http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6Ia5YKfSRA
Can anyone give me the year of the car they're riding around in the video? daisy, this ought to be an easy one for you.
Last edited by CoventryCat86; 08-23-2010 at 11:54 PM.
TBSCigars - "On Holiday"Grammar - It's the difference between knowing your crap and knowing you're crap.
I think the video car is a Chevy Monte Carlo 1972, I'm not sure.
Daysi
Ya got the "Chevy" part right but that's about it....
DING, DING! We have a winnah!
The story here is that Elvis Cortez, the lead singer had a 1962 Nova that he sold quite a while back. He LOVED that car and very much regrets selling it. He wrote a song called "My 62" which is on their first CD called "Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts."
Nice job badwhale, you did better than I did because when I first saw the video, I assumed it was a 1962 because I knew of the song he wrote.
As anyone who knows these cars knows (as obviously badwhale does), this one is definitely a 1963 because the grille is distinctively different. 1962 was the first year of the Chevy II/Nova and for the 1963 models they changed the grille and they spelled out "CHEVROLET" in block letters on the hood. At 2:02 in the video, it's clear that this is a 1963.
Last edited by CoventryCat86; 08-25-2010 at 02:07 AM.
TBSCigars - "On Holiday"Grammar - It's the difference between knowing your crap and knowing you're crap.
Okay, okay - so you are "damn straight" you're the "corresponding authority".... So WTF happened to the tenacious, furious butt kicking that inevitably comes when someone violates spelling, grammar and/or punctuation rules? You softening in your old age, bruddah???
I expected FAR more from you...
All heroes have a fatal flaw, George but who would of thought it would be some Cuban woman with a big ass.
Doc.
Do draft dodgers have reunions? And if so what do they talk about?
Doc
TBSCigars - "On Holiday"Grammar - It's the difference between knowing your crap and knowing you're crap.
designated whipping boy for the grammar police
Just run everything threw a spell checker.
Empathy? My grandmother came to this country in 1919 and couldn't read and write her own language. She taught herself to read and write English, dealt with prejudices you can't even imagine, became a wealthy woman, long before women's liberation, buried a son who died for his country and got herself invited to a president's inauguration . What's your excuse? Quit your fuggin' whining put down the paint brush, learn to read and write English and get a real job. That's the American Way. Then, we might have some empathy.
Doc.
Doc.
Last edited by Devil Doc; 08-27-2010 at 05:48 PM.
Do draft dodgers have reunions? And if so what do they talk about?
Doc
Daisy,
Like Doc - my grandmother, too, came off a boat at age 16 with the little she could carry and no grasp of the English language. She, too, taught herself the language and through her entire life insisted on speaking nothing by English, In her mind - this was where she lived and this was the spoken language.
Never - EVER - during her life did she complain that she was not afforded any opportunity, or that the "American's" did not understand her. She never felt sorry for herself, or her situation. She offered herself as she was - and did not let anyone's criticisms or prejudices color her view of America or American's. She very much realized that this was not where she came from, but where she was at. In other words - she knew that she wanted come to America, be an American and lived her life as an American. Never did she believe she should change America to be what she wanted it to be.
She worked hard her entire life, to the point she'd built a comfortable life for herself and her family. When she passed, she was not rich but well off - self sufficient. And - while she had no need to work any more - she still scrubbed the floors at an old folks home nearly to the last day on this earth because she thought it needed to be done and she was helping others.
This woman - my grandmother - taught me that it was not the circumstances you were in that defined who you were - it was who you were that defined your circumstances. When I would slack off at school - her comment to me was, "Perfect! The world needs ditch diggers!" She taught me through that - if you choose to be a ditch digger - there is a need, but you do have the opportunity to choose to be something better AND it takes hard work and determination - no one will ever hand you anything, and anything that is offered for free truly has a price.
Daisy - In the United States, you alone are responsible for what you say and what you do. By coming to the U.S. you've now been given a voice to say what you think with little repercussion. That's a hard concept to get your head around, if you come from a society that is intolerant of free speech. And - the repercussions of what you say in this thread and what you say publicly does not unite, it polarizes.
Wake up and smell the coffee, Daisy - this is not all about you.
God bless you too, Daisy - you definitely need it to rid yourself of your demons.
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