"L Alpert" <alpertl (AT) xxgmail (DOT) com> wrote in news:OC8Ml.21786$as4.7845
@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:



Wayne's World had the Pacer, not the Gremlin, no?





The Hornet might have been your dad's car, but the back seat was actually
usable, and it was better looking than the Gremlin. IMHO, of course.



--
Tegger

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
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"Tegger" <invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) inv> wrote

You may be right on that.

My favorite was the old Ramblers. The front seats folded down to the
back to make one big, flat cushion.

Thus spake Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy (AT) ExtraGrumpyville (DOT) com> :

True. But if you run out of air at 100 ft, you're not very well
trained. I (all caps) can make a CSA from 100 ft, but I also have a
12 ft pony with 32%.

Can we agree that BASE jumpers are, in fact, a little beyond insane?
Any group that has "the ground's the limit" is not even not all there.

--

- dillon I am not invalid

The RMS Titanic sank on April 15th. US income taxes
are due on April 15th. Coincidence? I think not.

Thus spake "L Alpert" <alpertl (AT) xxgmail (DOT) com> :

The Pacer was the bubble top. Whoever designed it had never been in
the sun for more than 2 hours at a time.

The Gremlin had the precursor to the many boxes we now see. Nice
sloped back. Gary Gablelich had a nice funny built from one. Four
wheel drive, IIRC.

Neighbor has not one, but two Avantis. One is actually an "almost"
everyday driver (no rain, no fog, no ice, no "the other sucker is not
in control and doesn't have enough insurance" type days).

THAT was a car before its time.


- dillon I am not invalid

The RMS Titanic sank on April 15th. US income taxes
are due on April 15th. Coincidence? I think not.

Dillon Pyron wrote:

If one observes the "buddy" rule, there is option #1 that has no substitute.

If one is at 100 feet, he has twenty-five minutes of allowable "bottom
time." During my heyday when 72 cubic foot steel tanks were the
standard, air supply was for well more than that time. In fact, using
duals was a good option but they're a bitch to cart around. Then there
was the alluminum 90 cubic footers for "professional" use. Oh, for those
that don't understand the basic SCUBA rules, "bottom" time includes the
time used for descent..

OTOH, my favorite activity was ship diving where most of the decks were
at the 100 ft level and it was real easy to explore a hold which brought
the allowble bottom time to much shorter lengths. Stay at 120 ft for the
same 25 minutes, be prepared to hang at 20 and 10 ft for a spell for
decompression.


Anyone who jumps out of perfectly good airplanes, off of cliffs, bridges
etc is nutz. Once you jump you are at the mercy of luck, physics et al.

Of course, here in Austin, not too many are sound thinkers...

JT

Thus spake Grumpy AuContraire <Grumpy (AT) ExtraGrumpyville (DOT) com> :

Who do you dive with. With school now pretty much out until June, I'm
going to try to get with Pisces dive club Wednesday nights and try to
hit somewhere on Sundays. But the 20 mile walk to the water is a
bitch.


- dillon I am not invalid

The RMS Titanic sank on April 15th. US income taxes
are due on April 15th. Coincidence? I think not.

Dillon Pyron wrote:


Oh, my diving days are probably over... Way too old now.

I was a prolific diver in the mid 1960's through the 1980's and
ninety-nine percent on my diving took place in the tropical Pacific,
Indian and some off the New England coast. I'm spoilt I tell ya!

Nothing like 100 ft plus visibility in lagoon environments. I have no
desire whatsoever to even snorkel in the gulf or lakes.

My favorite ship... Fujikawa Maru in the Truk lagoon. After that, any
of the wrecks at Kwajalein or Bikini.

JT

(Who still has three portholes recovered from the "Ship of the Morning
Wind" - Kwajalein)