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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

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beans-on-toast said:
Well, there's a lot of anti fur groups that make you want to think like that. There's a fur trade area nearby where they manufacture, recondition and sell fur products. My grandmother sold fur coats for a living. People forget that countries were built on the fur trade.

Business probably isn't what it used to be but they seem to do well enough, showroom windows have nice coats. Like a set of silver dinnerware, everyone had a fur coat back in the day. It was a way to show off. Today, it's mostly the wealthy. In another part of town there's a different type of fur trade.
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It's not the anti-fur groups influencing my opinion...It is just that I can see the entire animal draped across their shoulders. I'm not being judgemental; I just don't find it appealing. That goes for the handbag as well.
 
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notJaco said:
It's not the anti-fur groups influencing my opinion...It is just that I can see the entire animal draped across their shoulders. I'm not being judgemental; I just don't find it appealing. That goes for the handbag as well.
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Understandable. Seeing a preserved animal on someone drives home what is going on. At the same time, where do you stop. A natural extension that people adopt is to not wear leather shoes, belts, and other clothing and refrain from eating meat. People draw a line with what they are comfortable with. Nothing wrong with that.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
Understandable. Seeing a preserved animal on someone drives home what is going on. At the same time, where do you stop. A natural extension that people adopt is to not wear leather shoes, belts, and other clothing and refrain from eating meat. People draw a line with what they are comfortable with. Nothing wrong with that.
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Exactly.
I love eating meat but I don't want to be there when it gets clobbered and butchered. Nor would I wear my cats as a scarves when they pass. They, too have beautiful fur.
 
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notJaco said:
Exactly.
I love eating meat but I don't want to be there when it gets clobbered and butchered. Nor would I wear my cats as a scarves when they pass. They, too have beautiful fur.
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I think children should be taught where food, especially meat, comes from. In FL it's Publix and Southeast Grocers.:smug:
 
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Took the Corvette out for awhile. Went to the coffee shop. Not really a problem with covid since I'm usually the only one in there early mornings. Nice gal that owns the place. She's struggling with the loss of customers. The place used to be jammed on Sat and Sun afternoons. She's closing at 2pm now.

After coffee, did a little spirited driving. This car is tons of fun! Really comfortable on road trips, too.
 
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gtmalone said:
This car is tons of fun! Really comfortable on road trips, too.
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That is not what I usually hear about Corvettes...not that I hear reviews from many owners but I was under the impression that the suspension makes it fatiguing for the occupants after a while...especially if was to be driven in Michigan. We have terrible roads.
 
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The deer go more places than I do.

Two doe and a buck are grazing on the hill about 20 meters from my window. Snow is falling, Odin's asleep, and there is laundry to do.

Never driven, nor ridden in, a Corvette. Boasting of a ride in a 2CV isn't boasting.
 
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GwenOnBass said:
The deer go more places than I do.

Two doe and a buck are grazing on the hill about 20 meters from my window. Snow is falling, Odin's asleep, and there is laundry to do.

Never driven, nor ridden in, a Corvette. Boasting of a ride in a 2CV isn't boasting.
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I had a chance to solo in one in the mid 1970's. A good friend of mine was an aficionado and let me take his out.
Don't remember which engine it had in it but it was ample enough for me to get a serious kick out of it. Good fun!
 
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notJaco said:
That is not what I usually hear about Corvettes...not that I hear reviews from many owners but I was under the impression that the suspension makes it fatiguing for the occupants after a while...especially if was to be driven in Michigan. We have terrible roads.
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I've ridden in a couple of the earlier generations - a mid '60s and a '75. The ride was "busy" but then again neither car was very well maintained. Ours is a 2007 C6 convertible. We took it to NM and CO in 2018 for a couple of weeks. Never felt fatigued. Most days were 200-350 miles. That's about all we want to do in any car.

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notJaco said:
I had a chance to solo in one in the mid 1970's. A good friend of mine was an aficionado and let me take his out.
Don't remember which engine it had in it but it was ample enough for me to get a serious kick out of it. Good fun!
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This is our first Corvette. The first few times I got on it, it scared the crap out of me! It only takes a few seconds to exceed any speed limit in the U.S.!
 
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gtmalone said:
I've ridden in a couple of the earlier generations - a mid '60s and a '75. The ride was "busy" but then again neither car was very well maintained. Ours is a 2007 C6 convertible. We took it to NM and CO in 2018 for a couple of weeks. Never felt fatigued. Most days were 200-350 miles. That's about all we want to do in any car.

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Nice! A roommate of mine in Chicago back in 1980 (poor guy had dinner with O.J. the night before he murdered his ex, and had to testify in court) had a red on red '63 Corvette convertible like this one. It was absolutely fatiguing to drive. The clutch was HEAVY! He moved to L.A. and put it in storage and took the insurance off of it (you know what's coming). He came back to visit and took it out for a spin. In the rain. Mis-clutched a shift, broke the back end loose and backed into a bridge abutment at 35 mph. Totaled the car, it did. No insurance. Total loss. Very sad day in the Maartian household. :bawl:

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