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  #161  
Old December 15th 07, 01:18 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Bertie the Bunyip[_19_]
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"John Mazor" wrote in
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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"nobody" wrote in news:t6h8j.254061$kj1.47694
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"Bertie the Bunyip" wrote in message
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Mxsmanic wrote in

I have virtually no doubt of it.

I have no doubt either. you'd crash.

What goes up........


Oh i can't wait to see his argument attempting to disprove this one.


Well, his Kook Rating has been an unbroken upward trend line since he
started here and there is absolutely zero probabilty that it will go
down.




Hmm, wonder if I suck a bookie into this one.


Bertie
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Old December 15th 07, 01:20 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Ross wrote in news:q0z8j.1$W34.0@dfw-
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I mentioned earlier that my parents had a Nash. I remember that the
front seats would lay back and if you pulled them up just right you
could have a very nice "bed" with the back seat.



Yep. A friend of mine had a 1960 Rambler that did that. I got one too
and we tried to fold the front seats in the same fashion, but it took
a lof of force. Sitting on the dash and kicking force, to be exact.
We got them to fold but found out afterwards that mine didn't have
that feature, so from that point on I was driving around sitting on
the edge of a bed. Just like Anthony, come to think of it!

Oh yeah, it ony had second gear and had a range of about 15 miles
before it overheated. I loved it. I called it "The Midnight Rambler"


When I was 16 we had the Rambler station wagon where the front seat
folded back and the back seat folded forward, giving you a flat,
spacious deck from dashboard to tailgate.

Unfortunately, my social skills weren't quite good enough at the time
to take full advantage of it. Had to make do later with the back seat
of a Nova. :-(


He heh. Yeah, Girls didn't exactly flock towards mine. Especialy when we
painted "Midnight Rambler" along the side with Pep Boys spray paint.
They were even less interested in my 53 Chevvy panel truck with the
water bed inside.
Women, eh?


Bertie


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Old December 15th 07, 01:22 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"Morgans" wrote in
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"John Mazor" wrote

Unfortunately, my social skills weren't quite good enough at the time
to take full advantage of it. Had to make do later with the back
seat of a Nova. :-(


Try to make do with the back seat of a Corvair.

I'll ONLY say that sometimes my feet got wet, if it was raining! ;-)


You should try an MG! Mind you, it was a lot easier to get them into that
than the Rambler, but less fun when you got inside. Unless you were realy
into getting levers stuck into some uncofortable places (and I bet here's a
website somwhere that capitises on exactly that sort of thing)

Bertie


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Old December 15th 07, 01:23 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"John Mazor" wrote in
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"Morgans" wrote in message
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"John Mazor" wrote

Unfortunately, my social skills weren't quite good enough at the
time to take full advantage of it. Had to make do later with the
back seat of a Nova. :-(


Try to make do with the back seat of a Corvair.

I'll ONLY say that sometimes my feet got wet, if it was raining! ;-)


That sounds like the basis for a marketing slogan for a certain SUV:

"There's nothing like getting a hummer in a Hummer!"

In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they've already posted a
stealth-marketing video on YouTube using that. If this SUV is rockin'
don't come knockin'...





Sigh, they've taken all the genuine, heartfelt things from the sixites and
marketed them...


Bertie
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Old December 15th 07, 01:36 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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You should try an MG! Mind you, it was a lot easier to get them into that
than the Rambler, but less fun when you got inside. Unless you were realy
into getting levers stuck into some uncofortable places (and I bet here's
a
website somwhere that capitises on exactly that sort of thing)

Bertie



In the MG you probably had to stop halfway and adjust the SU's. :-)
(just perpetrating a myth about them although an old girlfriend insisted on
owning Triumphs and they kept me busy.)

TP


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Old December 15th 07, 01:49 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"muff528" wrote in
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You should try an MG! Mind you, it was a lot easier to get them into
that than the Rambler, but less fun when you got inside. Unless you
were realy into getting levers stuck into some uncofortable places
(and I bet here's a
website somwhere that capitises on exactly that sort of thing)

Bertie



In the MG you probably had to stop halfway and adjust the SU's. :-)




(just perpetrating a myth about them although an old girlfriend
insisted on owning Triumphs and they kept me busy.)


No myth! I was at the damned things all the time. It was a TD, which wasn't
even an anteek then..


Bertie
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Old December 15th 07, 02:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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No myth! I was at the damned things all the time. It was a TD, which
wasn't
even an anteek then..


Bertie, you gotta read this........pretty funny :0)

http://www.cartalk.com/content/testd...iews/mgtd.html


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Old December 15th 07, 02:27 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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If you think an MG is difficult, consider, please, the front two seats
of an M20J, in clouds, at altitude, with a three axis A/P working very
nicely. The spirit may be willing, but the flesh is contorted, poked,
vibrated, and then there's the yokes. I don't want to hear about the
yoke being on me, Bernie.

Still, two hours into a long XC, and another two hours to go:
"Cleveland Center, don't be bothering us now."


On Dec 15, 8:22 am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
"Morgans" wrote :



"John Mazor" wrote


Unfortunately, my social skills weren't quite good enough at the time
to take full advantage of it. Had to make do later with the back
seat of a Nova. :-(


Try to make do with the back seat of a Corvair.


I'll ONLY say that sometimes my feet got wet, if it was raining! ;-)


You should try an MG! Mind you, it was a lot easier to get them into that
than the Rambler, but less fun when you got inside. Unless you were realy
into getting levers stuck into some uncofortable places (and I bet here's a
website somwhere that capitises on exactly that sort of thing)

Bertie


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Old December 15th 07, 02:46 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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"muff528" wrote in news:WhR8j.221$ZA4.77@trnddc03:

No myth! I was at the damned things all the time. It was a TD, which
wasn't
even an anteek then..


Bertie, you gotta read this........pretty funny :0)

http://www.cartalk.com/content/testd...iews/mgtd.html




Yep, that about sums it up. I still have a TC, which I prefer to the TD for
a few reasons, though My TC is currently "kitted" Mine was pretty reliable,
though. It's major achilles heel was the tendency for moisture to get into
the distributor. I got a rubber boot for that and it was fine. It was my
everyday drive at the time and I did a fifty mile each way trip to work
five days a week in it for many months. I had a bad accident in it. Head on
with a car turning left at an intersection. It actually crumpled pretty
well. I think I got a pic of it in it's molested state somewhere. My
passenger was sitting on his hands. It was Christmas eve and very cold and
there was no heater, ya see. He hit the wiper motor with his head and still
has the scar. the other guy was drunk coming home from his xmas party. The
repairs cost more than I paid for it. I had to hold his insurance company
to ransome with a threat of a personal injury claim to keep them from
scrapping it.
I swapped it for a T-craft afterwards!


Bertie
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Old December 15th 07, 02:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Tina wrote in
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If you think an MG is difficult, consider, please, the front two seats
of an M20J, in clouds, at altitude, with a three axis A/P working very
nicely. The spirit may be willing, but the flesh is contorted, poked,
vibrated, and then there's the yokes. I don't want to hear about the
yoke being on me, Bernie.


Yeah, a mooney ould be pretty tight. I tried to coreograph the act in a
150C on the ground and decided it wasn;t worth it..

Still, two hours into a long XC, and another two hours to go:
"Cleveland Center, don't be bothering us now."



Oh dear!

Bertie
 




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