Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Black Out Jazz]

The eyelid is incredibly sensitive and it hurts beyond all reason to take Novocain there. I mean, WOAH

So I keep imagining the needle piercing my eyelid and novocain inadvertantly injected into my eyeball. Gee thanks for the bad visual.

 

[GwenOnBass]

The places a man's mind wanders

 

[gtmalone]

I was thinking W. C. Fields, myself!

I was always a big fan of the Edward Woodwood era.

Anybody remember Breaker Morant?

Hmm, mental demory? Eyes got to think about that.

I had forgotten about the original Equalizer series! Don't remember much about it now but since we liked the Denzel movies and the new series, we would probably like it.

 

[gtmalone]

My current dentist is very good. I hate having dental work done but it became necessary. I'm one of those that needs novocaine to make an appointment, but she's very good and after the initial 'pinch' of the needle, I'm OK.

Really happy with the guy we have now. My former dentist used to live across the street. A few days after we moved in, his wife brought a batch of choc chip cookies over. Hustling some business are we? lol. He was just okay as a dentist. I usually saw his partner who was better. Hygienists were a crap shoot. He had one gal that was good but she only worked part time. The last one I saw was extremely painful. I didn't go back after that.

 

[gtmalone]

Almost got shrapneled! Left a case of diet Pepsi out in the car for several days. It got hot. Brought the case in, noticed how warm the cans were, didn't care. Didn't notice how fat the cans got also; -really should've notice that...!!!
When I popped a can, BLAM! Like a gunshot! Scared the bejeepers out of me, scared the missus, she came running into the kitchen... Pepsi flew up and out allover the place and the soft aluminum top part of the can by the opening was all twisted freaky like! --But thank the soda gods it (barely) hung onto the can and didn't fly off into my face (like the Pepsi did!).
Hopefully the rest of the cans will become more uncharged now in the fridge, but I ain't taking no more chances... They'll be opened on the back porch with the tops of the cans pointed well away from me or any other living creature! -Damn thing was like a bomb!!

Yikes! Do you have a video of that?

 

[gtmalone]

The places a man's mind wanders

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And one of the ugliest T-Birds ever made. I like the originals and for the big Birds '61-'63 and '64-'65. The reissue from '02-'05 was pretty good but they should have made a performance version.

 

[gtmalone]

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[Winslow]

The places a man's mind wanders

Given that my first car was a T-Bird...

As the line goes, "Not all who wander are lost."

The reissue from '02-'05 was pretty good but they should have made a performance version.

Well, I'll put the flame suit on, but that reissue was a joke. It was aimed more at the bored hausfrau / nostalgia-uber-alles set, with more money than sense. I went to check them out, and even closing the door on it sounded like it was a cheap tin can. At a 40k sticker, it was WAY overpriced for what it was.

The last decent 'Bird I drove was a '97 with the sport package. I knew I guy who had one in the turbo coupe configuration as well. Now those 'Birds would fly!

 

[gtmalone]

Given that my first car was a T-Bird...

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Oh, and as the line goes, "Not all who wander are lost."


Well, I'll put the flame suit on, but that reissue was a joke. It was aimed more at the bored hausfrau / nostalgia-uber-alles set, with more money than sense. I went to check them out, and even closing the door on it sounded like it was a cheap tin can. At a 40k sticker, it was WAY overpriced for what it was.

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The last decent 'Bird I drove was a '97 with the sport package. I knew I guy who had one in the turbo coupe configuration as well. Now those 'Birds would fly!

Nah, no flames. I never rode in one or looked at it that close. It had some unrealized potential in my opinion.

The friend I mentioned some 37,000 posts ago with the Weber grill comments bought one. They hardly ever drove it thinking it would become a desirable collector car and increase in value. They apparently were impatient and sold it after a couple of years. Probably a good thing given the low value now.

 

[Winslow]

It had some unrealized potential in my opinion.

I'd agree with that. With better build quality and more options (or just a lower, more reasonable sticker), it might have been more interesting and appealing. As it was, it was little more than Ford's half-hearted attempt to jump on what they thought was an unrealized "higher end" of the market for retro-inspired cars of the time (PT Cruiser, Prowler, et al).

I wanted to like that 'Bird, but as with thumbnails on the internet, sometimes it only looks good until you get up close.

 

[GonePlaid]

I had forgotten about the original Equalizer series! Don't remember much about it now but since we liked the Denzel movies and the new series, we would probably like it.

Nowhere near as much action, more threats and intimidation to the bad guys' finances, freedom, etc.

 

[Winslow]

For me, Edward Woodward was/is/ever shall be The Equalizer. Everything else is just an imitation.

Not to mention: The original show's theme is by Stewart Copeland!

Very highly recommended, by the way:

 

[Greywoulf]

Nah, no flames. I never rode in one or looked at it that close. It had some unrealized potential in my opinion.

The friend I mentioned some 37,000 posts ago with the Weber grill comments bought one. They hardly ever drove it thinking it would become a desirable collector car and increase in value. They apparently were impatient and sold it after a couple of years. Probably a good thing given the low value now.

I had a car collector friend (moved to FL) who had an 'antique' T-bird. The one with the slide back hardtop so it could turn into a 2-seater with those scooped seat headrests. Thing was about as wide as two of my Honda Fit's! He only took it out of his garage for T-Bird or special car meets...

 

[beans-on-toast]

Family Feud

 

[notJaco]

Family Feud

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Dang drummer!

 

[markwrob]

Dang drummer!

My sixpack.

And I dont mean chiseled abs!

 

[beans-on-toast]

Family Feud

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A McCartney song

 

[Greywoulf]

Yikes! Do you have a video of that?

Fortunately much of my life has not been videotaped....

I will say tho that when I opened another can o' Pepsi (outdoors this time!) after it resided in the fridge for a day, it just fizzed a small bit out of the can. -NBD, and it appears the Pepsi bombs have voluntarily disarmed! ~~

 

[Deleted member 268085]

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I'm sorry to report that I'm old enough that my first thought was "cut a rug", but they didn't look like jitterbugs to me!

 

[Deleted member 268085]

Fortunately much of my life has not been videotaped....

I will say tho that when I opened another can o' Pepsi (outdoors this time!) after it resided in the fridge for a day, it just fizzed a small bit out of the can. -NBD, and it appears the Pepsi bombs have voluntarily disarmed! ~~

Anyone remember "Foster's. Australian for beer."? In the 24 oz oil cans? That I never saw anywhere once during the 3 trips I made down-under? That was able to put "Import" on the label, since it was made in Calgary, Alberta?

Yeah, that one.

A couple of college buddies and I liked to take my '61 Caddy up to northern Wisconsin on the weekends. We had a favorite pit stop around Stevens Point. We usually grabbed sixers of our fav at the moment, but one guy decides he's gotta give that Aussie beer a try. When we got in the car, he popped the tab...and shot at least half the contents all over my roof liner. It took some work to get that smell out of the car. Would have been bad juju at any traffic stop.

But there was an upside. We went back inside to buy another oil can and told the owner what happened. Instead of laughing at us (which would have been entirely appropriate), he apologized and comped us the replacement!

Just another reason to love that pit stop!