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"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 08/01/2018 at 21:35 • Filed to: None

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A German-made one, not Westmoreland. Surprising to see a cheap  40 year old German car here in the rust belt; even the old Benzes are rusted through.

boredalways > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 21:43

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Is that outside a Target?

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 21:45

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Ja, bitte.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > boredalways 08/01/2018 at 21:46

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Sort of. It was actually  in the Costco lot; Target’s a bit further away.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 08/01/2018 at 21:48

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Did you change your text from English to German, or am I just thinking in German again?

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 21:59

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I chanted it, but I thought I changed it before anybody noticed.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 08/01/2018 at 22:03

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OK, that makes sense.

There have been times when studying foreign languages that I know I’m getting fluent when I start thinking in that language internally. I was finding it quite odd for that to be happening now because I haven't been studying German lately.

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 22:10

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Have you ever read Le Ton beau de Marot by Douglas Hofstadter? It’s all about translation, language fluency, machine translation, etc. It’s a bit esoteric at times, and it’s been 20 years since I read it. But it was a good intellectual exercise, and if you do lots of translating, I recommend it.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 22:22

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My car came to Ohio from Texas some time after 2012 (that’s the year on the last sticker that I can’t get off the windshield). Six years are beginning to take their toll. Rust and old iron are no joke.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 22:28

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I like it. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 08/01/2018 at 22:50

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I’m not familiar with that piece, but I am definitely going to look that up when I get home. I’ve recently downloaded Goe del, Escher, Bach and want to re-read it; it’s been about three decades since I first read it, and I don’t think I got as much or of it as I could . I have no idea where my print copy is; I never set up my library after moving six years ago, so ebook it is...

Steve in Manhattan > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 23:06

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Diesel or gas? Likely a ‘79, so available w/ a 5 speed or 4 speed manual, or a slushbox. Waiting list back then, so you had to take what they gave you.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Steve in Manhattan 08/01/2018 at 23:24

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I didn’t actually get close enough to check transmission . I saw it as I was about to leave the parking lot, caught it out the corner of my eye and zoomed in for a quick shot.

I’m going to guess that it’s a ‘78; 1979 would have been the first of the Westmoreland-built models and would have had the vertical side markers and rectangular headlights. I was a big WC VW fan back in the day; mom drove a ‘77 Dasher wagon (my first car) and I wanted a facelift Scirocco Mk1 (but bought a 1983.5 Rabbit GTI instead). I helped a couple of friends buy and modify Mk1 Rabbits, all German, including a cool Champagne Edition Rabbit in Inari Silver - loved that car.

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 23:25

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I gave GEB a good effort, but got bogged down about 2/3 of the way through.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > ttyymmnn 08/01/2018 at 23:31

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I can empathize - it’s a tough read from what I remember . Hopefully Le Ton beau de Marot won’t be quite as taxing.  

ttyymmnn > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/01/2018 at 23:34

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Well, it’s been close to 20 years since I read Marot , and I’m not sure I finished that, either. Good luck!

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > boredalways 08/01/2018 at 23:53

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Located by that grey marker, so a little telephoto compression on the zoom.

bhtooefr > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/02/2018 at 04:01

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Could be a 79 diesel, too, looks like a lot of those were still German.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > bhtooefr 08/02/2018 at 11:44

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Yeah, I think you’re right about that. If I  see it again I ’ll take a closer look.

Deal Killer - Powered by Focus > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 08/02/2018 at 13:45

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My mom & dad had a ‘79 Rabbit as our family car back in the early 80's, exact same color, exact same body style. Three speed auto wasn’t the best, but it was a fun, decent little car. My older sister killed it when she re-ended a Chevy Nova. Replaced it with an ‘86 Golf.

Steve in Manhattan > bhtooefr 08/02/2018 at 23:44

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Yeah - all the diesels at that point ver CHERMAN - gas models shifted (almost said shitted) over to the PA product.