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Suddenly I'm transported back to my not-so-younger days (30s) when I shot a lot of pool. I shot billiards with a snooker cue. I liked the slimmer cue. I thought I had more control but I doubt it. I didn't have the power that the billiards cues offer. Nonetheless, I was still "the one to beat"!!

Nowadays it's darts in my garage. That's my brother at the score board. My uncles were visiting earlier this year.

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LMAO

next time a newer/better/more hp version of corvette comes out and people in the ppot start chatting up the "why nots" and "good value" and whatever other justification for considering one along w/ a gold chain this will be reason enough. simply put, like dogs and their owners, it's inevitable that cars convey the drivers' personalities. and this just tells me enough ab the cross section of type of driver that i don't want to join that club. apparently, those stereotypes *DO* come from somewhere :)

yeah i know, there's always a porsche atrocity being sold on ebay, but at least not one i saw was trying to be labelled as another "brand" of car LOL... this is simply beyond putting an 'M' badge next to the 318ti logo ;)

i'd love to read up the ferrari board comments ab this one :D

"Lamarossa Mk. II"

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LubeMaster77
[B] Hah, Great picture. Looks like my guy Cujo, (he was a rescue and came with the name). Bone cancer took him 3 years ago, also took my female English Mastiff/Newfoundland cross last year.

What great animals, sweet gentle giants. As timid as they can be you DO NOT want to present even the slightest threat to the immediate family.

We used to leave the glass in the storm door year round cause they go right thru the screen like it's air. Never got tired of watching peoples reactions when they came to the door and that 225 lb. behemoth would charge the door and slide into it barking and spewing buckets of spooge in their direction.

Saved me lots of money, the Pizza guy would settle for less than he was owed and never waited around for a tip. I'm pretty sure one or two of them pissed themselves.

gd'lord have mercy. that's the hound of the baskervilles next to her!

That one isn't half as nice as the Covetterari 250TR that we saw at Outback in Danville. Probbaly still got the owner laid by some 15 year old girls....

Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers....

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Get ready to fix our bugs.

I suppose it IS safer to be in a big vehicle...

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Have a link or story to go with that Hummer?

cathedral in my home town... just noticed how beautifull and impressive it really is last week when i was there for a funeral....growing up around it as a kid you don't realize how impressive this thing really is...

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then the Cloth halls on the great market... this is sort of the view i had from my bedroom for 15-20 years of my life... just a bit further from the cameraposition..

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and the Menin gate in my town... every day at 20h00 , everything stops for the Last Post... never misses a beat, and only got suspended for a few years during WW2, and the first thing to be reinstated as soon as the Germans left town again...

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They call a Corvette a "Plastic Penis" because the guys that buy them are compensating for something....

That means this guy has a really, really tiny one, and he also has an inferiority complex.... :p

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More pics:

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[Source: EliseTalk]

By now, you may have already seen the story of the Carrera GT that was destroyed after crashing into a utility pole in Port Chester, NY (that's what the PCFD stands for on the firefighter's jacket in the photo after the jump). The photos you see here were posted on the Lotus enthusiast site EliseTalk by Mark Starr, proprietor of Hunting Ridge Motorsports and Lotus of Greenwich.

While it's very easy to look at the photographs and jump to conclusions, a quick read of Mark's entries at EliseTalk indicated that he was familiar with the true story of what really happened. I met briefly with Mark and he shared what he knew with me. In deference to the individuals involved, he didn't use use any of their names, but believe me, that makes no difference. You're going to be interested in hearing how it all ends.

The accident apparently took place last Saturday during a party. Both the car's owner and the driver at the time of the accident were in attendance. The owner let the other driver, a prominent businessman, take the Carrera GT out for a spin. As you might imagine, it was a spirited drive, as the Carrera GT is an obscenely powerful piece of machinery.

That kind of power commands a great deal of respect, and accidents can and do happen even with seasoned, trained drivers behind the wheel. In this case, it appears that the car proved to be more than this person bargained for, and it hit the utility pole at what appears to have been a significant rate of speed, based on how far into the bodywork it's lodged.
The driver thankfully escaped with a broken foot. It could have been worse. It could have been tragic. This is an aspect that's easily lost on us as we try to think up snarky and witty things to say about the photos. Somebody could have been killed -- the driver, a pedestrian, another motorist. Miraculously, the only injury suffered was minor.

Oh yeah. And the car appears to be totaled, much to the chagrin of Porschephiles. But here's the part you aren't reading anywhere else: the man who wrecked the car made good. As we mentioned, he happened to be a very big businessman, and we now know that he's also a standup guy. He bought the car's owner another Carrera GT the next day. With lower mileage on the odometer to boot.

That, my friends, is how you own up to a mistake. And that's why this story is so much more interesting than the pictures alone, which may say a thousand words, but still come up a few short.

Thanks to Mark Starr for sharing the story with us. We're glad that everyone involved is OK.

Here you go:

Driver injured in school-bus crash
By Vic Ryckaert
vic.ryckaert@indystar.com
November 27, 2006


One person was injured this morning when a sport utility vehicle crashed into a school bus on the Near Southside.
No children were on the Indianapolis Public Schools bus when it collided with the SUV at Terrace Avenue and Madison Avenue, north of Manual High School, at 10:19 a.m., according to Marion County police dispatch.
Police closed Madison Avenue near Pleasant Run Parkway North Drive while firefighters worked to extricate the driver of the SUV out of the vehicle, dispatch said.

The victim was awake and transported to an area hospital, dispatch said. The victim’s name and condition were not immediately available.

Mary Louise Bewley, spokeswoman for IPS, said the bus had dropped off students at Manual shortly before the accident. The driver did not have any serious injuries, Bewley said.

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Somebody frequents fark.com.

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My great uncles name is inscribed on the Menin gate, I hope to be there this May and also visit the Vimy memorial which will have it's restoration done by then.
Nice pictures.

Steve