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laurasdada

I've never been to a drive-in movie. Why would you want to be in the backseat to watch a movie?

jmonroe

driver100 said:

xwesx said:

abacomike said:

No one watched movies in drive-ins back then - tough to see anything from the back seat if you know what I mean!  

I know what you mean! I only went to a drive in a few times when I was very young, but I was always in the back seat and it was very difficult to see the screen from there.

In the old days if you were in the back you could see fairly well with bench seats and no headrests. In a lot of todays cars the front seats are pretty tall....anyone in the back just has a small area between the seats to try to see a movie screen.

Hint: I'm sure even the kids today have figured out being the driver when going to the drivein is not the best way to go. The back has always been the way to do it.

When I was kid my father almost always allowed me to have the car when I wanted it because he knew I was a better driver than most kids. It got to the point where I didn't want the car when I was going to the drivein with another couple but sometimes it was unavoidable. Half a pie is better than none.

jmonroe

explorerx4

@oldfarmer50,
What kind of exhaust did you get?

ab348

houdini1 said:

Here are some of my favorite lyrics from an old song by Waylon Jennings:

You can hear the Grand 'Ol Opry in Nashville Tennessee
It's the home of country music, on that we all agree
But when you cross that 'Ol Red River Hoss, that just don't mean a thing
Cause when you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the King....

Bob Wills was the King of Texas Swing, an interesting style. His legacy is carried on by Asleep at the Wheel. This is one of my favorite performances by them and is sort of car-related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifUaZQL8pc


They also do a mean version of Hot Rod Lincoln.

driver100

laurasdada said:

I've never been to a drive-in movie. Why would you want to be in the backseat to watch a movie?

If you are talking teen years, usually you wanted to be in the back seat because there was more action going on there than on the screen.

If you mean pre-teen years.............parents usually stayed in the front, kids in the back, but you could still see the movie....kids can easily stand in the back.
Not hard to see over the seats in most older cars....like this 66 Plymouth Belvedere....seats come up to the side windows;

xwesx

graphicguy said:

Nope...not doing that. Pretty cool to watch, though. Actually, the brakes on my bike a tons better than what I road as a kid. I have hydraulic disks, slotted rotors and dual piston calipers.

This, vs a small piece of rubber rubbing on a steel rim to slow me down when I was younger. Or, even worse, coaster brakes.

I imagine those new-fangled disc brakes are fantastic! I've never ridden a bike that had anything better than the rubber compression brake. However, the center-pull version of that is so much nicer than the old style clamp version.

xwesx

driver100 said:

xwesx said:

abacomike said:

No one watched movies in drive-ins back then - tough to see anything from the back seat if you know what I mean!  

I know what you mean! I only went to a drive in a few times when I was very young, but I was always in the back seat and it was very difficult to see the screen from there.

In the old days if you were in the back you could see fairly well with bench seats and no headrests. In a lot of todays cars the front seats are pretty tall....anyone in the back just has a small area between the seats to try to see a movie screen.

My parents always had those coupes with tall one-piece bucket seats. I either had to stand up and hang onto the back of the seat to peer around, or try to look between them. Glancing up front that way is okay, but trying to watch a whole movie? Not so much...!

My experience growing up with those annoying machines (four-seat coupes) was enough to swear me off them for life. I have more respect for my children than to torture them that way (I choose OTHER ways of torturing them! ).

driver100

Please share some of those.

oldfarmer50

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
What kind of exhaust did you get?

Borla touring cat-back. Pretty mild but just what I was looking for. Nice muscle car rumble but I can still hear the radio.

driver100

Ab Bob Wills was the King of Texas Swing, an interesting style. His legacy is carried on by Asleep at the Wheel. This is one of my favorite performances by them and is sort of car-related.

Enjoyable rendition....always liked that song. I really like the TV show...as Mad Magazine used to say Todd Stools (Styles) and I forget Buzz Murdocks Mad mag name.

abacomike

Just spoke with my son in Palm Desert CA.  He said the temperature at this moment is 118 F - now that is murder, low humidity or not.  Supposed to hit 120 F before evening out there.

Reminded him to drink lots of water and to refrain from physical exertion.  He said they cancelled my grandson’s traveling team’s baseball game this evening as temps are expected to remain over 100 F until early morning.

When I lived out there, I remember one day it hit 121 F.  Not a fun place to be with those temps.

Forgot to ask him if they closed Palm Springs airport.  When it gets this hot, planes can’t develop sufficient lift for take-offs.

houdini1

ab348 said:

houdini1 said:

Here are some of my favorite lyrics from an old song by Waylon Jennings:

You can hear the Grand 'Ol Opry in Nashville Tennessee
It's the home of country music, on that we all agree
But when you cross that 'Ol Red River Hoss, that just don't mean a thing
Cause when you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the King....

Bob Wills was the King of Texas Swing, an interesting style. His legacy is carried on by Asleep at the Wheel. This is one of my favorite performances by them and is sort of car-related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifUaZQL8pc


They also do a mean version of Hot Rod Lincoln.

Thx, that's a real toe tapper !!

graphicguy

ab348 said:

houdini1 said:

Here are some of my favorite lyrics from an old song by Waylon Jennings:

You can hear the Grand 'Ol Opry in Nashville Tennessee
It's the home of country music, on that we all agree
But when you cross that 'Ol Red River Hoss, that just don't mean a thing
Cause when you're down in Texas, Bob Wills is still the King....

Bob Wills was the King of Texas Swing, an interesting style. His legacy is carried on by Asleep at the Wheel. This is one of my favorite performances by them and is sort of car-related.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vifUaZQL8pc


They also do a mean version of Hot Rod Lincoln.

Actually saw them in concert a couple of years back. Not my top musical genre, but they were enjoyable....talented, too!

driver100

So, I am just finishing my lunch and the door bell rings.
It is an eager young man holding a clip board.....this doesn't look good.
His shirt says Terminex and he tells me they will be in our neighborhood tomorrow and if I have them do preventive work I get 50% off.
Then he proceeds to tell me about every kind of vermin and insect they can protect me from.
It was hard to stop him....being a polite Canadian.
I told him if I ever had a problem with pests I will give them a call.
I should have asked, How Can I Get You Removed From My Property?
If I do have a problem, I will call them. They don't have to try and scare me into using their company.
If, I do call someone, it won't be the company that has no respect for my time and life!

henryn

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
What kind of exhaust did you get?

Borla touring cat-back. Pretty mild but just what I was looking for. Nice muscle car rumble but I can still hear the radio.

I like Borla myself, they make some nice cat-back systems. The only problem is the cost (definitely not cheap!)

thebean

driver100 said:

So, I am just finishing my lunch and the door bell rings. It is an eager young man holding a clip board.....this doesn't look good. His shirt says Terminex and he tells me they will be in our neighborhood tomorrow and if I have them do preventive work I get 50% off. Then he proceeds to tell me about every kind of vermin and insect they can protect me from. It was hard to stop him....being a polite Canadian. I told him if I ever had a problem with pests I will give them a call. I should have asked, How Can I Get You Removed From My Property? If I do have a problem, I will call them. They don't have to try and scare me into using their company. If, I do call someone, it won't be the company that has no respect for my time and life!

This is exactly why I have a sign on my front door telling everyone we are not interested in what you are selling, or discussing politics or religion.  It's in big bold letters.  Works well.

graphicguy

driver100 said:

So, I am just finishing my lunch and the door bell rings.
It is an eager young man holding a clip board.....this doesn't look good.
His shirt says Terminex and he tells me they will be in our neighborhood tomorrow and if I have them do preventive work I get 50% off.
Then he proceeds to tell me about every kind of vermin and insect they can protect me from.
It was hard to stop him....being a polite Canadian.
I told him if I ever had a problem with pests I will give them a call.
I should have asked, How Can I Get You Removed From My Property?
If I do have a problem, I will call them. They don't have to try and scare me into using their company.
If, I do call someone, it won't be the company that has no respect for my time and life!

They must be making the rounds. Same Terminex company came around ringing my door bell last week. From Cutco knives to pest control. Is it me?

oldfarmer50

henryn said:

oldfarmer50 said:

explorerx4 said:

@oldfarmer50,
What kind of exhaust did you get?

Borla touring cat-back. Pretty mild but just what I was looking for. Nice muscle car rumble but I can still hear the radio.

I like Borla myself, they make some nice cat-back systems. The only problem is the cost (definitely not cheap!)

About mid range. So some up to $2k that didn't offer much more, others in the $900 range that offered a lot less. I like that since it's made in three sections I can modify it later if I want to rupture ear drums.

nyccarguy

oldfarmer50 said:

jmonroe said:

OK, here's my MPG test results for Mrs. j's 2012 Legacy with the 3.6R engine: Went out to dinner last night. Round trip was 6.6 miles not the 7 I said it would be but 7 was a pretty good guess. MPG was 12.9 on trip computer "A". I set trip computer "B" at about 2.5 miles from home on the way back just for the fun of it. MPG was 17.6 , for trip computer "B" when we got home. The only way I can begin to explain this is that the car was cold (not driven all day until we went out to dinner last night) so by the time I was driving it home after dinner it was warmed up. Again, just a guess as to why the difference from 12.9 MPG (11 miles) to 17.6 MPG (about 2.5 miles). Today we both had scheduled doctor's appointments with the same doctor. Round trip was 11.0 miles and the MPG was 17.4 (only used trip computer "A"). Some of that was cold driving on initial start up but the rest was with the car fully warmed up. So, that 15 MPG that I mentioned in my post yesterday is probably about what that car gets on average for in town driving under all temperature conditions. This morning when we got home, Mrs. j got out of the car first to get the mail. While I was still in the car recording numbers, she wanted to know what I was doing and I told her, "hold on I'll explain this when we get in the house". Once in the house I said, "your car is a gas hog. Cars today get better gas mileage so maybe we should get you a new Legacy". Well, that did it. She said, "I knew I'd be sorry for saying that burgundy Subaru we were behind when we went out for dinner on our anniversary last week would come back to haunt me. And furthermore, even though I don't know anything about cars, I know enough that spending tens of thousands of dollars for a car to get a little better gas mileage is a dumb economic move". I think I lost that argument so now what do I do? jmonroe

Well you can accidentally leave the keys in the car when you park the car on the street. That might accelerate the need to buy a new car.

Are you kidding? Who wants a 2012 Legacy that's a gas hog? It does have low mileage though, less than 33K. jmonroe

I could take it, you know, just to help out a friend. None of my vehicles gets particularly good milage. Might even throw a few bucks your way. Couldn't be much since I just spent most of my cash on a new exhaust and strut brace for the baby.

Very sexy @oldfarmer50

xwesx

driver100 said:

Please share some of those.

The machines, or the methods of torture?

Since this is an auto forum, I'll go with the cars.... Wow. I'm finding it difficult to remember!

Let's see.... I think an early '70s Charger was the first one. I remember it was this fastback-looking beast with tall black vinyl bucket seats, exterior was sorta cat-poop brown and it had at least one fender that was primer only. That's the car in which I learned the value of a seatbelt (different story)!

My mother also had a pair of those Mitsubishi-made late 70s Dodge Challengers (one silver, one blue). Hahaha; my brother and I knocked one of them out of gear on a hill once and had a close call. Strangely enough, several years later my younger brother did the same thing and ended up taking out a neighbor's white picket fence with it, narrowly missing their parked cars.

And, then she had two Trans Ams: A 1979 and a 1984. Thankfully, the drive-in visits were over before either of those cars came into her possession.

Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

stickguy

I don't need a sign. I just have a large, very loud dog. if I don't want to bother with the solicitors, I just don't tell him to stop barking and go lay down.

driver100

Our problem is although Gigi is capable of barking she never does. Since she is only 11 pounds no one is scared of her.
This is the day they are supposed to be in the neighborhood, I am going to tell them it is the worst marketing program possible for their service.
Leave a card in the mailbox that I can save in case I need your service....and give me a discount if I call you.

He told me how ants could be under my driveway and they will start to breakthrough the cement, and how there could be ants making nests in my 10 year old house. Scare Techniques....try them on someone else. It probably costs less to get the work done when needed, than to do preventative work on everything. Bah, humbug!

oldfarmer50

driver100 said:

Our problem is although Gigi is capable of barking she never does. Since she is only 11 pounds no one is scared of her.
This is the day they are supposed to be in the neighborhood, I am going to tell them it is the worst marketing program possible for their service.
Leave a card in the mailbox that I can save in case I need your service....and give me a discount if I call you.

He told me how ants could be under my driveway and they will start to breakthrough the cement, and how there could be ants making nests in my 10 year old house. Scare Techniques....try them on someone else. It probably costs less to get the work done when needed, than to do preventative work on everything. Bah, humbug!

Ants under your driveway?

You don't wanna mess with that!

qbrozen

Oh I'll never have that problem! Part of my annual spring cleaning routine is setting off a small atomic blast in my driveway. ;b

ab348

xwesx said:

<
Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

I remember my mom saying when I was a tyke that she liked two-door cars because she could put us kids in the back seat and not worry about us opening a door while driving and having us fall out.

suydam

But putting them back there, with a car seat, is a real back crusher. I was very happy when we could get a 4 door vehicle!

Mr_Shiftright

graphicguy said:

driver100 said:

So, I am just finishing my lunch and the door bell rings.
It is an eager young man holding a clip board.....this doesn't look good.
His shirt says Terminex and he tells me they will be in our neighborhood tomorrow and if I have them do preventive work I get 50% off.
Then he proceeds to tell me about every kind of vermin and insect they can protect me from.
It was hard to stop him....being a polite Canadian.
I told him if I ever had a problem with pests I will give them a call.
I should have asked, How Can I Get You Removed From My Property?
If I do have a problem, I will call them. They don't have to try and scare me into using their company.
If, I do call someone, it won't be the company that has no respect for my time and life!

They must be making the rounds. Same Terminex company came around ringing my door bell last week. From Cutco knives to pest control. Is it me?

I experienced the oldest scam in the book. Guy knocks on my door wearing a safety vest and an ID badge (of sorts) saying that his company is doing some paving down the street and they have some leftover asphalt in case I wanted to repair my driveway. I said "you must be kidding" and closed the door in his face, and called the police before some poor old guy or lady gets robbed in the neighborhood.

iluvmysephia1

Sergio Marchionne, former CEO of Fiat-Chrysler, dead at 66 years of age due to complications from shoulder surgery.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/sergio-marchionne-dead-at-66-his-legacy-at-fiat-chrysler/ar-BBL0EFG

Mr_Shiftright

Another Article /Video from Automotive News:

imidazol97

Scams?
Yesterday I got a survey email from the local newspaper, the Dayton Daily Nothing, offering $500 if I am picked after filling out a survey. I assumed the survey would be about the poorly done newspaper and their bias problems. The paper has made it impossible to give comments on their articles so I thought this could be interesting. Instead The very beginning of the survey verified email address and next page was a full page of all kinds of demographic information, including race, income, and several other things stopping short of social security number and mother's maiden name. That was probably on the next page that I never saw because I cancelled out.

With all the exposures about how the Alphabets, Google & all, and Facebook have collected information and then released or sold it to favored customers, there's no way I'm giving personal info to the local failing daily paper.
BTW, I don't subscribe to the paper. I get an epaper access because a friend subscribes to the paper version and gets 5 email access copies to give away to friends.

fintail

Interesting taste in cars. I kind of like those captive import Challenger/Sapporo twins, seldom seen anymore.

When I was a little kid, my mom had a big 70s T-Bird, but for most of the time it was in the family, I think I was young enough to climb through/over the seats with little effort (as an aside, white leather might not be the best choice for a car hauling kids). It was eventually replaced with a Tempo sedan, she hasn't had a 2 door car since.

xwesx said:

driver100 said:

Please share some of those.

The machines, or the methods of torture?

Since this is an auto forum, I'll go with the cars.... Wow. I'm finding it difficult to remember!

Let's see.... I think an early '70s Charger was the first one. I remember it was this fastback-looking beast with tall black vinyl bucket seats, exterior was sorta cat-poop brown and it had at least one fender that was primer only. That's the car in which I learned the value of a seatbelt (different story)!

My mother also had a pair of those Mitsubishi-made late 70s Dodge Challengers (one silver, one blue). Hahaha; my brother and I knocked one of them out of gear on a hill once and had a close call. Strangely enough, several years later my younger brother did the same thing and ended up taking out a neighbor's white picket fence with it, narrowly missing their parked cars.

And, then she had two Trans Ams: A 1979 and a 1984. Thankfully, the drive-in visits were over before either of those cars came into her possession.

Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

qbrozen

driver100

qbrozen said:

JMonroe could take a lesson from you Q.....keep posts nice and brief.

ab348

It sounded grave over the weekend and it turned out it was. A report I read this morning was that there was a soft-tissue sarcoma (cancer) in the shoulder and that during recuperation he experienced an embolism that ultimately did him in.

He did not seem to be the kind of person who would live to a ripe old age what with his chain-smoking and espresso-guzzling until the last year or so, and his workaholic habits. Still, it is very sad as he did a remarkable job.

jmonroe

Mr_Shiftright said:

graphicguy said:

driver100 said:

So, I am just finishing my lunch and the door bell rings.
It is an eager young man holding a clip board.....this doesn't look good.
His shirt says Terminex and he tells me they will be in our neighborhood tomorrow and if I have them do preventive work I get 50% off.
Then he proceeds to tell me about every kind of vermin and insect they can protect me from.
It was hard to stop him....being a polite Canadian.
I told him if I ever had a problem with pests I will give them a call.
I should have asked, How Can I Get You Removed From My Property?
If I do have a problem, I will call them. They don't have to try and scare me into using their company.
If, I do call someone, it won't be the company that has no respect for my time and life!

They must be making the rounds. Same Terminex company came around ringing my door bell last week. From Cutco knives to pest control. Is it me?

I experienced the oldest scam in the book. Guy knocks on my door wearing a safety vest and an ID badge (of sorts) saying that his company is doing some paving down the street and they have some leftover asphalt in case I wanted to repair my driveway. I said "you must be kidding" and closed the door in his face, and called the police before some poor old guy or lady gets robbed in the neighborhood.

C'mon, be honest, wasn't the biggest tip off because you have a concrete driveway?

jmonroe

driver100

Mr_Shiftright said:

graphicguy said:

driver100 said:

So, I am just finishing my lunch and the door bell rings.
It is an eager young man holding a clip board.....this doesn't look good.
His shirt says Terminex and he tells me they will be in our neighborhood tomorrow and if I have them do preventive work I get 50% off.
Then he proceeds to tell me about every kind of vermin and insect they can protect me from.
It was hard to stop him....being a polite Canadian.
I told him if I ever had a problem with pests I will give them a call.
I should have asked, How Can I Get You Removed From My Property?
If I do have a problem, I will call them. They don't have to try and scare me into using their company.
If, I do call someone, it won't be the company that has no respect for my time and life!

They must be making the rounds. Same Terminex company came around ringing my door bell last week. From Cutco knives to pest control. Is it me?

I experienced the oldest scam in the book. Guy knocks on my door wearing a safety vest and an ID badge (of sorts) saying that his company is doing some paving down the street and they have some leftover asphalt in case I wanted to repair my driveway. I said "you must be kidding" and closed the door in his face, and called the police before some poor old guy or lady gets robbed in the neighborhood.

You mean you didn't take him up on his offer to pave your driveway for a ridiculously low price. Sounds logical to me, he was doing a neighbors drive, since they are incompetent they mixed too much cement, now they want to pour it on your drive to save them from transporting back to their warehouse. Who would turn down a deal like that?

isellhondas

ab348 said:

Bad day here today. Back in April my cat Fred had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his back. The pathology report on what they removed indicated they had got all of it. While I was in the hospital last month a new lump appeared nearby. Initially it was tested as benign, but another test just yesterday indicated otherwise and he was probably going to have more surgery next week. But today he took a very bad turn for the worse and I had to have him put down. Poor fellow, he was in agony and could not walk after jumping and moving just fine earlier. He was a very human-like cat in terms of personality and I am very, very sad. RIP Fred.

I can relate to your feeling of loss. There are "just cats" and special ones like Fred. You did your best for him. This is why we have no pets. It's too hard to lose them!

graphicguy

No real surprises here. Of note, the Toyota GTS-16 was a car that was a daily driver and one that I autox’d on the weekend for 5 years. Never had ANYTHING go wrong with it. It was EXACTLY like the one pictured in the article....

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/g22546146/best-classic-cars-for-daily-driving/?slide=11

driver100

isellhondas said:

ab348 said:

Bad day here today. Back in April my cat Fred had surgery to remove a cancerous tumor on his back. The pathology report on what they removed indicated they had got all of it. While I was in the hospital last month a new lump appeared nearby. Initially it was tested as benign, but another test just yesterday indicated otherwise and he was probably going to have more surgery next week. But today he took a very bad turn for the worse and I had to have him put down. Poor fellow, he was in agony and could not walk after jumping and moving just fine earlier. He was a very human-like cat in terms of personality and I am very, very sad. RIP Fred.

I can relate to your feeling of loss. There are "just cats" and special ones like Fred. You did your best for him. This is why we have no pets. It's too hard to lose them!

Isell, you must be a slow reader.....you are about 2 months behind in your post reading.

jmonroe

ab348 said:

xwesx said:

<
Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

I remember my mom saying when I was a tyke that she liked two-door cars because she could put us kids in the back seat and not worry about us opening a door while driving and having us fall out.

OK @ab, you owe us an explanation.

So how were you able to overcome your mother's safeguard of placing you in the rear seats of her 2 door cars? We've all enjoyed reading your posts over the years, however, a few indicate that you not only fell out but that you landed on your head.

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that.

Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield.

jmonroe

roadburner

graphicguy said:

No real surprises here. Of note, the Toyota GTS-16 was a car that was a daily driver and one that I autox’d on the weekend for 5 years. Never had ANYTHING go wrong with it. It was EXACTLY like the one pictured in the article....

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/g22546146/best-classic-cars-for-daily-driving/?slide=11

I read that as well, any of those cars would be a fine choice. If I didn't already have the Clubman I'd probably hunt down an E30 325i or 318is to use as my DD when I go back to work.

ab348

jmonroe said:

OK @ab, you owe us an explanation.

So how were you able to overcome your mother's safeguard of placing you in the rear seats of her 2 door cars? We've all enjoyed reading your posts over the years, however, a few indicate that you not only fell out but that you landed on your head.

Well, she didn't take into account how we could outwit the windows...

jmonroe said:

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that.

Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield.

jmonroe

Thank you! Hope you are having a good day!

thebean

jmonroe said:

ab348 said:

xwesx said:

<
Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

I remember my mom saying when I was a tyke that she liked two-door cars because she could put us kids in the back seat and not worry about us opening a door while driving and having us fall out.

OK @ab, you owe us an explanation.

So how were you able to overcome your mother's safeguard of placing you in the rear seats of her 2 door cars? We've all enjoyed reading your posts over the years, however, a few indicate that you not only fell out but that you landed on your head.

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that.

Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield.

jmonroe

Apparently, Roger was Rodney's more wordy, less funny brother.

snakeweasel

thebean said:

< Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

I remember my mom saying when I was a tyke that she liked two-door cars because she could put us kids in the back seat and not worry about us opening a door while driving and having us fall out.

OK @ab, you owe us an explanation. So how were you able to overcome your mother's safeguard of placing you in the rear seats of her 2 door cars? We've all enjoyed reading your posts over the years, however, a few indicate that you not only fell out but that you landed on your head. Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that. Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield. jmonroe

Apparently, Roger was Rodney's more wordy, less funny brother.

You beat me to it, I was going to say Roger was the one that got respect. 

On  car note:

"My car is a piece of junk, every Sunday I take my family out for a push. But I bought the perfect second car, I bought a tow truck." - Rodney Dangerfield.

driver100

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that.
Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield.
jmonroe

Happy BDay Tomorrow JM. If your wife takes you to Denny's do NOT get the seniors Tilapia dinner....I repeat, do NOT get the seniors Tilapia dinner.

jmonroe

thebean said:

jmonroe said:

ab348 said:

xwesx said:

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Later, she also had a 1992 Plymouth Sundance, a 1973 K5 Blazer, and a 1974 Pinto station wagon. Seriously, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM was a two-door! I swear, the woman loved to torture us (this was probably the mildest form of her tortures). However, she's a much better grandmother than she ever was a mother. She even has four-door cars now.

I remember my mom saying when I was a tyke that she liked two-door cars because she could put us kids in the back seat and not worry about us opening a door while driving and having us fall out.

OK @ab, you owe us an explanation.

So how were you able to overcome your mother's safeguard of placing you in the rear seats of her 2 door cars? We've all enjoyed reading your posts over the years, however, a few indicate that you not only fell out but that you landed on your head.

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that.

Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield.

jmonroe

Apparently, Roger was Rodney's more wordy, less funny brother.

No, I said it right. Roger was Rodney's brother who was tortured by his wife.

jmonroe

jmonroe

driver100 said:

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Mine is today and Mrs. j wanted to know what I wanted and before I even had a chance to answer she said, "NO CARS". Honest, I wasn't even thinking about saying that.
Sometimes she makes me feel like Roger Dangerfield.
jmonroe

Happy BDay Tomorrow JM. If your wife takes you to Denny's do NOT get the seniors Tilapia dinner....I repeat, do NOT get the seniors Tilapia dinner.

Don't worry, there is NO chance of Denny's ever seeing me.

jmonroe

houdini1

Looks like an agreement is imminent on tariffs between U.S. and E.U.

fintail

It's been a nice distraction from Vladdie and Robbie

driver100

$12 billion in subsidies to farmers to make up for the money they will lose from tariffs. So, the tax payers will reimburse the farmers. Isn't this communism?
And that isn't even considering the money going to be lost when the tariffs hit the auto industry!