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Koli 
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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 Posted - 10/22/2009 : 22:16:18
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| This is my little Mazda MX-5 (known in the USA as a Miata and in Japan as a Eunos). It's getting on a bit, has rust bubbles on the outside and torn seats on the inside, and a couple of the shock absorbers need replacing, but it goes like the clappers and is great fun. If you yearn for a rag top, try one of these before you decide what to buy. Prices have dropped thanks to the greedy bankers (and the recession they caused). |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Sean 
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 01:16:06
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| My favourite car is any car with a couple of penguins in the drink holders. |
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 03:03:26
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| Lemmy's first car. |
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MguyXXV 
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 03:05:33
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And I quote:One of the best stories about Emily Carr is that in order to conserve space and to discourage guests, she would suspend chairs from the ceiling of her studio. If she liked you, she would lower a seat. If she didn�t, you�d just have to stand with Carr�s monkey, cats, dogs, squirrels and rats scrabbling around your feet � her pet parrot usually remained perched on her shoulder � until Carr was finished with you.
One of Canada�s great artists and most fascinating characters, Carr was what could charitably be called an eccentric. �An oddment and a natural-born solitaire� was how she described herself, �contrary from the start.� |
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lemmycaution
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 03:09:21
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Originally posted by MguyX
One of the best stories about Emily Carr is that in order to conserve space and to discourage guests, she would suspend chairs from the ceiling of her studio. If she liked you, she would lower a seat. If she didn�t, you�d just have to stand with Carr�s monkey, cats, dogs, squirrels and rats scrabbling around your feet � her pet parrot usually remained perched on her shoulder � until Carr was finished with you.
One of Canada�s great artists and most fascinating characters, Carr was what could charitably be called an eccentric. �An oddment and a natural-born solitaire� was how she described herself, �contrary from the start.�
MguyX, I intend to contact my good friend Michaelle Jean and recommend you for the Order of Canada. |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 06:18:56
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| My favorite car that I ever drove - my Grandpa's 1936 Plymouth Sedan, with suicide doors, horsehair seats, a windshield that opened out from the bottom to let in fresh air, airhorns and the starter pedal next to the gas pedal. He bought new from the factory in early 1936 for $900 and had to wait 6 months to get it. When he died in 1963, it remained the only car he had ever owned or driven. I waited patiently until I was old enough to drive and got to drive it around one memorable summer. Too cool. |
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MguyXXV
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 07:31:51
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
MguyX, I intend to contact my good friend Michaelle Jean and recommend you for the Order of Canada.
I would gladly accept it, except I believe they will give it to Mr. Obama instead (which is cool, as long as he acknowledges my taste in art).
Emily Carr's paintings are not quite still-life, and not quite surreal. But, of my faves, they have an absorbtive feel that lures the admirer into their somehow talkative empty spaces. |
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BaftaBaby
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 10:09:27
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Apparently, as a measure to relieve commuter congestion, the proto-type for this flying car was produced in January 2008. Now if we could only figure a way to fuel it using the shredded bodies of bankers. 
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Larry 
"Larry's time / sat merrily"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 12:46:39
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My favourite car would be one that actually goes. Since mine doesn't, most of the time, I end up walking. Perhaps I should have this one. |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 10/23/2009 : 13:57:03
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| Here's an old picture of mahon-da. |
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bife
"Winners never quit ... fwfr ... "
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Posted - 10/24/2009 : 04:47:21
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| good to see the avatar comp still going strong! |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 10/24/2009 : 14:39:02
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Originally posted by bife
good to see the avatar comp still going strong!
Stronger now with a bolstering of bife! |
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duh 
"catpurrs"
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Posted - 10/24/2009 : 15:41:20
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| Here's the ancestor to Larry's car. |
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Koli
"Striving lackadaisically for perfection."
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 05:45:46
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Originally posted by wildheartlivie
My favorite care that I ever drove - my Grandpa's 1936 Plymouth Sedan, with suicide doors, horsehair seats, a windshield that opened out from the bottom to let in fresh air, airhorns and the starter pedal next to the gas pedal. He bought new from the factory in early 1936 for $900 and had to wait 6 months to get it. When he died in 1963, it remained the only car he had ever owned or driven. I waited patiently until I was old enough to drive and got to drive it around one memorable summer. Too cool.
Wow. Great story. I imagine $900 was a huge amount of money at the time. |
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ChocolateLady
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 10/25/2009 : 09:01:40
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How could you not lick... er... like this car? From http://www.makechocolates.com/trivia.html
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Yes, it's true! A chocolate car made with 800 kilogram, 1800 pounds, or 28,800 ounces of Belgian chocolate! WOW!!
How much Chocolate? 800 kilogram, 1800 pounds, or 28,800 ounces is equal to: 19,200 bars of Hershey's 1.5 oz. Chocolate Symphony or
9,600 bars of Lindt 3 oz. Chocolate.
The chocolate car is the same size as an actual Opel (European car). A whole new meaning of "Fahrvergn�gen". 5 Chocolatiers were working on this car for 4 weeks, from 7 am until 10 pm. The car is made with milk, dark and white chocolate.
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Avatar Contest #285 - My Favourite Car
