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My daddy had a '79 Impala coupe. OK, not a station wagon. But a "downsized" 1977-1990 B-Body family platform nonetheless. I bought a 1985 Delta 88 sedan in the mid 1990s... OK, not a Pontiac Catalina Safari but a "downsized" 1977-1990 B Body family platform nonetheless. My favorite B-Body from that generation would be the 1987-1990 Caprice Classic Brougham I love the front end. I love the taillights. The roof. The bumpers front and rear are sealed where it meets the body. I love the sealed headlights. Very classy car. And then it would be the 1979 Impala and Caprice coupe. The small wrap-around rear window just melts my heart.

The news today was covering that the Pandemic has caused a much bigger than usual up tick in Divorce Lawyer inquiries. Maybe those that have not done their homework, have the communication skills and are willing to have skin in the game are realizing it is over their head to be married. Crazy times, Crazy News. I agree the Covid thing sucks, I have to say, My yard is looking amazing since that is my sanctum of isolation. Been busy with building a better garden area. My own Pandemic project was to build a 2nd raised bed. Ended up being bigger and cheaper than the Costco plastic thing I bought last year. So a 5ft x 10ft x 2.5ft tall pine raised bed. Have it planted and then finished building my in ground garden area and the potted veggie plant area. Got my Walla Walla sweet onions in the ground yesterday, will do leeks today.

Ive been to Olympia in 2001. Maybe its because Im Greek, but I felt something in the air. Maybe it was Zeus welcoming me to his temple. Maybe he was trying to seduce me away from his daughter Athena as I have been to her Temple in Athens many times before and I just fall in love with her every time I set foot in Athens. Maybe it was the Goddess of Victory, Nike, reaching out to me reminding me that Athena is my first love. Seriously though, I did feel electricity in the air when walking through the ruins, the columns of Zeus' temple just laying there on the ground. The names of the Olympians that cheated.... The arch and walkway leading to the running track. Looking at the hills and feeling the ghosts of spectators past and of the athletes themselves. I took a run on it twice myself. I felt the same electricity in the old Montreal forum where the Canadiens won so many Stanley Cups. No joke. I think there is something to that... Ive never been to Meteora. Id visit it one day, but it aint high on my list. Montreal. In July. Jazz fest. Comedy fest. All kinds of ethnic festivals. Good time to come. Next year. This Covid thing sucks!

Me too, I can not wait until we are able to relax and the max two week trips turn into two month trips where we can really just live elsewhere for a bit and not feel like we have to pack our days to get value out of the trip. Not sure where I am looking forward to most.

Amalfi Coast...never been. Ive been to Santorini. Very comparable as both civilzations are built INTO the mountain side... How does the Italian government BEGIN to demolish the mountain to build bigger roads to accommodate American cars? And then...does the government destroy what is already built there for 1998 Dodge Ram dulies? Maybe my sarcasm filter is on the fritz, but...yeah... I dont think so Tim! And then I see it has already been covered...

Me. Too. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels... Sounds like a great movie to introduce my kids to tonight. I got the DVD. I forgot I had it until now. Us talking about voyages. To Europe. Talking about Italian and Greek trips. The movie is set in the French Riviera. Im Greek...A Greek billionaire is just about to be swindled in the end... Yeah... PERFECT movie to sum up the day. Thanks for sharing!

Indiana Jones Series of Movies

Italy is on my to-do list. As is France, England (all of the UK Ireland and Scotland is a must too) Germany. France. Paris is a city I gotta see, but its Southern France that tickles my fancy the most. Marseille and the French Riviera. Why stop there though? I NEED to see Spain, and Portugal and Hungary and Austria and the Northern European countries like Sweden and Norway and Finland. I cant wait when I get to that time of my life when Ill be doing my world travelling with my wife. And kids if they want to join us. They will be adults by then and if their adult life will allow them. Ive got a couple of trips planned before they become independent from us though. This year was one. But Covid got in the way. Next year, my daughter is going to Lucerne and Zurich then to and Italy (Venice, Florence, Pompei, and Rome) on a high school trip and we were thinking to continue the trip as a family by joining her in Rome when the school trip is over and we as a family continue on some sort of Italian vacation. Details still need to be thought out. Hopefully by then, Covid will allow us to travel. The school trip is already paid for. If canceled. We will do this trip as a family anyway when travel will allow us to post Covid.

Studebaker is BACK, BIGGER AND BADDER than Ever! I did not know that in 2003 a man actually tried to revive this auto name plate and ended up much like Delorean in prison for a Ponzi scam. Interesting Read and more pics on this SUV here: https://www.thedrive.com/news/33717/the-2003-studebaker-xuv-attempted-to-revive-a-classic-name-with-an-illegal-hummer-clone

My father had one; '77-95. Not quick, fairly marshmellowy, but a workhorse that ate up highway. It's tempting from a sentimental standpoint.

I have been to Greece, but not to Santorini. I know that it's built around a volcano that "sank" into the Mediterranean and that the sand on the beach is a blackish color. The Amalfi Coast (this ^) and the coastline further up at the Cinque Terre are more verdant, so more like the Greek Ionian islands (i.e. Corfu) and Sporades islands (i.e. Skiathos) where the hillsides are fairly green, even during the summer. In the Cyclades, which is what most people associate with Greek islands, the look is very parched ... a lot like Southern California's interior during the hot summer. Santorini (Cyclades) Paros (Cyclades) The Greek islands are overrun by tourists. Their populations of actual inhabitants is low. Half the population of Greece lives in and around Athens.

I disagree BIG TIME!!! For many reasons. And its not so much about "saving every little thing" but as much as "how the phoque are we gonna rebuild the infrastructure with soooooo many houses and business cramped into such a little space?" And THAT is only for a few yards squared. Multiply that by a block or two, on one street, and then duplicate that on another street and you'll get what Im talking about. If not, Ill explain further. In other words, a few thousand miles of houses and businesses need to be destroyed to make room for bigger roads...and where do these houses and businesses go? Its not as if Italy or Greece has wide open spaces like Canada or the US has. In other words, every square inch in Italy and in Greece is accounted for. And with literally THOUSANDS of years of development on every square inch in those countries, there isnt much room for huge American style cars. Remember, Italy and Greece were built with human hands and legs and were helped with horses and donkeys. Unlike in North America where the majority of its cities were created with the help of the railroad and the gasoline powered automobile... Montreal and Quebec City... You could see the difference with these two North American cities. They were founded and built like old world Europe. And things are tight for the automobile in the old parts. But as both cities grew with time and became modern with the modern times, the cities were built with the automobile in mind. Yet...because these cities are still kind of old world, both Quebec city and Montreal have not very wide streets as compared to say...Los Angeles or Las Vegas. Athens...Rome... When it comes to North America's oldest cities, Montreal, Quebec City, Boston, New York, Philadelphia...are still babies in human terms.

Well put...I love my yard. My happy place w/ the dogs. So green with all the rain this Spring.

Yeah, the current Frontier has been around for a while..it's so boring I sometimes forget it exists...could get lost in an empty parking lot probably.

Our honeymoon (many years ago) was a 5 day tour around Greece and 3 or 4 days on Santorini. Santorini was gorgeous, white and blue houses on black volcanic rock. I rented a tiny car and one of the memorable things we did there was when we had a restaurant reservation on the other side of the island to watch a sunset and we were running late, so I really put the pedal to the metal scaring the hell out of my wife. We made the sunset Athens and Meteora monastery were very interesting, the rest of famous Greek places, like Olympia for example, was just ok, not that much left there. Unfortunately this year all our plans are cancelled, unlikely will go anywhere. Were supposed to go to Montreal in July and that is cancelled as well. At best will go somewhere local.

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The Cimarron (1982-88) destroyed Cadillac's image in ways nothing else did. Cadillac needed nothing smaller than the Seville period. Pontiac's problem was FWD generally. How do you build excitement out of a W-body Grand Prix and an A-body Grand Am? and a FWD G-body Bonneville? BORING! As for Porsche, they may have too many CUVs, but the 911 is still being built. Porsche does need to lighten up the Panamera and the CUVs to bring them more in line with their original 911.

I haven't been to Greece...my sister took a cruise/tour to Santorini and other islands 20 years ago after divorce #3, went to Athens and also Istanbul. Greece is on my to-do list.

Music for the Masses Saw this concert in Japan. Was amazing.

I loved this station wagon, one of the last true full size made form the 90's.

Wow, would love one of those!!!!

'78 Catalina Safari with 28K miles : https://maine.craigslist.org/cto/d/waldoboro-1978-pontiac-catalina-safari/7129317445.html

I said it from the beginning- there shouldn't have been a CT4. It appears to be very competitive, but Cadillac doesn't need it anyway.

After lots of European crime dramas the last few weeks, been goofing off with '80s comedies this afternoon.. 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels', 'Spies Like Us', and ‘Fletch’ in the evening...love vintage Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Steve Martin... Been a quiet weekend... baked some orange roughy and veggies today... Up to 88 today after 86 yesterday. Crazy, went from 40s a couple weeks ago to 80s. Had the windows open yesterday and enjoyed some breezes and fresh air, but upstairs was too warm last night...fired up the AC at 1:30 am for the first time this year.