[Rhodes22-list] Cars instead of boats...

Wed Oct 31 06:49:42 EDT 2007

Brad,
That day is still a highlight of my time at Lighthouse Landing.
you drank me under the table and that is an accomplishment fo many!
Wow, an Opel Manta..I would drool for those in my day!
I never had a cool car, but my ex had a Mazda RX-3 that
could go like crazy pedal to metal. I enjoyed driving that thing.
Anne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 3:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cars instead of boats...

> Anne,
>
> I'd like to hear more of that story!  Dad (the horse trader) bought me my
> first car, a 63 Cadillac with all the fins and nothing electrical that
> worked.  I traded it after it caught on fire for a 66' Chevy Nova with a 
> 283
> and a two speed transmission that went eeeeeeeeeee, errrrrrrrrr, until it
> got up to speed.  Near graduation from HS I coaxed Dad into cosigning a 
> note
> for a 73' Opel Manta, my favorite car to this day.  Between my Freshman 
> and
> Sophomore year in college a friend asked me to drive from Southern 
> Illinois
> to Waco, TX to run his flight school for two weeks while he took vacation.
> The Opel would do 97 miles an hour 'petal to the metal'.  I stopped in
> Benton Arkansas for gas at a full service station (they had them then). 
> The
> old fellow washing the windshield said "better slow er' down going thu'
> Arkadelphia, the fuzz is' got the radar out".
>
> "Don't worry about that mister, I've been driving 55 all day".
>
> "Son, I've been washing bugs off of windshields for thirty years.  They 
> just
> don't splatter like that at 55!'
>
> Cold busted!
>
> I rolled that car down a hillside in the great MidWest snowstorm of 77'.
> Being to poor to replace it immediately, I removed the seats, raised the
> roof with aircraft jacks, and replaced the missing windows with duct tape
> and visqueen.  I've missed that car ever since.
>
> Anne, Dad still has the truck I gave him several years ago when we visited
> while I was passing through town.  If I ever get it back, I'll keep it
> forever.
>
> Brad
>
> On 10/30/07, Anne M <anima13 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>> I lost my bottom front teeth in a 62 Corvair (boyfriend's).
>> They got sewn back in that evening!
>> Unfortunately I drove the family vista cruiser station wagon.
>> Anne
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steven Alm" <stevenalm at gmail.com>
>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 2:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Cars instead of boats...
>>
>>
>> > Ed,
>> >
>> > Thanks for that post.  I liked the sound track as much as the cars.
>> > I started in a '62 Corvair in which I lost my virg... sorry, too much
>> > information, then a '65 Mustang that I crashed in a Minnesota blizzard,
>> > then
>> > a '69 Camero when I learned all about speeding tickets.  Then a string
>> of
>> > VWs and by the time I was out of school I was down to just a 
>> > motorcycle.
>> >
>> > Slim
>> >
>> > On 10/29/07, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Mike,
>> >>
>> >> Relax, I only soloed one student in a car.  That was enough to learn 
>> >> it
>> >> really isn't my area of expertise.  Neither is teaching people how to
>> fly
>> >> in
>> >> real airplanes anymore. In college I was young, brave, stupid, and
>> BROKE.
>> >> The simulator never gets more than 20 feet off the ground.  I can jump
>> >> that
>> >> far, once.
>> >>
>> >> Brad
>> >>
>> >> On 10/29/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > Brad,
>> >> >
>> >> > I sincerely hope that your training situation is very different when
>> it
>> >> > comes to things airborne.  "That's been about five years ago and to
>> my
>> >> > knowledge he hasn't killed anyone yet." really isn't a good outlook,
>> >> even
>> >> > with automobiles.  My take on the situation is that he drives closer
>> to
>> >> > where you live than where I do, hopefully.
>> >> >
>> >> > If a prospective pilot failed too many sim runs, I used to suggest
>> >> looking
>> >> > at another aspect of flying, preferrably without leaving the ground.
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike
>> >> > s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>> >> > Nissequogue River, NY
>> >> >
>> >> > From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Monday, October 29, 2007
>> 3:19
>> >> PM
>> >> > > Elle,
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Forgive me If I've already told this one, your story about your
>> >> driver's
>> >> > > exam reminded me of an experience.  Other than my sons, I've 
>> >> > > taught
>> >> only
>> >> > > one
>> >> > > other person how to drive and hope it was the last time.  A 
>> >> > > Chinese
>> >> grad
>> >> > > student who was renting our garage apartment wanted to buy a car
>> and
>> >> > asked
>> >> > > if I could teach him how to drive.  "Oh sure".  He wasn't very
>> >> convinced
>> >> > > so
>> >> > > I followed with "I put myself through college teaching people how
>> to
>> >> > fly,
>> >> > > teaching you how to drive will be easy!"  Overconfidence is a
>> >> dangerous
>> >> > > thing.  He insisted on buying a five-speed so I found a Honda CRX
>> >> > > two-seater, my thought being we'd be putting fewer people at
>> >> > risk.  After
>> >> > > about two hours of driving around a parking lot at the U of M, I
>> got
>> >> > brave
>> >> > > enough to let him on the street.  Thirty minutes later my nerves
>> were
>> >> > shot
>> >> > > and I called it a day.  Two days more of training my sanity was
>> >> > completely
>> >> > > gone and I had him drive to the examiner station.  The examiner
>> lady
>> >> was
>> >> > > grossly overweight and barely fit in the car.  The examinee popped
>> >> > > the
>> >> > > clutch and killed the engine immediately.  About two minutes later
>> >> they
>> >> > > showed back in the parking lot.  "This can't be good", I was
>> >> > thinking.  It
>> >> > > took a couple of tries for the examiner to squeeze herself out of
>> the
>> >> > car
>> >> > > and get her center of gravity to a walking position.  She stomped
>> to
>> >> the
>> >> > > door which I held open for her, muttering under breath,
>> >> > "jesushchrist!"  I
>> >> > > walked over to the car to console the student but he had a big 
>> >> > > grin
>> >> > > on
>> >> > his
>> >> > > face and gave me a thumbs-up.  To this day I'm convinced she 
>> >> > > passed
>> >> him
>> >> > > only
>> >> > > because she didn't want to relive the experience a second
>> >> time.  That's
>> >> > > been
>> >> > > about five years ago and to my knowledge he hasn't killed anyone
>> yet.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Brad
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On 10/29/07, elle <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Dang...re: high speed...I'll have to wait until I go
>> >> > >> to work this weekend to see that.....
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Which reminds me of a story....
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> When I got my license in '63 or thereabouts, we had a
>> >> > >> '57 Mercury Monterey, black with gold fins, 18" tires,
>> >> > >> if I remember correctly (important info for later in
>> >> > >> this story...)Seemed huge but was as comfy as driving
>> >> > >> your sofa......it had a new deal : an automatic
>> >> > >> transmission that had buttons on the left side of the
>> >> > >> steering wheel that you'd push for drive,
>> >> > >> etc....two-barrel carburetor which my dad had to
>> >> > >> disconnect because my lead-footed sister was burning
>> >> > >> gas like there was no tomorrow...(what was it then,
>> >> > >> about $.27/gal ?)
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Dad didn't have to worry about my speeding, as I had
>> >> > >> not yet reached my full height & was more like 4'9 or
>> >> > >> 10, so I could only reach the gas pedal with the tips
>> >> > >> of my toes to at least get close to the speed limit.
>> >> > >> (Now this was in central PA, so you didn't want to go
>> >> > >> too fast & scare the Amish buggies...)
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> I had to sit on a sofa cushion as well as have one
>> >> > >> behind me to be able to see over the wheel, so I was
>> >> > >> effectively sandwiched between the pillow & wheel.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Going for the driver's license in PA (at least back
>> >> > >> then) one drove around a course & performed a few
>> >> > >> other maneuvers at the trooper's direction....who is
>> >> > >> sitting in the front passenger seat all stern &
>> >> > >> proper, and barely saying anything other than the next
>> >> > >> instruction...
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> So I completed the course & had only the 3-point turn
>> >> > >> to complete...
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> The only way to get those big wheels to turn was to
>> >> > >> hold high on the wheel  just off center & pull down
>> >> > >> with my full 90 lbs.. .(no power steering, if I
>> >> > >> remember...)
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> After completing this last trick, I looked over at the
>> >> > >> trooper...he was having a mighty difficult time
>> >> > >> remaining poker faced....after he composed himself,
>> >> > >> pronounced me as having passed the test, he asked,
>> >> > >> still chuckling, "Doesn't this car have power
>> >> > >> steering?"  (DUH)
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Those were the (car) days.....
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> elle
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > This is about cars... not boats...
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > While Elle was out of the country, someone found out
>> >> > >> > what cars she drove
>> >> > >> > when she was a young chick and made a video clip of
>> >> > >> > her cars.
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > You need high speed internet to see the video at:
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > http://oldfortyfives.com/CarsWeDrove.htm
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > Mayby Alan, Bob and Rik will also relate to this
>> >> > >> > video...
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > Ed K
>> >> > >> > Greenville, SC, USA
>> >> > >> > --
>> >> > >> > View this message in context:
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >>
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