"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/14/2019 at 08:56 • Filed to: good morning oppo
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
11/14/2019 at 08:56 • Filed to: good morning oppo | 6
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C’mon, Oppo...
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it
Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it
Vogue, vogue
Vogue, vogue
vondon302
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 09:16 |
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Custom built.
I like the diamond sidewall but can they make me a checker board pattern for me?
Morning
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ttyymmnn
> vondon302
11/14/2019 at 09:17 |
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That car is badass. Do you know what it is?
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vondon302
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 09:24 |
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Fraid not. No clue.
It is bad ass. Looks like something a villainous would drive.
Curious about what turning radius would be in that.
user314
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 09:35 |
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Huh, Vogue Tire (sometimes Tyre) is still in business, producing custom luxury tires, wheels and other accessories.
Vogue Tyre invented the whitewall and patented the gold stripe in the 1960s for additional style.
Over the decades, Vogue Tyre has provided custom built tires to professional sports players and movie celebrities like Garry Cooper , Marion Davies , Mervyn LeRoy , Dolores del Río , Paul Whiteman , Kid Rock and more recently Snoop Dogg.
And there’s also this:
Paul Whiteman (1890-1967) was a bandleader and composer of some note between the ‘20s and late ‘30s, and was known (somewhat controversially) as the “King of Jazz”
The Cord L-29 was introduced in 1929 and was the first front-wheel drive car available in the US, though the model was discontinued in 1932 with only 4,400 sold.
facw
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 09:39 |
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See S kyfire’s comment.
Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 09:44 |
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I like (what appears to be) the tread-style design of the brick on the right side of the building.
That had better been done on purpose.
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vondon302
> user314
11/14/2019 at 09:45 |
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And now I know the rest of the story.
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ttyymmnn
> Thomas Donohue
11/14/2019 at 09:45 |
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I hadn’t noticed that, and I’m sure it was purposeful.
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ttyymmnn
> user314
11/14/2019 at 09:48 |
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Wow, thanks for all that info. As a musician, I know Paul Whitman well. He was pretty white bread when it came to his big band jazz, but he did commission and perform the world premiere of George Gershwin’s A Rhapsody in Blue , with Gershwin at the piano. That picture of him with the car, though, is clearly old-school photoshop.
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user314
> vondon302
11/14/2019 at 09:52 |
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I love that ‘Vette, kinda disappointed whitewalls like that went out of style .
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user314
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 10:02 |
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And now I’m picturing a Simpsons scene with Mister Burns’ father back in the ‘20s hav ing children do photo-manipulation in a sweatshop for 12 hours a day...
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Thomas Donohue
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 10:03 |
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tread patterns match.
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ttyymmnn
> Thomas Donohue
11/14/2019 at 10:04 |
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Did you see Skyfire’s reply in this thread?
RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 10:18 |
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The Vogues were more recent than that photo, but not a half shabby musical group.
The lead singer apparently only passed away last year, and was still out touring.
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/14/2019 at 10:39 |
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My God, does it get any more 60's than that? Great song. Definitely got a Byrds vibe to it.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 10:42 |
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Foolish question: have you encountered an Otamatone before?
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ttyymmnn
> RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
11/14/2019 at 10:48 |
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Not a foolish question at all. No, I have not. Tell me more.
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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
> ttyymmnn
11/14/2019 at 11:36 |
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It is a small synthesizer that is shaped like a musical note with a face. The stem is a logarithmic pitch control (kind of like frets on a stringed instrument), and one squeezes the “mouth” open to control volume and modulate the sound.
The basic versions without the ability to set range (and built a little more cheaply) are quite affordable. The deluxe ones have multiple ranges, slightly longer “fretboard”, and some other niceties... including a shoulder strap.
Anyway, something I thought you as a musician might be interested by.
ranwhenparked
> user314
11/14/2019 at 18:50 |
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Technically Ruxton debuted first, but they took a few months longer than Cord to get into regular production.