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> > From: Cotty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/20 Wed PM 01:32:49 GMT > To: "pentax list" > Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? > > On 20/4/05, Antti-Pekka Virjonen, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Have they ordered the new Disco III for you ye

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On 20/4/05, Antti-Pekka Virjonen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Have they ordered the new Disco III for you yet? That sure is one >nice beast ;-). Sadly I think the Disco III may be over my monthly lease budget. Frankly even if it wasn't, the Disco seems to be moving a bit too upmarket. I'd probab

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On 19/4/05, Kenneth Waller, discombobulated, unleashed: >And blame it all on Cotty I would have apologised in advance, but I was too pathetic. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

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> > From: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/19 Tue PM 11:59:45 GMT > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? > > On 4/19/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Weapons of mass destruction d

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Antti-Pekka Virjonen Estera Oy Turku www.estera.fi www.computec.fi > -Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 7:24 PM > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? > > On 18/

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On 4/19/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/19/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > After a week-long hiatus, I stumble into this thread. Yippee! Here's > > my take on the whole mess: There ain't nothing looks better than a > > silver print. Nothing. So st

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On 4/19/05, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > After a week-long hiatus, I stumble into this thread. Yippee! Here's > my take on the whole mess: There ain't nothing looks better than a > silver print. Nothing. So stick yer digital. Please take your photography talk elsewh

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On 4/19/05, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that this thread has run the gamut from cars to politics to > weapons of mass destruction, I think we should now turn our sights to > religion. After that, guns and abortion. Let's just get all our > flame-outs on this one thread, sh

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On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:58 PM, John Forbes wrote: It's a silly phrase. But Godfrey will tell you that "mass" is a sarcastic elision of "masses of people". Bite me. Is that enough sarcastic elision for you? Godfrey

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frank theriault mused: > > On 4/19/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Weapons of mass destruction do not actually destroy mass. The best they can > > do is rearrange it. > > > > You sure? > > Don't nuke-u-lar weapons convert some mass into energy? So do chemical weapons

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5 8:03 PM Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? > On 4/19/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a silly phrase. But Godfrey will tell you that "mass" is a sarcastic > > elision of "masses of people". > > > > Unless of course they&#

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On 4/19/05, John Forbes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a silly phrase. But Godfrey will tell you that "mass" is a sarcastic > elision of "masses of people". > > Unless of course they're designed for an attack on the Catholic church. > But why bother, when you've got Ratzinger? YES! The Rat-m

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On 4/19/05, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Weapons of mass destruction do not actually destroy mass. The best they can > do is rearrange it. > You sure? Don't nuke-u-lar weapons convert some mass into energy? Not that I'd know... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois

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7:39:32 -0600, William Robb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - Original Message - From: "John Forbes" Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? So when Bush and Blair say "They have weapons of mass destruction", they are simply employing a sarcastic elision of "They hav

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- Original Message - From: "John Forbes" Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? So when Bush and Blair say "They have weapons of mass destruction", they are simply employing a sarcastic elision of "They have no weapons of mass destruction". Weapons of mass

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- Original Message - From: "Keith Whaley" Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? Which is not to say I believe everything was done right. It wasn't. But, there were extenuating, non-foreseeable circumstances for most of the known screw-ups. Most of what has happened was right

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 19, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: You don't read much real in-depth news, do you, Godfrey... Obviously, you know nothing about what I read or don't read. You came up with that condescending and idiotic tirade on the basis of some joking about understandin

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On Apr 19, 2005, at 12:14 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: You don't read much real in-depth news, do you, Godfrey... Obviously, you know nothing about what I read or don't read. You came up with that condescending and idiotic tirade on the basis of some joking about understanding the English language. A

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You don't read much real in-depth news, do you, Godfrey... You believe all the liberal press and people like Barbara Boxer and Chucky Shumer and Ted Kennedy tell you, right? Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 19, 2005, at 8:31 AM, John Forbes wrote: So when Bush and Blair say "They have weapons of ma

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On Apr 19, 2005, at 8:31 AM, John Forbes wrote: So when Bush and Blair say "They have weapons of mass destruction", they are simply employing a sarcastic elision of "They have no weapons of mass destruction". No. When those yokels said "They have weapons of mass destruction" they meant "We inten

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Delightfully British automobile. Morgan came out with a 3 wheel car in about 1910 had a V-Twin motorcycle engine mounted crosswise in front of the radiator between the front wheels. They produced that same basic car until well into the 1950's. Do to British tax laws it was concidered a motorcycle a

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So when Bush and Blair say "They have weapons of mass destruction", they are simply employing a sarcastic elision of "They have no weapons of mass destruction". You may possibly be right. But I think a lot of misunderstandings could be avoided if we eschewed sarcastic elisions and just said

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Cotty wrote: On 19/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. ;-) Glad you explained! I thought that "deflating sound" coming from you was an editorial comme

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On 19/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and >stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. ;-) Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottys

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On Apr 19, 2005, at 5:40 AM, frank theriault wrote: No, a "spider" is a body style. A lightweight convertible sporting vehicle. See Pinin Farina who designed the first one for Alfa in the Guilietta series startiing in 1955. Many others make one today, not the least of which is Ferrari... Yes. You

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On Apr 19, 2005, at 4:29 AM, John Forbes wrote: As we are on the subject of inept use of language, I am surprised at you parrotting that American schoolboy howler: "I could care less". What you mean is that you "couldn't care less". Thus is language debased, even by those who would seek to critic

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... PS: Kudos to the list member who coined the term "Pentaxalfisti" ;-) ... In French "PentaxAlfiste" !! Michel

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Actually, it's great fun. John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 14:01:24 +, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PS: Kudos to the list member who coined the term "Pentaxalfisti" ;-) Sounds like a particularly unpleasant sexual practice to me. -

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> > From: Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PS: Kudos to the list member who coined the term "Pentaxalfisti" ;-) Sounds like a particularly unpleasant sexual practice to me. - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com virus-checked by McAfee visit www.ntlworld.

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Actually, it's very selfish to apologise. It makes you feel good and the other guy bad. :-) John On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 06:45:23 -0700, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: frank theriault wrote: On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I apologize for the language herewith. It

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frank theriault wrote: On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. Always ready to take the high road (in your Spider), eh Keith? Age brings with it a cer

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Cotty wrote: Oh goody - a neat little war brewing and I'm in the subject line. Can I just add that I think it's all a load a horse shit? (D'oh - I was saving that for Brooksy..) Oh double goody -- one of my least favorite things (a PDML flame war) sparked by my favorite marque (Alfa-Romeo). Life is

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On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I apologize for the language herewith. It was an ill-considered and > stupid reaction by me, and I hereby declare a unilateral truce. Always ready to take the high road (in your Spider), eh Keith? -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -H

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On 4/19/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, a "spider" is a body style. A lightweight convertible sporting vehicle. > See Pinin Farina who designed the first one for Alfa in the Guilietta > series startiing in 1955. > Many others make one today, not the least of which is Ferrari...

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Cotty wrote: That's a chickenshit word, it isn't apt, it doesn't apply and is not appreciated. No call for using thqt sort of language at all! Oh goody - a neat little war brewing and I'm in the subject line. Can I just add that I think it's all a load a horse shit? (D'oh - I was saving that fo

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frank theriault wrote: On 4/18/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just for that, you don't get to look at a scan of my '58 Guiletta roadster. keith whaley Oh sure, punish all of us because those two can't play nice together! Oh, don't worry... I'll get that transparency scanned and sh

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As we are on the subject of inept use of language, I am surprised at you parrotting that American schoolboy howler: "I could care less". What you mean is that you "couldn't care less". Thus is language debased, even by those who would seek to criticise others. John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:31:03 -

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>That's a chickenshit word, it isn't apt, it doesn't apply and is not >appreciated. No call for using thqt sort of language at all! Oh goody - a neat little war brewing and I'm in the subject line. Can I just add that I think it's all a load a horse shit? (D'oh - I was saving that for Brooksy..

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Cesar wrote: mike wilson wrote: Cotty wrote: On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! The new ones have Jaguar motors, though. (The old ones use a Buick). You're talking about the V8s - I hav

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Keith Whaley wrote: Graywolf wrote: You, know what, you are very authoritive about everything. And mostly you do not know what you are talking about. I had made the decision not to reply to any of your posts in the past. I forgot. I will not do so in the future. Kids! For others who may be int

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mike wilson wrote: Cotty wrote: On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! The new ones have Jaguar motors, though. (The old ones use a Buick). You're talking about the V8s - I have a 2.5 litre

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On Apr 18, 2005, at 7:09 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: "Inept?" That's a chickenshit word, it isn't apt, it doesn't apply and is not appreciated. No call for using thqt sort of language at all! It is perfectly apt and describes my opinion of Graywolf's use of the language perfectly. === inept adj 1:

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- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? Until this thread, I'd never heard of Morgan automobiles. Any relation to the horse, do you know? So named because they wouldn't start reliably so you always wanted a couple of horses to to

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Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > As for Morgans, I probably know more about them than most people who own > them. I was fasinated buy them (both the 3-wheelers, and the 4-wheelers) > when I was younger. I liked the flat grill +4 of the 50's best. Until this thread, I'd never heard of Morga

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On 4/18/05, Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just for that, you don't get to look at a scan of my '58 Guiletta > roadster. > > keith whaley Oh sure, punish all of us because those two can't play nice together! FWIW, the Alfa Romeo site calls it a Spider (they should know). As I u

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: That's delightfully snide of you, oh Graywolf. And total bullshit. No such car is listed in the definitive "Alfa Romeo: Tutte Le Vetture Dal 1910" by Luigi Fusi. There were certainly performance variants of the Guilietta Spider ... in 1956/1957 there was the Guilietta Spid

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That's delightfully snide of you, oh Graywolf. And total bullshit. No such car is listed in the definitive "Alfa Romeo: Tutte Le Vetture Dal 1910" by Luigi Fusi. There were certainly performance variants of the Guilietta Spider ... in 1956/1957 there was the Guilietta Spider Normale, with one ca

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Gee, missus grundy, im sorry. i want dod it agane. Bulky: 3. Clumsy to manage; unwieldy. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further reproduction and distrib

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Quoting Graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > every one I ever drove (about 5 of them, none of them new when I drove them) > had a bulky shift into second gear, up or down, hence my comment. > That's twice now I've seen a gearshift described as bulky, surely you mean balky? Bulky - of large size for

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Graywolf wrote: You, know what, you are very authoritive about everything. And mostly you do not know what you are talking about. I had made the decision not to reply to any of your posts in the past. I forgot. I will not do so in the future. Kids! For others who may be interested, the AR Guil

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You should hear the Jeep guys when I call theirs Plymouths (grin). graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Cotty wrote: On 17/4/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? Ain't no damn

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You, know what, you are very authoritive about everything. And mostly you do not know what you are talking about. I had made the decision not to reply to any of your posts in the past. I forgot. I will not do so in the future. Kids! For others who may be interested, the AR Guilietta Super Spyder

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No, I am thinking of a plywood monocoque sports car from the late 50's, early 60's. I thought they were TVR's but could be mistaken. As for Morgans, I probably know more about them than most people who own them. I was fasinated buy them (both the 3-wheelers, and the 4-wheelers) when I was young

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On 18/4/05, John Forbes, discombobulated, unleashed: >90p a litre equates to US$6.47 per US gallon, or £4.10 per Imp gallon. Look, you guys slug it out - I'm going to lie down for a bit. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com

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On 18/4/05, mike wilson, discombobulated, unleashed: >When did you last buy fuel? It's just under 90p a litre up here, which >translates to much closer to £5 per gallon in my book. 8-) I suspect >double that is not so far away 8-(( D'oh! Pardon me. Brain fart. Yeah, £5. Cheers, Cotty

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On 18/4/05, Antti-Pekka Virjonen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Cotty, the Td5 is five cylinder, right? (to correct your typo ;-) >Btw, ain't the Td5 a BMW design (or maybe it is a Land Rover design >from the BMW time)? You are entirely correct A-P, the Td5 is a 5 cylinder diesel. It resides in t

Re: OT: Lancia Fulvia (was: Re: Where's Cotty?)

On Apr 17, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Gianfranco Irlanda wrote: Wooohooo!! A Lancia fan! :-) Yessir. I lusted after a Lancia Fulvia Zagato Coupé for years, it was parked in front of a house on the way to the train station every time I passed. The day it disappeared I was heartbroken ... only to rediscover

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John Forbes wrote: Mike, the US gallon is smaller than the Imperial gallon. 90p a litre equates to US$6.47 per US gallon, or £4.10 per Imp gallon. As he was talking about Land Rovers, I assumed Imperial. John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:31:02 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cotty wrote:

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On 4/17/05, Gianfranco Irlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I was 9 yo my father followed my mother's advice (probably > first and last time...) and bought a 2nd hand Lancia Beta saloon > (almost brand new, I guess it was less than 2 years old). A > great car, very comfortable, and with that

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Mike, the US gallon is smaller than the Imperial gallon. 90p a litre equates to US$6.47 per US gallon, or £4.10 per Imp gallon. John On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:31:02 +0100, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Cotty wrote: On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So, how do you like y

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Cotty wrote: On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! The new ones have Jaguar motors, though. (The old ones use a Buick). You're talking about the V8s - I have a 2.5 litre four cylinder diesel

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Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 9:22 AM > To: pentax list > Subject: Re: Where's Cotty? > > On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >> >So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)?

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On 18/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? >> >> Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! > >The new ones have Jaguar motors, though. >(The old ones use a Buick). You're talking about the V8s - I have a 2.5 litre four cylinder diese

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I've had a Disco Td5 (aut.) for a year now and I just love her! ;-) Antti-Pekka Antti-Pekka Virjonen Estera Oy Turku www.estera.fi www.computec.fi > -Original Message- > From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... > Land Rovers are my vehicle o

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Stiff suspension, yes. The old ladder type frames are, um, springy. ;-) You learn something new every day on this list. Morgans have suspension. Well, I never would have believed it. I know my chiropracter doesn't. 8-) m

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Cotty mused: > > On 17/4/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? > > Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! The new ones have Jaguar motors, though. (The old ones use a Buick).

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 4:19 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: Everybody admits the ol' Morgan has a STIFF chassis! Stiff suspension, yes. The old ladder type frames are, um, springy. ;-) I was led to believe it referred to torsional rigidity. Articles which discussed the Morgan's handling specifically mention

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Apr 17, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: Morgans use wood framing for the body panels, not the chassis. The last I heard, which admittedly was SOME time ago, was that they used oak for the ladder frame members, or at least the interior of them, because it gave th

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 2:43 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: Morgans use wood framing for the body panels, not the chassis. The last I heard, which admittedly was SOME time ago, was that they used oak for the ladder frame members, or at least the interior of them, because it gave the stiffness they needed, w

OT: Lancia Fulvia (was: Re: Where's Cotty?)

Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Were I to have my druthers, what I'd like to have the chance to enjoy > is a Lancia Fulvia Coupe. I've wanted one of those since I was 8 years > old... There are some in the US but you have to hunt for them. > Wooohooo!! A Lancia fan! When I was 9 yo m

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You're thinking of Morgans. And yes, they are. Seven year waiting list at the last count. TVRs never used wood for anything structural, only interior details and such. Morgans use wood framing for the body panels, not the chassis. Godfrey The last I heard, which admit

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On 17/4/05, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: >> 4 X Range Rover Classics >> 1X Series 1 >> 1X Series 2a >> 1X Ninety >> 1X One Ten > >Eight vehicles in 20 years? That's not much of a recommendation. It's called 'youth' ! I wanted all at once really, but couldn't afford that, so I rente

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On 17/4/05, Graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: >So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? Ain't no damn Ford badge on my motor, tosh! Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 12:48 PM, Graywolf wrote: Ah '57 Super Spyder one of my dream cars. Was 2nd gear bulky on all of them? Spider ... there is no "y" in Italian. Not sure which Alfa Romeo you are referring to, I've not heard of any of them referred to as the "Super Spider". The Guilietta and de

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You're thinking of Morgans. And yes, they are. Seven year waiting list at the last count. TVRs never used wood for anything structural, only interior details and such. Morgans use wood framing for the body panels, not the chassis. Godfrey

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Graywolf wrote: Are those still made out of wood? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- John Forbes wrote: All is not lost, Joe. We still make ONE interesting car: http://www.tvr-eng.co.uk/intro.html You're thinking of Morgans.

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Cotty mused: > > Land Rovers are my vehicle of choice. Since 1985, I've owned: > > 4 X Range Rover Classics > 1X Series 1 > 1X Series 2a > 1X Ninety > 1X One Ten Eight vehicles in 20 years? That's not much of a recommendation. In roughly that time I've had *one* vehicle (1986 Mustang GT), and

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Cotty wrote: I occasionally dream of trying to pick up one of these... or maybe the 4th one down in this list: I had the thi

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Ah '57 Super Spyder one of my dream cars. Was 2nd gear bulky on all of them? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: 1300 Guilietta Spider ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Ant

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Are those still made out of wood? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- John Forbes wrote: All is not lost, Joe. We still make ONE interesting car: http://www.tvr-eng.co.uk/intro.html John On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:15:55 -0600, Jos

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Let's see, Willys and Ford made jeeps. MB & GPW respectively. The Land Rover started as a modified jeep. Now Ford owns Land Rover. So, how do you like your Ford, Cotty (grin)? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" --- Cotty wrote:

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Cotty wrote: Beautiful car. Well done. I'll bet it's your favourite to drive... I occasionally dream of trying to pick up one of these... or maybe t

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On 17/4/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >I had it built from a wrecked '78, a rusted out '82, and a good '79 >chassis that was abandoned in a parking lot for two years. It has a lot >of subtle development changes under the skin. > >I had the inspiration, ideas for modification,

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:27 AM, Keith Whaley wrote: A custom-built Alfa Romeo Spider is my other car ... ;-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/vehicles/fs-3468.htm Lovely machine! My Alfa spyder was a Guiletta and was a '58! Absolutely loved that car! If only they made one today... I'll have to sca

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 9:51 AM, Cotty wrote: I don't believe the US gets any of the diesel engined models. GODDERS! Go find a TD5 Disco and you'll have an awesome machine. The Freelander runs the TD$ as you know, boy if you could get a Freelander TD5. Not much I can do about getting a TD engine in

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 9:52 AM, Cotty wrote: A custom-built Alfa Romeo Spider is my other car ... ;-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/vehicles/fs-3468.htm Lovely. Who built it? I had it built from a wrecked '78, a rusted out '82, and a good '79 chassis that was abandoned in a parking lot for two

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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: [...] A custom-built Alfa Romeo Spider is my other car ... ;-) http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/vehicles/fs-3468.htm Lovely machine! My Alfa spyder was a Guiletta and was a '58! Absolutely loved that car! If only they made one today... I'll have to scan that one and make

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On 17/4/05, Cotty, discombobulated, unleashed: >Freelander runs the TD$ LOL. TD4 of course. Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _

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On 17/4/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > >At least with that setup, your quality issues are reduced to how well >you understand how to edit an image in Photoshop. I'm 'simplest/best' approach, me. Never did like the darkroom either. If I could afford two employees, one would b

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On 17/4/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >A custom-built Alfa Romeo Spider is my other car ... ;-) > http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/vehicles/fs-3468.htm Lovely. Who built it? Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cotty

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On 17/4/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > I don't >believe the US gets any of the diesel engined models. GODDERS! Go find a TD5 Disco and you'll have an awesome machine. The Freelander runs the TD$ as you know, boy if you could get a Freelander TD5. Cheers, Cotty _

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On Apr 17, 2005, at 2:12 AM, Cotty wrote: Land Rovers are my vehicle of choice. Since 1985, I've owned: [snip ... "a bunch of them"] ... (and as a nod to Godders, when a Disco goes in for a service, they give me a Freelander for the day - nippy, solid, but the 'A' posts are too wide!!) When the Fr

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On 16/4/05, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: >Land Rover has been owned by Ford for some years now. They're seem to >be doing quite well ... Ford's pushed their marketing nicely and there >are a ton of them on the road in my area. Land Rovers are my vehicle of choice. Since 1985, I

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All is not lost, Joe. We still make ONE interesting car: http://www.tvr-eng.co.uk/intro.html John On Sat, 16 Apr 2005 20:15:55 -0600, Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I always thought that British cars up through the 1960s and even early 1970s were the most fun and interesting cars i

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Godfrey DiGiorgi mused: > > Land Rover has been owned by Ford for some years now. They're seem to > be doing quite well ... Ford's pushed their marketing nicely and there > are a ton of them on the road in my area. They've just announced the new models - everything from the "cheap" Freelander t

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I always thought that British cars up through the 1960s and even early 1970s were the most fun and interesting cars in the world. Hence one of my perpetual problems: I tend to buy cars because I think they are interesting. Guess what happens then. When I was a kid in California in the 1960s, MG

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On Apr 16, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Keith Whaley wrote: There is no "Rover" as a separate entity. Land Rover hasn't been part of the Rover group for some time. Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody makes one? Of any kind? Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to r

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Cotty wrote: On 16/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody makes one? Of any kind? Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Land Rover is a separate company and belongs to a certain U

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On 16/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >Uhhh, you're telling me, Rover as a CAR does not exist anymore? Nobody >makes one? Of any kind? > >Same for Land Rover? Are they going to have to recall Cotty's? Oh dear! Land Rover is a separate company and belongs to a certain USA manufac

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On 16/4/05, Keith Whaley, discombobulated, unleashed: >I read in today's paper of the imminent breakup of MG Rover. >Last large car maker in the UK. > >Sad that! >They said some 5000 will lose their jobs. > >Will Rover be able to survive on it's own? Sad but true. Longbridge is up in Birmingham

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