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Late last week, Paul Wigton (aka “Vroomie”) said he didn’t bother to participate in my little “name that car” games because they were “too easy”… so I’ve been trying to stump him all week. I’ve tried the vein of “oddball American iron” from the 30s, the 50s, and even the teens, but failed each time. Let’s fast-forward to the age of big hair and bell bottoms… what should be Paul’s sweet spot of teenage car recognition, and see if he can name this decidedly NOT oddball one.
OK let’s all stand back and watch Paul go!
OK Paul, name it.
Burger Run – Great Drives and Road Trips – Automobile Magazine
My kind of trip. BUT… if Sam wrote it, and Jeff was the co-driver… how did Robert take the pictures? Seems a bit contrived, but hey… I’ve done similar trips. 😉
Thanks to Tom for the link.
Paul says my “name that car” photos are too easy. OK, name this one Paul!
I was sitting in the living room, enjoying a wee dram of Glenmorangie, when I felt the whole house wiggle. I iChatted a friend, who lives in Olympia, which is 100 miles away from here, and asked if he felt it. He said no, so I knew it could not be a very widespread one.
The image above is from a the nearest seismograph from my house in the UW network. It is located in Trafton, just off of Jim Creek road, which is as the crow flies maybe a kilometer from my home.
I have no idea where exactly on the Richter it measured, but my guess would be in the “low fours”.
A good read.
Remind me again why we’re there?
Oh well. I have a few friends over there. Guys *my age* if you can believe it. People pulled back into the military long after they’d left for civilian life. Either due to Guard commitments (two weeks a year and one weekend a month!… yeah… right. This Guard is not the same Guard that G.W. Bush used to escape duty in Vietnam. Thanks to… G.W. Bush!) or they retired as Officers and got “the call.”
Remind me again why they are there?
I think about these guys every day. I think about their families. I cringe everytime I hear about another US soldier getting killed, wondering when I’ll recognize the face in the newspaper, or on the TV screen.
Remind me again why we’re there?
Our “leaders” keep saying “stay the course”, but it seems to me like they don’t know what course they’re on! Like a kid taking apart mom’s toaster to see how it works, and now they have no idea how to put it back together again.
Insanity.