"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

knarfeng said:
February is "spring" in So Cal. Busy with the weed whacker this afternoon trying to keep the yard from becoming a jungle.
I don't know if we are going to get any apples this year. It never really got "cold" and our tree never fully lost it's leaves. Bummer. It doesn't need to freeze, but it does need get reasonably close. And we didn't, this year. Now it's got a combination of buds and last year's leaves on it.
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We need a mildly concerned emoticon.
I had more apples than ever last fall, even though I knew there wouldn't be any because the blossoms started early and froze off.
 
Peregrin said:
I had a 1968 Triumph GT-6 in the early '70s. It was yellow, just like this one! Mine had the wire wheels with knock off hubs too. I wish I could find a pic of the dashboard. I loved that walnut dashboard!
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Gary, is this the one? The Yellow colour is really great on that car, a neighbour had a Triumph 2000 in a similar colour or light green, drooled all over it....

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Whereas, the TR7 was the worst ;) Colleague of mine had one for years and despite its chronic unreliability and mine shaft appetite for repair money she was mainly loyal to it...She did say that despite not being religious she did utter prayers on the way to her garage hoping the TR7 might be transformed into a Porsche:cool: The Car Gods didn't see it that way.....

Big favourite of mine is the Jag XK 120, made before I was and unfortunately now made for the mega rich, one got over 320K USD at an auction I understand! Think Clint had the later version in the film Play Misty For ME

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Will Power said:
Big favourite of mine is the Jag XK 120, made before I was and unfortunately now made for the mega rich, one got over 320K USD at an auction I understand! Think Clint had the later version in the film Play Misty For ME
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I like that Jag! That would really cut into my knife budget though! 💸 :eek:;)

I do recall saying a prayer or two when I owned that GT6! Thankfully, my next door neighbor owned a foreign car repair shop!
 
My older brother bought a TR-3 in 1958. The classic British sports car - cut down doors, side curtains, useless heater, unsophisticated suspension, and lots of fun to ride around in. (He did carry towels to stuff in the gaps around the side curtains in heavy rains.)
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(Not his car - his was white with black leather upholstery - blazing hot on sunny days.)

I did test drive a TR-6 around 1970 but fortunately sanity prevailed - our first child came along just one year later and sedans suddenly looked a lot more practical.
 
Headwinds said:
My older brother bought a TR-3 in 1958. The classic British sports car - cut down doors, side curtains, useless heater, unsophisticated suspension, and lots of fun to ride around in. (He did carry towels to stuff in the gaps around the side curtains in heavy rains.)
9y1iBCH.jpg

(Not his car - his was white with black leather upholstery - blazing hot on sunny days.)

I did test drive a TR-6 around 1970 but fortunately sanity prevailed - our first child came along just one year later and sedans suddenly looked a lot more practical.
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Kids! Our next vehicle, after the GT6, was a Chevy Impala!
 
Headwinds said:
My older brother bought a TR-3 in 1958. The classic British sports car - cut down doors, side curtains, useless heater, unsophisticated suspension, and lots of fun to ride around in. (He did carry towels to stuff in the gaps around the side curtains in heavy rains.)
9y1iBCH.jpg

(Not his car - his was white with black leather upholstery - blazing hot on sunny days.)

I did test drive a TR-6 around 1970 but fortunately sanity prevailed - our first child came along just one year later and sedans suddenly looked a lot more practical.
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I test drove, and wanted to buy a TR 3 in 1965. Dad talked me out of it. He was a wise man.
I owned a British car for a while, and came to the conclusion, that if the Americans had not entered the war, we would all be speaking German today!
I know I will annoy some people with these comments, but honestly, the British cars that I had anything to do with were junk.
 
Will Power said:
Whereas, the TR7 was the worst ;) Colleague of mine had one for years and despite its chronic unreliability and mine shaft appetite for repair money she was mainly loyal to it...She did say that despite not being religious she did utter prayers on the way to her garage hoping the TR7 might be transformed into a Porsche:cool: The Car Gods didn't see it that way.....

Big favourite of mine is the Jag XK 120, made before I was and unfortunately now made for the mega rich, one got over 320K USD at an auction I understand! Think Clint had the later version in the film Play Misty For ME

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Anyone who can own this vehicle undoubtedly has servants, which are needed to adjust those fender mounted mirrors!
 
Mr. Chips said:
I test drove, and wanted to buy a TR 3 in 1965. Dad talked me out of it. He was a wise man.
I owned a British car for a while, and came to the conclusion, that if the Americans had not entered the war, we would all be speaking German today!
I know I will annoy some people with these comments, but honestly, the British cars that I had anything to do with were junk.
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I don't see any relation between English sportscars and WW2. As far as I know, Spitfires were made by the same workers in the shadow factories... And the Jerries would tell you what kind of crap...
Seeing the difficulties there are to speak the other official language in Canada, I don't think you would be speaking German either. Anyway the lesson Uncle Jo gave them had deterred them from invading another cold country... 😉
 
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