Well I bumped into Caribou at Northgate GMC this morning! That was sorta random but still 
WHAT MADE YOU HAPPY or SMILE TODAY? - the sequel thread
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Hope he bought you a coffee....Well I bumped into Caribou at Northgate GMC this morning! That was sorta random but still
Well as a matter of fact he did not.Hope he bought you a coffee....
Lol.... I heard he was gonna show up with coffee and donuts for everyone...Well as a matter of fact he did not.My fingers are crossed he comes though this Saturday?
You guys are too funny. It was my pleasure to meet Mr. Dik. He did confess however that black is indeed the fastest colour.
CariBooo. Yes, that is a true story except for I was referring to the black front clip on my car!
Nice spring like day yesterday. Managed to get some warmth off the sun and out of the breeze. Spent some time looking at what was on YouTube and that started a trip down memory lane. Found the music for "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" done by the Danish National Symphony. That led to many of the themes to the "spaghetti westerns".
There was a burlesque theatre in Toronto on Spadina Avenue called the Victory, long gone. They featured an ancient form of strip teasing by todays standards but the real attraction was the continuous loop of movies. You could go there and watch all the westerns multiple times, which we often did. I had a beautiful leather jacket that I cut the arms off to look like "Blondie's" vest. My mother was not impressed!! They had security there and if anyone started causing trouble they would turn the lights on your row and then toss everyone out whether you were part of the problem or not!
As often is the case YT eventually just ventured off to other music. Apache, Ghost Riders in the Sky and such. Then an all time favourite Telstar. Release in 1962 it was a huge deal and apparently still is today. I remember my father buying me a small transistor radio shaped like a rocket ship, the pointed end turned to tune in radio stations and if Telstar came on that was a bonus for certain. Apparently Telstar still orbits the earth but its communication function died years ago. Reading the comments on YT for that tune is really interesting, it impacted many people in different ways.
So that is what made me happy and smile yesterday.
There was a burlesque theatre in Toronto on Spadina Avenue called the Victory, long gone. They featured an ancient form of strip teasing by todays standards but the real attraction was the continuous loop of movies. You could go there and watch all the westerns multiple times, which we often did. I had a beautiful leather jacket that I cut the arms off to look like "Blondie's" vest. My mother was not impressed!! They had security there and if anyone started causing trouble they would turn the lights on your row and then toss everyone out whether you were part of the problem or not!
As often is the case YT eventually just ventured off to other music. Apache, Ghost Riders in the Sky and such. Then an all time favourite Telstar. Release in 1962 it was a huge deal and apparently still is today. I remember my father buying me a small transistor radio shaped like a rocket ship, the pointed end turned to tune in radio stations and if Telstar came on that was a bonus for certain. Apparently Telstar still orbits the earth but its communication function died years ago. Reading the comments on YT for that tune is really interesting, it impacted many people in different ways.
So that is what made me happy and smile yesterday.
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You must be getting old Black.
I remember all those things to and had the "satellite" transitor radio as well.
Just wasn't at the strip place. LOL The ancient fom you mention must have been with pasties. LOL
We started going to the Victory when we were pretty young, none of us can recall anyone ever asking for age ID.
Funny that I recall the radio, there was an electronics store on Bloor Street in Toronto right beside the old "Honest Ed's" store. My father asked if I wanted the radio and just like that he bought it. A bit unlike him. I could be wrong but I don't recall it having batteries, two alligator clips that you hooked on to things.
Old yes, pasties yes!
The background music for the spaghetti westerns are my favourite instrumentals. When you see the number of people in the orchestra and band, you seem to realize that it takes a lot of practice and work to put it all together. I listen to these tunes regularly and never tire of them.
Ahhhh.... the old Crystal Radios. I knew them well and built several of them for science class at school. A crystal diode use the AM radio frequency for the power... Pretty simple stuff but high tech for a kid...We started going to the Victory when we were pretty young, none of us can recall anyone ever asking for age ID.
Funny that I recall the radio, there was an electronics store on Bloor Street in Toronto right beside the old "Honest Ed's" store. My father asked if I wanted the radio and just like that he bought it. A bit unlike him. I could be wrong but I don't recall it having batteries, two alligator clips that you hooked on to things.
Old yes, pasties yes!
This story happened a couple of years ago but it makes me smile every time I remember ....
One early evening I was fuelling my Vette in Westmount (an Edmonton neighbourhood) and a white Lambo pulled up to the pumps. The driver, a father, gets out and says hi as he headed into the store. I said hello and mentioned his fancy car. He told me he rented it for the day because his son (about 10?) lives and breathes everything Lamborghini. "Dad" was visiting his son that day. Now to put this into perspective, .... and I hate to judge people, Dad was definitely not a typical Lambo guy. He was more of a old rusty pickup-truck guy and his son was "challenged" but obviously very much loved .... and of course he had a huge smile strapped across his face.
.... That was when I told "Dad" I liked him a lot.
One early evening I was fuelling my Vette in Westmount (an Edmonton neighbourhood) and a white Lambo pulled up to the pumps. The driver, a father, gets out and says hi as he headed into the store. I said hello and mentioned his fancy car. He told me he rented it for the day because his son (about 10?) lives and breathes everything Lamborghini. "Dad" was visiting his son that day. Now to put this into perspective, .... and I hate to judge people, Dad was definitely not a typical Lambo guy. He was more of a old rusty pickup-truck guy and his son was "challenged" but obviously very much loved .... and of course he had a huge smile strapped across his face.
.... That was when I told "Dad" I liked him a lot.
A good Corvette friend of mine has just discovered where Bruce Wayne lives …
Finally … time to move the Hummer and release the Corvettes from the stable today.
Finally … bye
Finally … bye
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Finally got to check out a “C8” up close today 
Looking good.Installed my Amazon aero kit . carbon flash from Extreme online performance and went for a ride, also installed the Range performance AFM cut off, no issues
