A Horse With No Name

Okay, I lied, this is the final one. Cool vintage video!

Me at the Ohio Theater to hear The Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Last one for today, from Palo Duro Canyon in Amarillo. I so want to be back on the road again....with or without a car!

I would love a 71-72 LTD convertible. Not easy to find as few were made and fewer survive. Going with my dad to pick up a blue 71 Country Squire and having a blue Mach one Mustang next to it in the service bay....was the start of my love of cars. Wooden sculpture my friend Scott made.... Bowl that Scott made, about 5600 different pieces of wood in this. On the back of a pickup truck when I pulled into a Thai restaurant for dinner. Evenings go a little bit better with a Buzz and a Woody...

My friend Rusty died, sadly... I would love to own one. I hate throwing away broken tools, but I don't have the time to fix everything. Cleaning up my workshop. An old college graduation pic of me... Speaking of 70's Fords, not a huge fan of the alter 70's T birds but this was out and about on a nice November day when I took off for a medical appointment. At this point, anything to break the monotony of modern bland automobiles...the bronco is nice also. Cool woodworking project, not mine. Wooden turntable with record storage.

Balthazar never liked them, but the early 70's Torino is a good design... Without a doubt.... When the Irony meter gets pegged... Listening to new music, kind of a bit hip hopish but she has an amazing voice!

Hope you heal quickly. We are all falling apart like an Italian sports car, without any of us having a classical Italian good look...except for one member in particular who is actually Italian... Interesting philosophical take. D Felt, looking for other parts that are no longer functioning properly in addition to his knee.

See the Carl Sagan quote I posted earlier about America being left behind. There will be jack $h! for charging infrastructure under Trumps administration. I so want to avoid buying another car.....maybe ever. Exotics just don't do it for me. Emotionally, I should care but this might as well be a 25 year old Cavalier with hail damage and Ohio Rust.... Being married, if we moved on a bus line we could keep one car and use it infrequently. Would leave open the idea of a vehicle to go take hiking. ABM....Anybody But Musk. You can buy membership in the Satanic temple for $35 apparently...I would buy a car from the devil himself before I would give Musk a dime. Honda doesn't do it for me too much, but glad they are doing well.

Freedom from a car is kind of what I want at the moment. At the same time, love having one to drive all over the country to hike. My dislike of American cars is entirely political, in terms of so many things our government has done that I despise. Yes, I know every other government on the planet is effed up, but Americans have been given more than anyone else, it is ENTIRELY fair to hold the American public and American government to a higher standard. This is sad, and there is a loss of life, but I think I hear a muffled "Boeing" right after the impact and fireball. What I just said about Americans being given more and held to a higher standard applies to American companies also. Hence, "GO AIRBUS" Although I think this might have been pilot error rather than mechanical malfunction. However, an A 320 is born to replace this dearly departed 737 and that is a good thing. Thinking of going to Europe, will avoid Ryanair as they are an exclusive Boeing Only company. Just like I love the crews, pilots, and prices of Southwest but prefer to fly other airlines if I can book on an Airbus.

Right now I am looking at retirement in Latin America. Maybe somewhere where I won't even have to own a car. Life without driving might be really interesting. Modern cars are indeed amazing. Sadly yes, I love flying on the 737 MAX. It's just a matter of the ethical flaws of Boeing in its production... I demand the restoration of that picture of a white Pontiac G6 I posted in 2012...you ungrateful internet host...(sarcasm...) This particular Lexus is lust worthy.

I really find this stand quite attractive. Would probably do well for my Stereo equipment.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1791763588421868 Rusty Toyota Tacoma frames, part 9 billion

Boeing is screwing itself.... Car makers are going to have a rough go of it

Wild 1950's design, not sure if I sent this before.

You are somewhat sane...

ID Buzz...

Okay Dfelt, 9 minutes of my life gone watching the Kia EV 3 video twice. That is a game changer. That thing is seven kinds of good looking, seems practical. Could see that in the driveway next to the Ranger.

Its like an atom splitting apart in the cosmic sense, all of the good energy went to you, all of the bad energy went to Elon. It was meant to be....think of the giant asshole you would be were he never to have been born. She seems like an awesome lady. My last grandmother passed away in 1982, the first one passed away in 69 or 70. It couldn't happen to better folks.... I can't wait for whatever insane symbols the fed puts on our money.... Yeah, and the jerks seem to be gone from C and G, enjoying my stay here as of late. The only really attractive vehicles IMHO are current Cadillacs and Audis. Might be just the ticket.

I so want to travel. Going places just makes me want to see more.

Mexico City will be my next big trip, although I am going to Virginia and the Carolinas next month.

Two 61 Olds at back end of video, 4 doors. Cathartic watching cars get crushed. Beatles cover, music to enjoy Tuesday to. The Cello in this is just to die for.

That actually was a great article. Thank you. We need to discuss entry level electric cars (non Tesla, Elon is a jerk.)

I could spend a year just exploring the place. Sadly, lots of other places I want to explore. Another Ugly unreliable piece of crap....at insane pricing. Getting ready to read the EV portion of this. Thank you. Thinking an EV might do well alongside the Ranger.

That was a cool car for its era. Right now, I would be happy to own something simple to go along the Ranger, which now has 101,000 miles on it due to all of my road trips. You were right about the Ranger, it might actually be my all time favorite vehicle. For what it is worth, I usually hate vehicles before I love them. I have no idea why. As a kid, hated 55-57 Chevy's and First gen Mustangs, then fell in love with them. Two of my favorite cars were a 55 Chevy 2 door and a 66 Mustang Fastback. Hated Miatas and then spent several years driving them and racing them. Ranger has done well for me. Fuel economy has dropped at bit at 100k, even after a full tune up. America has made its choice, I am done with loyalty to the country. Actually I loved visiting Phoenix, and something like a Subaru Crosstrek would be perfect for there. So many places in Arizona to go explore. You didn't like Arizona but it actually is one of my favorite states. If it were not 110 degrees 9 months of the year, and about to run out of water, I could see living there. God only knows. It brings out a Mad Max sort of vibe...be cool to buy one of those Chevy Colorado ZR2 based military vehicles for urban use.

I need to live multiple lives. Always wanted to do drag racing, but got into autocross and SCCCA stuff instead. So if I could go back and live again, one future/alternate live would be lived a quarter of a mile at a time. America has become an idiocracy. “I have a foreboding of America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time–when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all of the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; with our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. And when the dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites now down to 10 seconds or less, lowest-common-denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.” ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

I own everything that I want to own that is imported at the moment. The two big ticket (moderately) items that I wanted (set of speakers, and a bandsaw) bought used at a great price. Other than a stylus from Japan (Nagaoka) for my turntable, I doubt I buy much that is imported. I own a ton of clothes. See, if I could figure out which knee is bad, I would be happy. About the time the left one heals up, the right one starts getting sore. Sounds like it is a great year to hike, listen to music, and do woodworking. I have a huge stack of lumber, 800 LP albums, and several pair of hiking boots. The entire thing is an operation in stupidity. Cutting federal jobs, and Social Security/Medicare will have adverse affects as well. I don't want to get into politics. Done being invested in it at this point. Want to retire to Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, El Salvador, Uruguay, Portugal or Spain. Living for the day I can hike every day rather than work.