DA old timers  

I understand.
And that would have probably been a Galaxy 500 Country Squire wagon in 1964. I don't believe that the Fairlane was ever available in a wagon version. But I've been wrong before. Oh how I wish to see your painting. Yes.
I once owned a sweet T-Bird. Yup. Sold it (cleaned and buffed)... 1965 (tenth anniversary model). Earth toned in and out. Clean. Now I drive a station wagon and an old MINI. I like all ________. Yes. And I like twisted days and twisted nights, and my favorite movie is Bambi goes all the way for a Buck. I like decent Brutalist vodka, too. And I smell fine. Praise Dagmar.
Truly,
A.M.

CRAP. I just wrote a really long one, but I guess I took too long before hitting send (?) and it didn't post? Its just gone. Dammit. Shit. I hate that. I have to go too.
Just letting you know I am not being rude.
Patrick and Alix might be able to find it if there is a special place where timed out messages go to die.
Crap.

Oh, EH -- I know how that feels. If it was e-mail you might have had an automatic "draft" stored. I wonder it there's a way to make that happen with any writing . . . Mac has Time Machine now, but I haven't used that yet.
I used to shut down my modem at night, to keep the owls and mice out of the machine. With my new U-verse modem (actually SLOWER than their DSL) I shut down the computer. When I started up this morning the screen is infested with odd speckled shadows and colors. Is it the End Times, already ?

Hello Eameshead,
Sorry that you lost your message. It must have happened when a seller was posting a batch of 100 listings on the Buy & Sell section. The server had a short hiccup and unfortunately it didn’t keep your message.
We are really sorry for that. Best, P&A

Thanks Patrick and Alex, (and SDR too, for your concern)
Not the end of the world, even though I made it seem like it. Sorry for my over-reaction. It was just one of those frustrating moments that harkened back to the old days of DOS , when you could lose fifteen pages with one bad keystroke.
In all fairness, I did leave the thing open for a very long time this morning as I awoke in my usual stupor while trying to make sense of Mark's many-layered and tangental references, typed a little, then made coffee, typed a little more, etc.
So you never know, perhaps you saved the "off topic" section from having to endure yet another one of my weird morning ramblings!
SDR, thanks again. You certainly know more than I do about 'PUTERS!
Mark, I don't doubt that you are correct. Ford Country Squire Wagon YES-- but not a Fairlane. I never doubt your vast car knowledge. (Heck, I never even doubt your unconscious stream. At least the 70% that I can figure out. The other 30% is even more fun because I cant.

Ember Glow Metallic with Brutalist Beige colored hardtop and interior. That's what color my 1965 Bird was. I like all birds. Bone stock. 428 4bbl. Swing away steering wheel. Sequential tail lights. Yes. Kept it for 3 years. Immaculate. Sold it to a collector.
Hi,
Aunt Mark

Wow. Nice. Landau irons on the roof and everything.
Eames, I'll win any Computer Dumb-off you can find. Current puzzler: My domain name ten-year term is up this month. I just found out some of the personal info on the Whois form is incorrect. Do I change it now, and risk being dumped by the registrar (Melbourne IT) -- or not change it, and risk some other tragedy. Who invented this stuff, anyway ? (You can find the Melbourne story on Wiki . . .)

Ok.
This totally explains why you were NOT at the Design Addict holiday party last evening. Our hosts were so festive. Thought I'd die laughing. I was tired this morning. My god...and I must have smoked a cig with______. Everyone was talking about you! I feel so much better now. It all makes sense, now.
Ok,
Your Aunt Mark

I'm watching the opening credits of "Shamus" (copyright 1972): Burt Reynolds is getting out of bed (a pool table) with a splitting headache (hangover), staggering around his loft (yes, they had them back then) because he has to get ready to be a shamus (I'm guessing). The cast credits include Morris the cat (remember him ?). Should I keep watching -- or just Google the whole thing, Morris, Reynolds, the director (Buzz somebody, believe it or not . . .) ?
So far, the transfer looks great -- almost HD, on my 19" screen . . .

Oh, yeah: Dyan Cannon, too.
On the other screen, there's an interracial action film called "Setup." There's a nice metallic blue '69 Pontiac GTO with the wheel rings . . .

Hahahaha… "Shamus"… sounds like an IKEA blanket or something…
Those glamor tough guy names just kill me… do they just sit around putting meaningless phonetic sounds together until they hit on something?
Car name? Pharmaceutical? 70's actor?
Achieva
Mylanta
Speriva
Dulera
Cordova
Manthus
Ramtha

The word cedilla does not need a cedilla. My beast of a car here is illegal in America, yet another reason why I am a permanent exile. We need snow, it's been too dry and I've got 9 people arriving in two weeks to go skiing on grass and rocks.
(This stream of consciousness business is addicting.)

Hi Riki!
Festive fantastic foto! And what is the dome (beacon?) that I spy on the passenger side (or perhaps on this model..driver side) front roof line? I love that flat windshield. I love snow angels. Prancer was my favorite reindeer. Don't forget to feed the birds.
Fondly,
Your Aunt Mark

That monster should be illegal EVERYWHERE.
But that would just increase the demand, so probably just as well. Do you go on lion and rhino poaching missions in that thing too? Or are you an environmentalist?
Evil in the snow.
Nice photo though. And I too like the flat windshield. Evil in the stream.

Aunt Mark,
It is an auxiliary exhaust pipe that vents out the top just in case you are driving through snow or a river deep enough to cover/clog the regular exhaust. What type of boots should I be wearing, darling, to go with my car?
Eameshead, you will never win a green argument with a person who lives in Europe. This diesel car gets driven exactly 100 kilometers per week and the gas tank gets filled once every five weeks or so. The rest of my life is lived on a bus, a metro, a train or my own two feet.
I will put my Defender up against your air conditioner and mammoth refrigerator/ice maker any day.