"Raphael Orlove" (orlove)
10/24/2013 at 18:59 • Filed to: Drunk Driving

Sorry about the COTD headline, guys. I fixed it and hopefully my intentions are more clear. Again, my apologies.

DISCUSSION (16)

Jacques L' Autre > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:01

Raphgate 2013.

For Sweden > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:02

This is the part where you deflect responsibility and blame Nibbles.

Gamecat235 > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:03

We knew what you probably meant. I don't think you have much to worry about from us. Your edit and modification speak to that.

Also, I'm happy I didn't take the bait. =)

But the stories.. oh the stories (I didn't get my license until I was in my 20's, so my crazy stories involve others, or involve me on a bicycle). I've already said too much.

ttyymmnn > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:04

What did I miss??!

Raphael Orlove > ttyymmnn
10/24/2013 at 19:05

it's at the bottom of my COTD post

Raphael Orlove > Gamecat235
10/24/2013 at 19:08

Yeah, I think some people got what I was aiming for, but it was the people who'd had some very close deaths who very justifiably took it a different way. It was my fault.

As for biking drunk - I had a friend who was leaving a house party sober. Guy was a big joker and as he walked his bike down the driveway he shouted back into the open garage, "HOPE I DON'T GET A BUI!"

And as he turned back to face forward, there was a cop standing right in front of them. The cop just said, "me too."

My friend rode home very cautiously that night.

Gamecat235 > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:14

Well, you owned it, you apologized for it, and you corrected the mistake. That's all you can do. Good on you for doing that.

Yes. I would imagine that would scare someone quite a bit. And make for awesome stories afterward.

I'm very happy to report that none of my personal antics ever resulted in any damage to person or property, and that it is likely due to sheer luck that I can say that. But that was literally 20 or more years ago... which is sobering, given that I'm only 38 now.

ATX211 > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:15

The problem is, and you knew it was coming based on the very first comment you made, was that the people who didn't get it, really weren't going to get it.

That was true.

For those of us who did get it though, there wasn't much of a way to help.

On top of the people who were legitimately upset by it, it was 8000 octane troll fuel.

$kaycog > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:19

It's okay. We still love you.

AMC/Renauledge > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 19:34

Totally forgiven. Happens to the best of us. I have plenty of stories involving family members driving drunk. Some of them were traumatic. None of them are stories I feel comfortable telling on an online forum. But I knew what you were going for. I'm sure most of us did.

Of course, if you really want to make it up to me, you could write a nice, long series of posts about all the significant and enthusiast-oriented Buicks, past and present, and expound upon the brand's storied history, wanderings in the desert, and potential for the future. I'm feeling a particular amount of Buick ignorance around these parts.

Or maybe that's something I should do at some point. Hmm.

Raphael Orlove > AMC/Renauledge
10/24/2013 at 21:11

I was just thinking that I'm more Buick-obsessed than I used to think I am. I always liked mid '60s and boattail Rivs, that I knew, but I've come on to prewar Buick Centuries and mid 50s Specials real strong.

AMC/Renauledge > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 21:36

Great to know that! Hard to argue with any of those.

I love the chromed and finned wonders of the 50s, the advanced engineering and elegance if the 60s, the robust risk-taking of the 70s and lemonade-from-lemons attitude in the 80s. Then we got the superchargers and Roadmasters in the 90s. And that last Riv. And almost a version of the Holden Commodore. Those were Buick's last real punches until just recently. The prewar stuff was fantastic, too, except for Dynaflow.

I wish more people realized that. Hell, I wish GM realized it.

Raphael Orlove > AMC/Renauledge
10/24/2013 at 23:15

Their work on early automatics was pioneering, too, if anything, though my knowledge of GM's early automatics isn't as good as I'd like it to be

AMC/Renauledge > Raphael Orlove
10/24/2013 at 23:49

Their work on Dynaflow was pioneering. Absolutely. Unfortunately, that started the slow decline of the MT. But it was still pioneering.