What type of car do you drive, a white one?

Were you making a statement or posing a question with your uhmmming.


anton wrote:
> uhmmmm, pho
>
>
> Roadie wrote:
> > wrote:
> > > Tripe.
> > >
> > > For those not acquainted with the term, the stomachs of a cow.....
> > > Worse than Spam, which is at least fit for human consumption.
> > >
> > > Peter Wieck
> > > Wyncote, PA
> >
> > Hmmm....
> >
> > Pho is another tripe based soup which is delicious and of course the
> > Scots have their haggis and the southerners love those chitlins and
> > fried pork rinds. Sausage, liver, kidney, brain, sweetbreads, blood
> > pudding, scrapple, blutwurst, duck tongues, pickled pigs feet, beef
> > tongue, etc., etc are but a few delicacies enjoyed by a lot of people.
> > Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved
> > Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure.

no question, just all this pho and tripe talk is making me hungry.

That is all,
Anton

Roadie wrote:
> Were you making a statement or posing a question with your uhmmming.
>
>
> anton wrote:
> > uhmmmm, pho
> >
> >
> > Roadie wrote:
> > > wrote:
> > > > Tripe.
> > > >
> > > > For those not acquainted with the term, the stomachs of a cow.....
> > > > Worse than Spam, which is at least fit for human consumption.
> > > >
> > > > Peter Wieck
> > > > Wyncote, PA
> > >
> > > Hmmm....
> > >
> > > Pho is another tripe based soup which is delicious and of course the
> > > Scots have their haggis and the southerners love those chitlins and
> > > fried pork rinds. Sausage, liver, kidney, brain, sweetbreads, blood
> > > pudding, scrapple, blutwurst, duck tongues, pickled pigs feet, beef
> > > tongue, etc., etc are but a few delicacies enjoyed by a lot of people.
> > > Expand your horizons beyond that overly salted and chemically preserved
> > > Spam and you might find some real dining pleasure.

The Spanish Inquisition wrote:
> greek_philosophizer wrote:
>
> > Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
> >> I did consider white paint for the cabrio I was planning to buy 5 years ago
> >> but I was advised by various people not do do it as it would affect
> >> residuals. Funny thing, as in Europe up to the eighties white was very
> >> popular and was promoted by Merc on safety grounds. Plus Merc's very bright
> >> Arctic White was not available for this car.
> >>
> >> So I chose black instead. Almost as 'generic' as silver... :-)
> >
> > I wonder if changes in color preferences reflect a change in social
> > psychology.
> >
> > A happy, confident, exuberant group might pick loud colours.
> >
> > A more cautious group may choose less attention getting colors.
> >
> > My impression is than in the last couple of decades people have moved
> > to
> > more muted colours, but I have no data to support that.
>
> And the lease company may prescribe muted colours for resale reasons.
> Then there's the observation that loud colors (bright red or yellow)
> tend to be the ones that fade long before the car is mechanically ready
> for the scrap heap. Faded paint coats look awful and repaint jobs are
> very expensive.


Yes, the bright colors do tend to fade faster than more muted colors,
no matter the maker. Red was a popular Mercedes color, and it would
turn dull after 10 years on the road. I suspect that leasing companies
might select less bright colors because they would appeal to a wider
audience on resale. Fading after 3 to 4 years on lease should not be
noticable.

> --
> Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...
> and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....
> http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A

On 28 Nov 2006 11:15:37 -0800, " > wrote:

>Peter Wieck
>Wyncote, PA

Hey! That wasn't you this afternoon in the Wyncote murder-suicide,
complete with police SWAT team hours-long siege standoff was it?

I was heading down 309 late this afternoon on my way home, and south
of the turnpike and in the distance I could see two helicopters
hovering. Always a bad sign. I thought it was a bit odd in that they
were hovering rather higher than normal, but I guess that was to stay
out of range of any stray rounds. I just prayed that it wasn't *yet
another* clueless upside-down-and-on-fire **** without the skills to
do the high speed 309 thing, and I was positively rewarded with a
relatively quick exit via Washington Lane.

So, was it you? I guess if you answer this, then it wasn't.
--
Dan.

Dean Dark wrote:
> I just prayed that it wasn't *yet
> another* clueless upside-down-and-on-fire **** without the skills to
> do the high speed 309 thing, and I was positively rewarded with a
> relatively quick exit via Washington Lane.

Of course, there is no Washington Lane exit from 309. So, what fantasy
are you playing at?

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

On 30 Nov 2006 17:13:17 -0800, " > wrote:

>
>Dean Dark wrote:
>> I just prayed that it wasn't *yet
>> another* clueless upside-down-and-on-fire **** without the skills to
>> do the high speed 309 thing, and I was positively rewarded with a
>> relatively quick exit via Washington Lane.
>
>Of course, there is no Washington Lane exit from 309. So, what fantasy
>are you playing at?

My mistake, I meant Greenwood Ave. Greenwood runs kind of parallel to
Washington, which hits the *continuation* of 309, after it's called
Ogontz Ave, as you well know.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...l/16137882.htm

So, any SWAT action on your street?

ObligatoryBMWContent: The fixing lugs on the little one inch square
cover for the towing hook in the front bumper of my e39 were busted by
the tow-truck gorilla, and now it won't stay in. I suppose that BMW
is going to charge me $30 for a new one. It's a small piece of
self-colored injection molded plastic that would, if it were a part of
a washing machine or something like that, probably cost 25¢.
--
Dan.

Dori A Schmetterling wrote:

> Mercedes bright red or yellow, both of which I have seen (well, bright paint
> on Mercs, maybe aftermarket), won't fade prematurely... ;-)

I recall seeing faded red w123's...

Ximinez
--
Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...
and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope....
http://www.ai.mit.edu/people/paulfitz/spanish/t1.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A

No no, you habe to post Mercedes and Volvo refs at the very least

If you refer to cooled engines you will swat several birds with one stone
(to mix my metaphors).

DAS

For direct contact replace nospam with schmetterling
---

"Dean Dark" > wrote in message
...
> On 30 Nov 2006 17:13:17 -0800, " > wrote:
[...]
>
> ObligatoryBMWContent: The fixing lugs on the little one inch square
> cover for the towing hook in the front bumper of my e39 were busted by
> the tow-truck gorilla, and now it won't stay in. I suppose that BMW
> is going to charge me $30 for a new one. It's a small piece of
> self-colored injection molded plastic that would, if it were a part of
> a washing machine or something like that, probably cost 25¢.
> --
> Dan.

Dean Dark wrote:

> http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...l/16137882.htm
>
> So, any SWAT action on your street?

You are not from "around here", are you?

That address is almost in LaMott, about as far from us (just under 2
miles) as you were at the closest point on 309, assuming you were ever
on 309. That they are both served out of the 19095 (Wyncote) Post
Office is not relevant to how the residents feel and speak about their
location and place-name. Those who live in that section will call
themselves as living in Cedarbrook, LaMott or Wyncote depending on
whether they are appealing their taxes, bragging about history or
bragging for artificial status. They all pay taxes to Cheltenham
Township in any case.

Trust the Inquirer not to know these subtle differences.

Greenwood cuts off 309, but again, goes *nowhere* near Washington Lane.
309 ends at Cheltenham Avenue, Washington Lane comes off Cheltenham a
couple-four blocks ABOVE where it crosses Ogontz.... which joins the
base of 309.

I am still not sure what you are playing at?

Note that Mapquest shows several intersections that do not exist and
misses a few that do. So, if you were to program your GPS unit for the
intersection of Chelten Hills Drive and Washington Lane, you would be
in for a very long drop.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote PA

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA

On 1 Dec 2006 08:47:31 -0800, " > wrote:

>> http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/n...l/16137882.htm
>>
>> So, any SWAT action on your street?
>
>You are not from "around here", are you?

Thank god, no. I have just been living around here for a few years,
and I pass through sections of Cheltenham on my daily commute.

>That address is almost in LaMott, about as far from us (just under 2
>miles) as you were at the closest point on 309, assuming you were ever
>on 309

My commute also takes me past Jenkintown station. You're familiar
with that? And the Lukoil gas station just across the road? OTOH, if
it really bothers you, I'll deny that I drive through there nearly
every day...

>That they are both served out of the 19095 (Wyncote) Post
>Office is not relevant to how the residents feel and speak about their
>location and place-name. Those who live in that section will call
>themselves as living in Cedarbrook, LaMott or Wyncote depending on
>whether they are appealing their taxes, bragging about history or
>bragging for artificial status. They all pay taxes to Cheltenham
>Township in any case.

>Greenwood cuts off 309, but again, goes *nowhere* near Washington Lane.
>309 ends at Cheltenham Avenue, Washington Lane comes off Cheltenham a
>couple-four blocks ABOVE where it crosses Ogontz.... which joins the
>base of 309.
>
>I am still not sure what you are playing at?

You seem very touchy about what neighborhoods people live in. I'm not
playing at anything, just making a joke about there being a
murder-suicide, a SWAT team and news helicopters in your neck of the
woods that, thankfully, did not impact my journey. That's all,
honestly. Calm down.

>Note that Mapquest shows several intersections that do not exist and
>misses a few that do. So, if you were to program your GPS unit for the
>intersection of Chelten Hills Drive and Washington Lane, you would be
>in for a very long drop.

Well, if *you* drove 309 at all regularly, you'd be aware of the
massive reconstruction that's been going on there for the past year or
more, and you would understand why map databases have not yet caught
up.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming...
--
Dan.