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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:10 AM Original message |
1957 Plymouth - Decaying Icon of our culture and arrogance. |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. I got a pic of a better monument |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Stanley Marsh 3 and crew!! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes. Ant Farm |
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bananarepublican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Project Blue Book's version of the Roswell incident of '47! n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. They were thinking it would be a good time capsule. |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. It is a bit abstract... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. I get a sense of naive optimism |
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Eugene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. The vault was designed to survive a nuclear blast. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. People were convinced that the US and allies would win a nuclear war |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Probably thought we'd all be flying everywhere |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
4. An anti-progress progressive? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:38 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I think you are thinking of the Amish or conservative Mennonites |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Oo. Sorry, my mistake. I suppose I was refering to the Amish. nt |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
42. Exactly... and that is why I approve of certain forms of offshoring. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:37 AM Response to Original message |
6. American Dream Machine, '57 Plymouth: "Christine" |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. That's my ex-wife's name .... and very apt. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #6 |
54. brilliant |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
10. I suppose you expected us to have a crystal ball back then? |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. I didn't take a rocket scientist to know that oil supply was fininte... |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. Too bad you weren't around. You could have fixed all our problems... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Yeah...bummer eh...nt |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
13. What will our grandchildren think when they dig up our 2007 icons? |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. I don't think there will be laughter.... |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Pretty sure of yourself...time is a cruel mistress. |
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TlalocW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
15. Uh, I think you're being a little harsh |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
16. I'm turning 50 this year ... and I pretty much look like that car. And my joints are rusty! |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
18. What got my interest was |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 11:47 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yes, I noticed that too |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. "this included a bottle of tranquilizers" |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. I want to be "keen"... n/t |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Hey You!!! |
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EnviroBat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 07:35 AM Response to Reply #35 |
44. I'm hip to that! |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. I saw that, too |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. My mother owned one of those - a 1957 Plymouth Belvedere 2-door with standard 8-cyl engine. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
23. What do "local scales of economy" mean to you? n/t |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 12:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Local Scales of Economies |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
25. Kinda took all the fun out of this.... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. I believe friday is when they announce who wins the plymouth |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
30. Dude, it's a car in a hole |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. roflmao!!! |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Wow...that displays an incredible.... |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Sometimes a car in a hole is just a car in a hole. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Exactly... I see a good deal of 'humanity' in reaching out to an unknown future |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:41 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. What do hummers and SUVs say about us then....? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. The so called "greatest generation will ultimately be remembered |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. Yeah, can't blame the boomers for this wastefulness etc., amazingly enough. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:29 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. No, the Boomers think they are the greatest thing since Womderbread. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. The Boomers ended the draft. Lucky for you. nt |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 04:44 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. I'm actually on of those Duers that support a draft. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. That surprises me--I thought you were draft age. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-20-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I wouldn't mind being drafted if it's for a just war, not a BS one like Iraq. |
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bedpanartist (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
40. Can you say giant toumbstones |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-18-07 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
41. Not to mention 'globalization' that is anything but, |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-19-07 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
46. that rusty piece of crap is the PERFECT metaphor for the past 50 years of the u.s.a. |
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