Robert Hall

Well, gas prices and recession happened. Never? I suspect Pontiac will re-focus and concentrate on FWD rental cars, which has been their niche in recent years.

I would think so...unless they are following the Toyota philosophy of no. fun. ever. All serious FWD generics. All the time.

Speaking of charities, I give to several annually-- 1. American Cancer Society, since I lost my father and an uncle to cancer... both directly and through my participation in Relay For Life every year 2. ASPCA 3. American Humane Society 4. Westie Rescue 5. Australian Terrier Rescue 6. Hospice Foundation of America 7. Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado 8. Free Software Foundation plus my alma maters.

Cool.... I have my Dad's 1968 vintage Snapper Comet rear-engined riding mower stored in my Mom's barn..I will always keep it, has a lot of sentimental attachment for me, not to mention it's the mower I learned to mow on.

No different than a drunk driver, yet we see no one shouting for banning alcohol sales and possession... personally, I'm for the legalization/decriminalization of MJ purchase/possession...not sure about how I feel about any legalization of hard drugs.

Outsourcing. It has hurt my industry (software engineering) and many others. Though illegal immigration, healthcare, and the national debt are important to me as well.

I could support many of those platform issues...my concern about elimination of income tax, though--where to replace the shortfall from? The government would need $$$ to invest in infrastructure, etc..

conservative

+1.

+1. Yes, Whitman would have been a credible, rational choice. Palin represents the lunatic fringe.

Never heard of those...wasn't there also a car called the Jordan Playboy in the 20s or something?

Mmmm...lots of goodies. I'll take the '71 Rivi and the '69 Marquis. My folks had a Marquis similar to that ('71), but I was too little to remember it. My folks had a '58 Monterey back in '58, but no continental kit (which I think look stoopid) AFAIK.

Collectible Automobile magazine had an article on them a few years ago...it does sound like they used parts from GM and others over the years quite a bit. The basic body and structure dates to about 1956, I think.

I saw the stealth Century again yesterday...(there is '97-05 Buick Century nearby that is painted entirely flat black--all the chrome, the wheels, everything).

It's the engine that threw me..I'm used to riding mowers having Briggs and Stratton or Techumsehs...but my folks only bought Snappers, so that's what I knew at one time. Figuring '68, it's probably 40-50 years old at least. I did discover that the Poulan (part of Husquavarna) and Craftsman have used Kohler engines, but that is in more recent years.

Obama vs. McCain Matching Scores 1. Barack Obama 94.90% match on issues. 2. John McCain 66.44% match on issues.

Cool.. I have that blue 1:43 Dinky '62 Cadillac sitting in a bookcase in my living room.

Wild... the steering wheel in the second car looks like a Chevy wheel.

+1. Sadly, I know 2 Ohio residents that are going to vote Republican--my Mom and brother (I don't talk politics with them at all--makes me too angry).

Yes..frustrating...every time I've been across the pond and ridden the rails in Europe it makes me angry how limited our rail infrastructure is. Arggh

A Momentary Lapse of Reason, The Division Bell, The Wall, Wish You Were Here, and Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd are on rotation in the CD changer this afternoon....playing through 2000 watts of glorious 5.1 surround sound...happy happy joy joy

My sister turned in some that were down the street from her a couple of years ago...a neighbor had rented out a house to a bunch of filthy Mexicans who made a mess of the place..working on broken down Chebbies in the driveway, loud Mexican music at 2am, let the yard go to pot, etc. Their presence hurt the neighborhood--it's a nice Phoenix neighborhood of clean older $200-300k houses with palm trees and green yards, not the shabby barrio dumps found in other parts of town where the illegals run rampant. Eventually they got evicted (through the efforts of many people), and the house was sold and remodeled..I talked to the guy that remodeled it, he had to strip the interior to the studs--ripped out the sheetrock, everything because the cretins had made such a mess...

Yes...I'm sickened when I think about the billions we have wasted on that pathetic sh*thole when we could have been investing the money in the US...

I first saw that movie when I was 7 or so...loved it..have seen it probably 20 times over the years.. Driving on two lane roads in CO, when I had a tanker behind me I always got nervous...esp. driving on a twisty switchback w/ no guardrails and 500-1000 ft drop offs like Loveland Pass, about 12k feet at the peak.. I kind of liked the movie 'Joy Ride' a few years ago, it definitely had a few elements reminiscent of Duel.

Bingo..