"Jonee" (Jonee)
06/09/2016 at 17:43 • Filed to: None
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"Jonee" (Jonee)
06/09/2016 at 17:43 • Filed to: None | 8
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After many delays, I finally got my Le Car roadworthy again after its run in with a blind driver !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . I had been stymied by a frozen rear shock absorber and a lazy parts guy who didn’t want to find the last OEM rear shock for one of these left in North America that was somehow hiding deep in his storage warehouse. But, it is now fully shocked and we just went for a nice long drive and, damn, does it give me more joy than anything to drive this thing. It’s just the happiest little car. It has more squeaks and rattles than a box of gerbils in a clothes dryer, and it smells, and it’s got less horsepower than everything else on the road and that includes bicycles; but I can drive it with the go pedal pressed to the floor, and we zip in and around traffic like a slalom skier. So, quit looking at Hellcats and ST’s and get yourself something light and underpowered because that’s where the real fun is.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 17:55 |
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I knew a guy who had one of those in about 1983 and it was old and weird then, too.
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Jonee
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/09/2016 at 17:58 |
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And it was still in production.
ttyymmnn
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 18:00 |
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That’s exactly how I felt about my 01 Golf. Until some drunk totaled it one night while it was parked in front of my house.
E92M3
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 18:05 |
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Light? NO
Underpowered? Absofreakinlutely!
Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 18:06 |
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I know I’ve told you this before and I can no longer find the pic but you NEED to get a plate that reads “LE PLATE”
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Jonee
> ttyymmnn
06/09/2016 at 18:07 |
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Damn. I was lucky it only got clipped and it was already so full of dings and dents, one more doesn’t make much of a difference. I had to do a bunch of suspension work, though.
E90M3
> E92M3
06/09/2016 at 18:07 |
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That’s got a GT plate on it, you go there as well or you just not register it in your own name yet?
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Jonee
> E92M3
06/09/2016 at 18:08 |
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Ah, yeah, that’s a beaut. You don’t want to drive that car fast so everyone can get a good look at it.
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Jonee
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
06/09/2016 at 18:09 |
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Ha. Totally. I actually have to get new plates, so I’m going to look into that. Thanks for reminding me.
duurtlang
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 18:16 |
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Agreed. I have way more fun in old cars than in new ones. Not so much when commuting every day, but certainly when
driving
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RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 18:24 |
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YAY! Glad she’s back on the road! The world needs more obscure French, Euro and Italian boxes! :P
RallyWrench
> E92M3
06/09/2016 at 19:10 |
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I said it before, but damn that thing is pretty.
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E92M3
> E90M3
06/09/2016 at 19:37 |
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Old owners tag still. I’m not that smart!
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E90M3
> E92M3
06/09/2016 at 19:46 |
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You’re smart enough to have an E92 M3! I honestly don’t think I’d be able to get into that school these days, and I’ve got a GT plate on mine, cause I went there
FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com
> E92M3
06/09/2016 at 19:57 |
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God I want an old Falcon so bad. Doesn't matter which generation, they were all great.
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E92M3
> RallyWrench
06/09/2016 at 20:18 |
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Thanks!
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E92M3
> Jonee
06/09/2016 at 21:06 |
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Don’t want to drive it fast, cause it doesn’t stop very fast. Lol. 60-0 mph stopping distance is probably 300 feet.
Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/11/2016 at 04:46 |
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Oh, how I adore your Le Car. Those wheels. The Renault badge on the front fender. The red on black. And totally true: nimble underpowered cars are a blast. I need more cars.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/11/2016 at 04:47 |
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What about Le Schtroumpf? Or is that too long? Le Smurf in that case.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/13/2016 at 15:04 |
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Ha. Yeah, Le Schtroumpf is too many letters. Le Smurf would be perfect if it was blue.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/13/2016 at 15:09 |
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It really is a wonderful little car. It looks like a total mess, but it has tons of personality. And, people always want to talk to me when I’m in it. I had a whole conversation with a guy in another car while driving the other day. He was telling me how his father had one when he was a kid and he wanted to know who repaired it for me. I need more cars, too. And, they’d all be like this one. I really need to sell this screenplay for a good fee.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/14/2016 at 06:00 |
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You can wear a blue suit all the time.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/14/2016 at 06:03 |
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That’s not about the car’s: it’s just your personality ;-)
Cars and dogs. Always ready to start a conversation. For you. How did the plugging of that screenplay go for you? I’m back at a wanting a Bagheera again.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/15/2016 at 02:21 |
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That kind of does describe me, too. Whether it’s a good personality is up for debate.
I don’t have a dog. We haven’t had our pitch, yet. We’re still polishing the script and somebody is going to make some storyboards for us to make a better presentation. It’s actually the guy who does the storyboards for the Coen Bros., so it should be good.
Yeah, you need a Matra. It’ll be your Le Car. It’ll make you smile every time you see it. And you’d probably be seeing it more than driving it.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/15/2016 at 02:22 |
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Oh, good idea. I'm a tall Smurf, but I do have a blue suit that I love.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/15/2016 at 04:50 |
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Who am I to judge, I’m not the value judgment kind of guy.
Walking a dog is like that: people start talking to you very easy. Or cursing you for the dog shitting their lawn.
Sounds good! Getting help for that storyboard is a great idea. Do you need a native Dutch speaking character in the movie?
If that is the case I’ll just put it in my business unit. I only go there once a week so it won’t hurt that much ;-) What color should I make it? I think orange as well. Or some green. Maybe blue. I want a 2nd gen though.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/15/2016 at 04:52 |
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I stopped wearing suits a long time ago... I prefer shorts.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/16/2016 at 01:16 |
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I prefer to wear blue jeans, but I like suits. So, Le Smurf might be a good reason to start wearing them. People used to wear suits all the time, but now we’re all babies, so we’ve become slobs.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/16/2016 at 01:30 |
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I talk to people with dogs a lot. Cats definitely don’t have the same effect. If you’re out with a cat, you’re a weirdo. And people aren’t generally impressed when you tell them you own a cat.
I might be able to squeeze in a Dutchie. I’ll have my people get in touch with your people.
You really should get one of the U engine cars. I love the way they look in orange, actually. But, the green is cool, too. I don’t like the taillights on the 1980 cars. It looks like a Datsun 280ZX. Other than that, I don’t have a preference between the earlier or later ones. I guess the 1.5 motor is better. Was that only in the 2nd gen. cars?
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/16/2016 at 07:45 |
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Maybe we should become dandies before the Wankerl becomes a big hit. Could be a marketing thing in all the interviews we’ll have to give. Finally: that bowler hat.
I’ll have mine in Orange.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/16/2016 at 07:53 |
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Krista used to take her lovebird (a small parrot) everywhere, it was even in class. Hahaha, that certainly was talked about!
WE HAVEN’T HEARD ANYTHING YET! Keep in mind I have a busy schedule!
One was flooded a couple of weeks ago during some heavy raining in france, check this out . There’s at least two others if I’m not mistaken.
I don’t like the chrome/alu trim piece on the side-rear windows of the first gen. The first gen came with the 1.5 Poissy engine for one year. After that the restyling with the new taillights was done.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/17/2016 at 03:07 |
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That’s funny. A bird lady, huh? Wouldn’t it make a lot of noise? Is it no longer with us? There’s also those guys that bring their snake everywhere. They’re usually also into heavy metal.
We can schedule the shoot around you. I’m sure we’ll have a big enough budget to get you a private plane to Hollywood.
Oh no! Not Matra! And that poor Sbarro Espace. Maybe you can get a flood damaged one really cheap.
I don’t mind the little chrome piece. It’s very 60's.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/17/2016 at 03:14 |
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I like it. We could put our logo on the hat. Would I have to wear a handkerchief around my neck?
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/17/2016 at 04:36 |
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It is with us, it’s just not with us . The bird got too “attached” to Krista, seriously regarded her as being her partner. Crazy animals. There’s only one song for Krista:
I’m glad you won’t make concessions. Your movie/story needs a hobgoblin.
You had not heard that yet? I weeped for days!
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/17/2016 at 05:02 |
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I was thinking about putting two horns out of each side. A post-modern viking look. That handkerchief is a great idea. Same green?
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/21/2016 at 01:28 |
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I already have a hat like that for rooting for my favorite (American) football team, the Minnesota Vikings.
The handkerchief should contrast, so yellow. Like those pig tails.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/21/2016 at 01:32 |
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Was it a difficult breakup? Women can be so clingy whether ape or fowl. Ah, Julio. Who can resist a good Julio song? That’s her favorite?
Oh, that’s right. The Hobgoblin as Himself, it’ll say in the credits.
I had not heard about that. We don’t get all the details about the flooding and I guess I don’t subscribe to the Matra museum’s Twitter page. That really sucks. I’m sure they’ll restore the cars, though.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/21/2016 at 06:16 |
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So why are you supporting a team from Minnesota, what’s that all about????
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/21/2016 at 06:23 |
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Yes, it was hard for her. This is her favorite, along with Quiéreme mucho . Of course. What a guy.
I think it made Oppo as well. But that’s so crowded it will be buried in useless nonsense in a heartbeat. And I sure hope they’ll resurrect that U8. They have to.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/22/2016 at 04:13 |
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I like their uniforms. They’re purple. That was important when I was a kid and I’ve kept with it.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/22/2016 at 04:14 |
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Yeah, they have to restore the U8. That’s too historic.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/22/2016 at 04:39 |
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I’ve lost the connection with purple a bit. It’s all Orange and Blue nowadays. And I’ve added a little pink recently.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/23/2016 at 01:32 |
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More than “a little” pink. I had a lot of orange going on until recently. I once had an orange Gremlin, and my previous Le Car was orange. And, up until a few months ago, I had an blindingly orange rug in my living room. But, purple was always my favorite color, which I may have mentioned once or twice before. Syracuse University, which you now know is where I went to school instead of traveling to Sicily, has orange as its main color. Their nickname for the sports teams is simply “The Orange.” So, my dad is big into orange because he went there, too.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/23/2016 at 04:01 |
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A real man wears pink. My favorite towel for the beach is red though. With Hello Kitty on it. That one is so awesome.
Orange FTW! Your dad is awesome. Did he wear orange when he was into covert operations as well?
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/24/2016 at 00:55 |
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I know Hello Kitty is popular in your house. I was actually wearing a pink shirt myself yesterday. Back in the 19th Century, pink was considered a boy’s color, and blue for girls. Because red was thought of as masculine, so light red, pink, was for male kids. But, then it swapped in the early 20th Century for some reason. So, you could have been surrounded by light blue. And, you’re spot-on with the towel.
And also, in the Middle-Ages, a “boy” was an older male child, like a teenager. And all young children were called “girls.” I’m not sure if that meant they all got blue, though.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/24/2016 at 05:16 |
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This is the only picture I could find of my towel, this was Sicily two years ago:
It’s on the seat on the left. Never knew about that pink/boy relation. Awesome. Should have stayed that way. Although Josje is more of a pink person anyway.
Girls for all kids, really? Only in English or over here as well (meisje)?
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/26/2016 at 20:55 |
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That’s a very artistic portrait of your towel. You must really love it. It seems like Josje would like pink no matter the gender connection.
That was probably just an olde English thing. I think “boy” was originally only used for like a page boy, or something.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/27/2016 at 02:23 |
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Artistic? It was just thrown there after an afternoon at the city beach of Syracuse! And I took the picture when I woke up, always nice to wake up being greeted like that.
What is a page boy?
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/28/2016 at 01:44 |
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It’s a lovely sight to wake up to. And the view isn’t bad, either. I’ve never heard anyone talk so adoringly about a towel.
A page boy was a servant in the Middle Ages. A young man who would help you dress, and hold the piss bucket.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/28/2016 at 05:21 |
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I LOVE MY TOWEL! Expect a shot of it with the Traveling Torchbug pretty soon!
I am familiar with the term Page Three girl . I love those.
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/28/2016 at 23:58 |
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Are you going to do some boudoir shots of TTB?
Page Three Girls was one of my favorite things about England when I first went there as a teenager.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/29/2016 at 04:18 |
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Still working on Hello Kitty & the TTB. No need for a boudoir though.
English nudity was what turned us all into men. Mayfair definitely was my favorite magazine with content of Sabrina, Sam Fox and Mel Appleby. Page 3 girls ended up in Mayfair all the time. No TTB shot with these though!
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
06/30/2016 at 02:52 |
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Those were the days. That was the golden age of the Page Three Girl. I used to save up for Mayfair once I found out what it was. The specialty newsstands would carry it.
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Jobjoris
> Jonee
06/30/2016 at 04:53 |
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Hahaha... Great minds DO think alike! We would have only one bookstore carrying Mayfair in it’s lineup. Maybe some gasstation would have it as well but I didn’t buy much gas then and if I did (with my Honda MTX bike) I didn’t have time (helmet still on) or space to carry that home anyway ;-)
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Jonee
> Jobjoris
07/01/2016 at 02:20 |
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We had one newsstand that carried foreign papers and magazines and they got Mayfair, God bless ‘em.