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Saw "Green Book" twice and I could see it again. Epic! Given that he picked up the car in front of Carnegie Hall, I KNEW there would be some great cinematography of the car crossing the George Washington Bridge to head westward and out of NYC ... and there was!

This is cool. What's a little off is that most of the building is so vanilla, but the curved part makes a strong statement. Styles are hard to pin down sometimes. I don't know if this is art deco or a style they used for movie theaters in SoCal post WW2 which they called "streamline moderne" (learn something new every day). Loved this place, even though it is no longer recognizable as such and hasn't been a theater for a long time. The second caption was hilarious. Incredible looking interior on this vehicle. The only thing that's weird, and probably always will be to me, is how consoles are now about as wide as the control area between the pilot and the first officer on a jumbo jet.

I remember that the Kia Stinger was well received and, now, some reviews of it aren't as favorable as the initial impressions. It looks like it's built on a variation of the Optima platform, but I'm not sure of that. On a different tangent, a random thought that sometimes goes through my mind is that I'd like to take a tour of how the post office system works. They probably don't do that anymore, and certainly not now. When I was in the cub scouts, we got to tour airliners and we got to tour military ships. I would like to see how a first class letter is routed from beginning to end and how, nowadays, they'd deal with bad handwriting for addresses and such. It's part of always wondering how things work.

For a laugh, most definitely. I believe there's one coupe model (Polara, maybe) where the trunk lid is longer than the hood. When I was a teenager, I knew a lady from Oklahoma with cat glasses and a thick accent who drove one. She was a character and you'd almost have to be one to pick out one of these from the car lot.

This makes sense when I think about it. I don't know the materials that went into these cloth seats but it seems the base models with bench seats and no armrests had plaid seats or these ribbed fabric seats that felt like a backpack or almost like plastic, respectively. Then, if it was the better model, such as a Caprice over an Impala, and had an armrest, the cloth had a better feel and sometimes they managed to inset a metal (?) emblem into the seatbacks, the armrests, and/or rear speaker between the seats. I may be wrong but it seemed like it was about the mid-70s when there was an avalanche of much nicer cloth seating, almost a certainty in the up line models, and even though one might think it was fragile, it held up well for 100,000 to 200,000 miles of sitting on it. Which leads me to wonder why one reads furniture reviews about sofas from known manufacturers where the fabric cushions give out in 1 to 3 years. Again, less is more. I agree with you on this. Also, one could order the better model in a series to get some nicer features (more comfortable seats, alloy wheels, etc.) and keep it within reason by not putting every imaginable pimpy option on it.

You use the icon for confused and down vote more than most forum members here. That said, where's the icon for eye roll as a post rating when one needs it?

I am all about popping into (Italian) bakeries. Perhaps too much so.

I wanted to wish the Canadians on the forum a Happy Thanksgiving (celebrated the second Monday of October). And wish a Happy Columbus Day to anyone who celebrates it. I do. I'm thinking there won't be any parades in Little Italy neighborhoods anywhere this time around. But one can always pop into an Italian bakery.

Thank you! And also good for people to know how much $29,999 (or less) can buy them. Let's hope the next rendition is just as good ... or better.

I don't know if today is National Coffee Day but I'm going by a Dunkin Donuts and they are proclaiming it National Dunkin Day. Buy something, get free coffee. For $ 3, I bought 2 of those steak-egg-cheese roll ups for breakfast and got a free medium coffee. Score!

Great stuff. Almost 60% of these Biscaynes were 6s. Amazing. And without A/C, in FL. And had it had had vinyl instead of cloth seats, yikes. Well, these people motored along on the cheap knowing they could reach each spark plug and most other components with ease, not have electronic gizmos to go sideways, and have low repair bills. It's sort of like the tale of the tortoise and the hare. I couldn't see comfortable folks on Key Biscayne driving a Biscayne, though. You never know. I've heard some of the wealthiest people are tight and drive dowdy cars since they don't want attention.

I didn't think of that. Before 1970, the 6s would have produced sufficient horsepower to power that car ... hmm, 230 or 250? Also, since it's obviously in FL, I hope that it had A/C. I wonder if they ordered even the base models without A/C at the time of this car. - - - - - Spotted today. Couldn't believe it. Unusual color. In terms of photo quality, I'll take what I can get before it darted off.

Nice. Base model ... and a coupe. Thinking they still used the 283 V8 for this M.Y., or would it have been 307 and/or 327 ...

I saw the cover for this YouTube. I learned a few strange things in "one thing leads to another" fashion a few days ago. I randomly looked up Lakeview Terrace. It is a far flung and low density neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles and in which the San Gabriel Mts. jut up behind it. As a kid, I always liked the name and, with ~460 sq. mi worth. of city, I had never been there. It sounded "terraced." It's not high end at all, but some horse owners make it home, with the foothills behind it. It is close to Pacoima, a largely Hispanic area with its share of problems, and Sylmar, another suburb that became known as the epicenter of the 1971 L.A. earthquake, upon which the 1974 film "Earthquake" was based Lakeview Terrace is actually racially mixed. Everyone lives there. As I read the article, that's where the Rodney King beating took place. It took 28 years for me to learn that fact. I always though it occurred in South Central or other inner city area. Then, there's an actual movie named "Lakeview Terrace." I didn't know that. It's about some unusual dynamics among some Lakeview Terrace neighbors who are having a row. I plan to get the DVD and watch it. Random association on the Random Thoughts thread gone awry.

Do some Tesla owners have cognitive dissonance about their purchase? I don't know. It's not my sort of sled, and not because I have anything against EVs. It's just the whole Tesla mystique that I find annoying. This afternoon, I tanked up. Upon leaving the gas station, I saw a new mid-engine Corvette. I have been seeing more of them. This time, and for the first time, I saw one that was metallic silver with the dark red leather interior. It was stunning, and not just because I like that color combination in general.

Today, I saw a Tesla on the freeway. That's not that unusual. On it, it had the license plate: GAS HAHA It made for a HAHA moment.

Paisley* * easier to continue word association with this one

For 007 fans, the latest movie from the franchise should be in theaters before the holidays. (Masks are your friends.) Here's a stupid article rating the songs from 007 movies across the years. I don't know if it's someone's opinion or it was based on revenue. It seems to favor the older songs and the ones by Shirley Bassey. I thought "From Russia With Love" was overly sappy and "Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney was just okay. The ranking of theme songs used in James Bond movies Thought some C&G folks who enjoy 007 movies might find this somewhat entertaining.

There are some Timmys in small towns in North America and they seem to do well or they wouldn't be there. Just like A&Ws would plant themselves in random small North American towns. However, for the ambiance, you can't beat a Tim Horton's location for a hot drink and a fixed up bagel or a muffin in a Canadian resort area or an urban Canadian setting, eating and drinking with the "eh" or "allo" (how Francophones say hello) crowd. I go through a lot of tea bags at home. But, every once in a while, it's great to get your coffee or tea in one of these places and enjoy the moment.

Let's not forget possibilities like Abu (? spelling) from "The Simpsons." I like Dunkin' Donuts. They have nicer stores in some suburbs and it's good to have your donut and coffee inside, much like it would be at Tim Horton's in Canada.

What? I don't believe that they ran out of names for hurricanes and have had to go to Greek letters. Correct me if I'm wrong but I haven't ever heard of hurricanes with names like Helga, Guido, Latoya, and Hamid.

(1) Thank you, and (2) I believe so; I've seen different wheel designs for more basic RWD models.

Kale

When one spends their formative years in SoCal, they either fall in love with media types ... or become averse to and burned out on hearing about everything they do. Only a small amount of it is interesting and/or newsworthy. I have a fairly basic rule from years ago - I don't want anyone with an entertainment background who didn't cut their teeth on law school (or business school) and didn't cut some teeth again as a lawyer, in the military, and/or as a "professional" politician to be in important posts in public office ... with few exceptions.

Regardless of the color, this, and '75, were my favorite Firebird years - a much improved front compared to '70 to '73, a wraparound rear back lite not found in '74, and without the pinched "Smokey and the Bandit" grille which began in '77. Just right ...