tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post1825732481445209567..comments2023-12-27T13:35:09.431-07:00Comments on Exile in Portales: Cool. And Not Even CLOSE To Cool.Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-67130682460499597562013-12-24T14:07:35.656-07:002013-12-24T14:07:35.656-07:00That was my point... exactly... about infanticide,...That was my point... exactly... about infanticide, even 18 or 20 years after the fact.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-7144407693453533542013-12-24T11:43:58.147-07:002013-12-24T11:43:58.147-07:00Ahem.......supra twin turbo... should not be words...Ahem....<i>...supra twin turbo...</i> should not be words ever uttered anywhere near the words <b>Rolls Royce</b>. Just sayin...Kris, in New Englandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05185696221729269932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-80274967435739136492013-12-23T09:37:19.516-07:002013-12-23T09:37:19.516-07:00@Dream: I went Japanese after the embargo... boug...@Dream: I went Japanese after the embargo... bought a Mazda rotary, which was the WORST gotdamned car I ever owned in terms o' reliability. The thing blew three motors in three years time... Mazda didn't quite have that Wankel thing worked out yet.<br /><br />And Hey! My coffee's ready!Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-47773523456068773332013-12-23T04:01:53.759-07:002013-12-23T04:01:53.759-07:00I had a big block detroit iron until the oil embar...I had a big block detroit iron until the oil embargo, then I went british wire wheels. The only problem with the british 2-seaters, was that you always needed a motel, and couldn't just rampage in the back seat... Course that wouldn't be a problem now, since the only rampage I see is getting up to make my morning coffee.Dream Carnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-6329989836959061012013-12-22T20:48:49.973-07:002013-12-22T20:48:49.973-07:00I'd give Mr. Rhys a banana...I'd give Mr. Rhys a banana...Monkey Boynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-88313740493751929312013-12-22T12:54:17.794-07:002013-12-22T12:54:17.794-07:00It ain't enough to buy a Rolls, that's fer...It ain't enough to buy a Rolls, that's fer shure. My timing was pretty good, though... I was one of the very first to get a VRB, and I was a VRB-4, too. I think it amounted to four and a half Large, half up front and the remainder in annual installments. That was a good chunk o' change in 1967.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-63720775351268063282013-12-22T12:50:20.496-07:002013-12-22T12:50:20.496-07:00Re-enlistment bonus? What's that?Re-enlistment bonus? What's that?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-38739490841382729952013-12-22T12:35:17.881-07:002013-12-22T12:35:17.881-07:00See what ya coulda done with that big-ass reenlist...See what ya coulda done with that big-ass reenlistment bonus? I spent mine on a Chevelle SS396. <b>;-)</b><br /><br />(PS: The SS was MY dream car... at the time.)Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18232353.post-61037244416637273452013-12-22T12:31:54.240-07:002013-12-22T12:31:54.240-07:00I wonder... If I'd been able to afford a Rolls...I wonder... If I'd been able to afford a Rolls when I was twenty (and an E-5) if I might still be driving it.<br />The Rolls and the Bentley have always been my dream cars.(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com