ChrisBcritter

instead of irritable

What's a Matador?

Good stuff, Chuck! I put the chassis under AMT '57 Chevy, '56 Ford and '65 Nova bodies - they're very adaptable.

First time I've seen that box. The artist goofed when he left out the B-pillar; we didn't get a real Corvair hardtop until '65.

fire the torpedoes

sell your shares

Merry me on December 25th and we'll have a marry Christmas!

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) starred Alec Guinness in eight different roles.

reduce shareholder dividends

We get a lot of roadrunners around here, a fair number of cute hummingbirds, and our share of mice. Then a couple weeks ago this happened in the garage: I picked up the bottle of rodent repellent to spray under the hood of my boss's Bronco. After shaking the bottle, I put it up on the header panel and started spraying - and ONLY then I spotted it: GDM thing had gotten itself caught on the label. ? No idea how I didn't get bitten other than somebody up there likes me (or just watches over fools). I'll skip the rest of the details other that to say it is now an ex-serpent.

"Together Forever" by Rick Astley was one of my favorite club dance numbers.

Asleep in the deep is the fate of many brave hearts.

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Late to the party, but I've written quite a few song parodies for my car club over the years as part of the entertainment at our annual meet awards show. I was heavily influenced by Allan Sherman and the gang of idiots at MAD Magazine. This was my first effort, for a '70s disco-themed event, sung to the tune of "Disco Inferno": Out for a drive My new Pinto '75 Plaid seats, vinyl roof y'all And a Sports Accent Group! I shifted to Park It jumped into Reverse Backed into a dump truck Think I'm gonna need a hearse I heard somebody say burn, baby burn Pinto Inferno! Burn, baby burn Burn that mother down Burn, baby burn Pinto Inferno! Burn, baby burn Burn that mother down This contraption Blew up like a chain reaction Now I got the blues Wish I had asbestos shoes My 8-track's melting My tires turned to dust Shoulda bought a Vega That's a car you can trust (Refrain) Call Ralph Nader! This car's an incinerator I must've been a nut To buy a car that self-destructs I towed it home My cruisin' days are through Stuck it in the backyard Now I use it for a barbecue (Refrain, then) Burn, baby burn Pinto Inferno! Burn, baby burn It's a lotta fun Burn, baby burn Pinto Inferno! Burn, baby burn Cooks your burgers well done! Got several more of 'em, like "Hybrid" (Cher's "Halfbreed"), "Can't Stand Bandstand" ("Bandstand Boogie"), and the Tom Jones Pontiac Trilogy "What's New, Pontiac?"/"She's a Grand Prix"/"Fiero"...

I thought they were good for you?

Tattoos that say "Mom" on one's bicep were very popular with sailors.

and Eliot Ness

Location, location and location are the three most important things to watch out for when investing in real estate.

"Brah, la la how the life goes on" sang Desmond and Molly.

Like the rest, I built the Badman when I was a kid, and even then I knew it must have been modified from a stocker (the frame still having its upper A-arms plus the mounting points for the lower suspension tipped me off). More recently I experimented with making red and clear resin taillights for it. The modeling masochist in me keeps nagging to take the drivetrain and other drag parts from the Badman and Frankenstein them into one of these Hachette diecast Opel Rekords: Tough parts would be (a) sawing open the hood and (b) making the word "SCHLECHTERMANN" fit on the quarter panels.

That was Arte Johnson; Artie Shaw was the bandleader. I think the Cowboy might have been successful for AMC in Australia as a Ute (and maybe with their subsidiary in South Africa as well).

I worked for over twelve years as a proofreader for a large printing company in Los Angeles. My greatest moment was when I caught a lawyer's name that was misspelled on a proof of an expensive engraved announcement card. The lawyer's name was supposed to be spelled Fick.

Radio legend John Landecker ruled the airwaves in Chicago on WLS during the 1970s, and his middle name was Records.

and sour chicken