd be able to get one of the little buggers to chain up for her though...
Nowadays she drives a Taurus SHO...with a manual.
My sister isn't afraid to drive a stick or a vehicle with chains when she has to chauffeur her kids around in inclement weather. I very much doubt she'd be able to get one of the little buggers to chain up for her though...
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01-01-2011, 04:43 PM
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that was also the last movie i saw in a theater.
i went one time since, and walked out within 5 minutes because the people around me decided they would rather talk on their cell phones instead of watching the movie.
i loudly told them they were a bunch if ignorant friggin a holes as i walked out, and everyone around me clapped.
the manager offered me free tickets. i told him give me my money back.
i went one time since, and walked out within 5 minutes because the people around me decided they would rather talk on their cell phones instead of watching the movie.
i loudly told them they were a bunch if ignorant friggin a holes as i walked out, and everyone around me clapped.
the manager offered me free tickets. i told him give me my money back.
#805
01-01-2011, 04:59 PM
Jim I just messed with my race car in my garage and did not get it "needed approval"...however we are manually approving for now...one of the Mods is going to try yours...so please have patience and we will figured it out....sorry..
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01-01-2011, 05:10 PM
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#810
01-01-2011, 07:24 PM
A very nice usage of capitalization in a proper name/title. 