Duck Pond Redneckery

[Duck]

I had a few limbs down that I didn't notice last night.

Half of the neighbor's spruce tree was in my yard, and half of one of my big maples was in his driveway.

But he's got a big Case or Caterpillar wheel loader thing with forks on it and he carried this 30 ton looking tree half to his fire pit and I was able to get the rest of it with my 4 wheeler.

Power is back on.


No damage to the buildings or my garden but some grass was uprooted from the lawn right in the middle of the property next to the garden where not a single plant was damaged.

Weird.

 

[389 Hood]

Atleast they do the speed limit

Not to really tout the car and who it's general purchaser is, but they really are damned good little SUV's. Married 40 years, straight, (hottie) neighbor has over 250k on her Forrester and she said it's the best vehicle she's ever owned.

You don't want to be delayed getting to the dance club, ya know. That's why those alternative lifestyle people buy them.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Not to really tout the car and who it's general purchaser is, but they really are damned good little SUV's. Married 40 years, straight, (hottie) neighbor has over 250k on her Forrester and she said it's the best vehicle she's ever owned.

You don't want to be delayed getting to the dance club, ya know. That's why those alternative lifestyle people buy them.

I mean objectively they are good cars.

Funny how the WRX doesn't have the same stigma as the Forrester.

 

[389 Hood]

They aren't in a hurry to get to the dace club, they just want to get there.

 

[Electric Chicken]

They aren't in a hurry to get to the dace club, they just want to get there.

I would have said carpet cafe.

 

[389 Hood]

Hmmmm. Fingers slower than brain. That's not a good change.

 

[Duck]

I mean objectively they are good cars.

Funny how the WRX doesn't have the same stigma as the Forrester.

I wanted a Subaru Outback since I realized that parking a normal car on gravel accelerates rusting.

But the pickups, due to their higher ground clearance, ain't rusting out.

The Outback is just a hatchback with more ground clearance than a normal car, and Subarus are just as reliable and long lasting as a Nissan or Toyota. And they have 4wd or AWD or whatever it is.

Then I noticed that the Forester is basically the same thing as the Outback except taller, more head room. You can crawl around in it easier when you're stuffing suitcases for a road trip in it.

Except it's got that damn stigma. Like a Prius almost.

If I ever bought one I'd have to plaster it with Trump stickers or something just to undo the stigma for just that one vehicle.

 

[Electric Chicken]

I wanted a Subaru Outback since I realized that parking a normal car on gravel accelerates rusting.

But the pickups, due to their higher ground clearance, ain't rusting out.

The Outback is just a hatchback with more ground clearance than a normal car, and Subarus are just as reliable and long lasting as a Nissan or Toyota. And they have 4wd or AWD or whatever it is.

Then I noticed that the Forester is basically the same thing as the Outback except taller, more head room. You can crawl around in it easier when you're stuffing suitcases for a road trip in it.

Except it's got that damn stigma. Like a Prius almost.

If I ever bought one I'd have to plaster it with Trump stickers or something just to undo the stigma for just that one vehicle.

The new Prius even looks like a real car.

 

[Duck]

The new Prius even looks like a real car.

My first car was a hatchback.

1986 Ford Escort.

Stick shift. Black.

I liked it.

But I don't want no Prius.

 

[GAnthony]

My first car was a hatchback.

1986 Ford Escort.

Stick shift. Black.

I liked it.

But I don't want no Prius.

my first car was a '64 T-Bird....heavy mofo, gas guzzler, and would not stop on a dime, or a cinder block in it's way


wish i still had it.

 

[Duck]

my first car was a '64 T-Bird....heavy mofo, gas guzzler, and would not stop on a dime, or a cinder block in it's way


wish i still had it.

Have you seen the movie Stand By Me?

There's a scene where they're racing old 1940's cars and Keifer Sutherland runs a truck off the road, and a bunch of 6" wood fence posts fall out of the truck, and those cars run them over like they're just twigs.

Today's cars would be totaled

 

[389 Hood]

First car: '69 Forest Green GTX. 426 Wedge, Hurst 4 speed and Muncie 4.11 rears. The second was a Cadillac before I killed myself and never looked back. I love these Luxobarges.

 

[Duck]

First car: '69 Forest Green GTX. 426 Wedge, Hurst 4 speed and Muncie 4.11 rears.

Let me guess, it had a top speed of 60 mph but accelerated almost instantly?

 

[389 Hood]

We used to play chicken with the Florida Highway Patrol out on what is now I-75 from Ft. Lauderdale to Naples. It had a speedo saying 140 and it still pulled. Putting it in 4 gear, cut the RPM's down to nothing. It did 9.0 in the quarter at 110.

Did you ever drive one of those 'tin can' Mopars? They didn't weigh squat and sat on torsion bars in the front and leaf springs in the rear. It was a freakin Hop Toad at high speed. But when you're 17, stoned and have a fast car...

 

[Duck]

It had a speedo saying 140 and it still pulled. Putting it in 4 gear, cut the RPM's down to nothing.

What you are describing does not have a 4.11 rear end unless you put 50 inch rear wheels on it

 

[389 Hood]

Not really. It had like a .65:1, 4th gear in the mixer and red-lined at 5500. It wasn't stock by any means. I paid $500 for it back in 1974 and then traded it for a 1969 triple white Cadillac that some customer was willed to him by his grandmother. That car was like new and he hated it.

 

[Duck]

Not really. It had like a .65:1, 4th gear in the mixer and red-lined at 5500. It wasn't stock by any means. I paid $500 for it back in 1974 and then traded it for a 1969 triple white Cadillac that some customer was willed to him by his grandmother. That car was like new and he hated it.

So you traded that lightweight rocket ship for a lead sled?

 

[389 Hood]

So you traded that lightweight rocket ship for a lead sled?

Yes sir! I'd be dead if I drove that car much longer. A long haired punk teenager doesn't have the brains to control that kind of power.

Plus, the Caddy was a great 'drive-in' car. It had cold air and I blacked the windows out.

 

[Duck]

Yes sir! I'd be dead if I drove that car much longer. A long haired punk teenager doesn't have the brains to control that kind of power.

Plus, the Caddy was a great 'drive-in' car. It had cold air and I blacked the windows out.

That's what vans & station wagons were for.

 

[389 Hood]

And big leather seats.