tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post7716654637435048204..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: A man's car for manly menGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-13541962333560514772014-02-16T17:28:53.855-05:002014-02-16T17:28:53.855-05:00On the matter of ultralights, no. 1 on my bucket l...On the matter of ultralights, no. 1 on my bucket list is hang gliding off Mons Olympus. No. 2 is squirrel suit flying off a Himalaya.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-2185028492326722032014-02-16T15:23:27.941-05:002014-02-16T15:23:27.941-05:00Or ...<a href="http://youtu.be/maLrbcoXS4A" rel="nofollow">Or ...</a>Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-74020326101656515952014-02-16T15:15:47.656-05:002014-02-16T15:15:47.656-05:00Indeed, the ground is overrated.Indeed, <a href="http://youtu.be/xnMct5MgQ28" rel="nofollow">the ground is overrated</a>.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-5049565459680722912014-02-16T15:06:57.297-05:002014-02-16T15:06:57.297-05:00Make my aerial toy an SF 260, or a Falco F8L - Ste...Make my aerial toy an SF 260, or a Falco F8L - Stelio Frati is a heck of an aircraft designer. <br /><br />ravennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-25289355176384590582014-02-15T17:57:42.823-05:002014-02-15T17:57:42.823-05:00...since I don't feel constrained to stay on t...<i>...since I don't feel constrained to stay on the ground.</i><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S7AyiVfNdA" rel="nofollow">Me neither</a>.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-68502902537209862952014-02-15T17:01:31.219-05:002014-02-15T17:01:31.219-05:00Well, if I'm going to get an expensive toy......Well, if I'm going to get an expensive <a href="http://www.lotuscars.com/gb/our-cars/current-range/evora-range" rel="nofollow"> toy</a>....<br /><br />Or <a href="http://www.velocityaircraft.com/" rel="nofollow"> this</a>, since I don't feel constrained to stay on the ground.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-27494323782741568752014-02-15T16:22:30.722-05:002014-02-15T16:22:30.722-05:00That is a nice car. I like that they put in a nod...That is a nice car. I like that they put in a nod to the old sister car to the Mustang- the Mercury Cougar- with the incremental turn signal light. Always liked that.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81817341679623940832014-02-15T15:35:52.815-05:002014-02-15T15:35:52.815-05:00Now, on the other hand, this car might be worth ha...Now, on the other hand, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8uXrwhWVOM" rel="nofollow">this car</a> might be worth having to work a couple extra weeks in August. If, of course, the trade is available. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-43125108680494545942014-02-15T15:05:01.159-05:002014-02-15T15:05:01.159-05:00Well, Cadillacs were never really for the 'ave...Well, Cadillacs were never really for the 'average' American. <br /><br />Anyway, nobody is going to actually *buy* one of those. (at least new, anyway) it will be leased for 36 months, and then on to the next new toy. <br /><br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-87329172183718209292014-02-15T13:34:34.318-05:002014-02-15T13:34:34.318-05:00The MSRP on that new Cadillac is "from $75,00...The MSRP on that new Cadillac is "from $75,000," which is about one and a half times the average American's wages. So the average Frenchman gets August off but has to do without a Cadillac; the average American gets two weeks off and also has to do without a Cadillac. <br /><br />Which is fine with me, really. I'd rather have a 4x4 and a motorcycle, the combined cost of which remains much less than $75,000.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-34645872310740884662014-02-15T13:08:27.370-05:002014-02-15T13:08:27.370-05:00And while the ad also mentions the place of actual...And while the ad also mentions the place of actual work in the American psyche, there was an American tire manufacturer executive who took a similarly dim view of the French "work" ethic in a letter to the French government turning down their kind offer to sell him a failing Goodyear tire manufacturing plant.<br /><br /><i> “Sir, your letter says you want Titan to start a discussion. How stupid do you think we are? Titan is the one with the money and the talent to produce tires. What does the crazy union have? It has the French government.<br />“You can keep your so-called workers. Titan is not interested in the Amiens factory.”</i><br /><br />The full letter can be read <a href="http://fr.slideshare.net/fullscreen/lesechos2/rponse-titanmontebourg/1" rel="nofollow"> here</a>.<br /><br />An entirely funny and effective ad, and much of its effectivieness is from its accuracy. And its backhanded hint of how expensive Cadillacs still are.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com