cazalea
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Let me tell you a little story
When I was young, out of college 5 years, I worked in a bicycle shop for a guy named Bill Holland (shown below at left, cooling his ear). We sold custom racing and touring bikes, and used a number of custom framebuilders. One named Dana had orders for half a dozen frames, including my tandem (shown below center, with flat!). Dana had fallen behind on his deliveries. I called and sent letters (pre-Internet) and encouraged him to get cracking.
He wrote back an extended excuse letter which included describing in detail a day where he was having a temper tantrum, threw a bike fork onto the ground, and it bouncing up, hitting a rack of freshly painted frames, which toppled over and they all clattered and banged against each other, scratching, denting and ruining them all. He finished with this memorable quote:
AT THIS POINT, BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVIVAL IS MY PRIMARY CONCERN
Which meant that he wasn't going to deliver on time, if at all. Eventually, for a number of reasons, including Dana, Bill began building frames himself, became quite famous, and remains so today.
Today, in Covid-land that statement is even more true== BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL SURVIVAL IS OUR PRIMARY CONCERN,
So I'll take a Thunderbird Sports Roadster today over the Volt or the (rumored/future) Tesla Roadster...
PS - the "old" Tesla roadster isn't bad though
When you drive a big American convertible it's an attitude adjustment that says
"All is well in the world, who can argue with this?" and "If I hit someone, or they hit me, I won't even notice ... the back end is still in the next county".
As shown here, cruising with my brothers in a red (not pink) Cadillac.
Which Century Would You Rather Be In?
I like my Volt, but not that much ... Cazalea ...
Let me tell you a little story
When I was young, out of college 5 years, I worked in a bicycle shop for a guy named Bill Holland (shown below at left, cooling his ear). We sold custom racing and touring bikes, and used a number of custom framebuilders. One named Dana had orders for hal...
We'll Drive the Eldorado to the Moon
As Art would say, you knew this was coming... One of the first music videos, from 1985
You have a remarkable propensity . . .
. . . for sharing music videos I've never heard before. If anyone had asked, "What music goes with 'pink Cadillac'", I'd have said Bruce . . . . . . in a flash . . .
I guess we grew up 100 miles apart
And a million miles away (musically). I’ve never heard Springsteen do that song. But I’m not much of a rock n roll fan. Mike 🤷♂️
