Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 06/21/2017 at 09:09 • Filed to: None

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I have a headache and the coffee isn’t helping. Today is my wife’s birthday. Friday is my 27th anniversary. Some people say you’re only as old as you feel. I prefer to say that you don’t have to feel as old as your are. That said, I feel old today.

Honeybunchesofgoats > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:12

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It must have been really chilly when that picture was taken.

You can tell because the tires have lost a little pressure.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:13

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WANT!! Mako Vette is BEST VETTE!!!

What ever became of this car?

ttyymmnn > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 06/21/2017 at 09:14

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I would star this but Kinja won’t let me.

ttyymmnn > Honeybunchesofgoats 06/21/2017 at 09:16

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Bras were very different back then.

Honeybunchesofgoats > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:21

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We lost a lot of good men back in those days.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:21

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Who wouldn’t star someone’s appreciation for Mako Vette. Do you know what happened to the car?

ttyymmnn > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 06/21/2017 at 09:22

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No idea. I just stumbled across that photo this morning in the course of my usual internetting.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:22

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They were cone shaped?

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:27

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<3 Baldwin Motion.

Hope the headache dissapears, and early happy anniversary!

ttyymmnn > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 06/21/2017 at 09:28

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Yes .

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:29

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I’m trying to star your star comment, but I can barely read the newly ‘formatted’ kinja comments and can’t find the star.

ttyymmnn > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 06/21/2017 at 09:30

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Thanks. Time for another cuppa.

ttyymmnn > Thomas Donohue 06/21/2017 at 09:31

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Every time I click the star the page just snaps back to the top, and every time I publish a comment or post it says that I did so successfully but the page never reloads. Every time they rearrange the furniture around here the site stops working properly.

ttyymmnn > Honeybunchesofgoats 06/21/2017 at 09:32

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*starred*

CalzoneGolem > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:35

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Might need a cuppa something stronger.

ttyymmnn > CalzoneGolem 06/21/2017 at 09:35

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That may be my problem.

CalzoneGolem > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:38

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When in doubt ... drugs.

Thomas Donohue > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:40

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Edge, Chrome, and Firefox all display different layouts of kinja pages for me. Firefox is currently winning with the ‘best’ pages. But that will probably change with the release of the next Flash update.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:43

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correction, the phrase is “you’re only as old as the person you’re feeling”

ttyymmnn > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/21/2017 at 09:46

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That might get you arrrested.

JeepJeremy > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:49

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That Vette is glorious!

ttyymmnn > Thomas Donohue 06/21/2017 at 09:50

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I’m using Safari on the Mac. It’s been fine for a long time. I used to use FF, but Safari supports autocorrect where FF doesn’t, which is helpful for all of the long aviation history posts I write inside Kinja.

ttyymmnn > JeepJeremy 06/21/2017 at 09:50

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Indeed.

ttyymmnn > CalzoneGolem 06/21/2017 at 09:52

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Licit or illicit?

CalzoneGolem > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 09:56

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Yes.

ttyymmnn > CalzoneGolem 06/21/2017 at 10:01

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JR1 > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 10:11

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Like a fine wine life can get better with age. As can that beautiful Corvette Mako

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 10:16

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I can’t decide what is more pointy, the mako shark or the model. Both are supreme examples of 60's fashion.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 10:17

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ttyymmnn > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 06/21/2017 at 10:19

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I approve of both. Or is that all three?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 10:20

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Why?

ttyymmnn > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 06/21/2017 at 10:21

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Because bras were designed by men? I really have no idea beyond “fashion.”

xyzabc > pip bip - choose Corrour 06/21/2017 at 10:23

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Actually, the correct phrase is “ Youth is wasted on the Young .”

The older you get, the more profound this becomes.

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > ttyymmnn 06/21/2017 at 10:23

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BRAS WERE DESIGNED BY MEN?!?

ttyymmnn > K-Roll-PorscheTamer 06/21/2017 at 10:29

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Not entirely. About 50-50. These bullet bras or cone bras were popular in the 50s and 60s as part of the sweater girl fad. As for who invented the cone bra, I don’t know. As with any fashion trend, it probably got to the level of absurdity before people reacted with smaller bras or no bras in the later 60s.

crowmolly > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 06/21/2017 at 11:03

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As a side note, this is the GM concept.

Rosen built a replica called the Maco Shark (not a typo) that’s a bit different.

This is a Maco:

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > crowmolly 06/21/2017 at 11:20

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Nice catch! I saw the paint, the “shoulders” over the front wheels, and the shark badge on the rear edge of the hood (missed Mako vs Maco), and just assumed from there.

I never knew the BM car was based on a GM concept/prototype.

So we’ve got the Mako Shark, the Maco Shark, and the Maaco Shark:

(Couldn’t resist)

crowmolly > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 06/21/2017 at 11:30

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LOL.

Was thinking of Maaco just recently. I bought a gallon of DP90LF last weekend and realized that just the gallon of paint (with no activator) was about twice the price of an Ambassador paint job.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > crowmolly 06/21/2017 at 13:50

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We’ve actually been trying out some Evercoat 100738 (their FinishSand 4:1) on a few of our own projects (waiting to make sure it’s got longevity before putting it on customer projects), and have been happy with it.

Price is good ($70/gal, $22/qt catalyst), goes direct to metal, sprays well, sands well, and compliant with waterborne and urethane refinishing systems.

Unfortunately, spraying it smells like you’ve microwaved a bowl of Evercoat filler, but thats the only downside we’ve seen as of yet.