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[Hobie Hartkins]

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Within the show I spotted a 1966 Mustang. After I left the show I spotted another 1966 Mustang parked just down the road. Mustangs are a rare sight over here, so to see two so close together was a nice treat.

 

a 1966 Mustang was my death chariot! When a friend of mine , who owned a purple  1966 Mustang with ivory white interior, was driving like a fool and I was a passenger. We had a wreck and I was thrown out of the car and l;anded on my head. I was in the hospital for a month and in a coma for a week.  I came as close as you can get to dying without going all the way!

[RogerDuke]

Oh my. Did the driver survive?

[HossC]

14 hours ago, Hobie Hartkins said:

 

a 1966 Mustang was my death chariot! When a friend of mine , who owned a purple  1966 Mustang with ivory white interior, was driving like a fool and I was a passenger. We had a wreck and I was thrown out of the car and landed on my head. I was in the hospital for a month and in a coma for a week.  I came as close as you can get to dying without going all the way!

Sorry to hear that, Hobie. That sounds like a cool color combination too.

[Hobie Hartkins]

17 hours ago, RogerDuke said:

Oh my. Did the driver survive?

Are you kidding?? That was Friday night and he missed one day of school, Monday! I missed the rest of the year!

[Hobie Hartkins]

7 hours ago, HossC said:

Sorry to hear that, Hobie. That sounds like a cool color combination too.

yes, it was metallic purple with ivory white interior, bucket seats etc.

[Spike]

Last Saturday I took a ride in a 97 year old Ford Tri Motor plane at the Toledo air show. My brother in law has never flown before so we seen that plane was offering rides and signed up. Was an interesting experience, I should have worn earplugs though as it was extremely loud. The airshow was pretty cool aside from the owner of the only P51 Mustang that showed up didn't put it on display after it flew. I really wanted to get close to it to check it out as it's my favorite plane. I got a bad sunburn unfortunately, been dealing with that the past week. 

Yesterday we hit the annual neighborhood sale. I scored a mechanic/detailer seat for $5, just needs new wheels and I'm going to put a new seat on it. Scored some star trek books and other things too. 

[RogerDuke]

Sounds like a fun ride. I just looked it up. Looks like a plane from Indiana Jones. Did the pilot have a whip and a cool hat and a fear of snakes?

[Spike]

On 5/17/2025 at 7:24 PM, RogerDuke said:

Sounds like a fun ride. I just looked it up. Looks like a plane from Indiana Jones. Did the pilot have a whip and a cool hat and a fear of snakes?

No lol. Been a busy few weeks. Entered my Pontiac G8 into the local British car show . Got a lot of questions on that lol. Phrase I used most was it's originally an Australian car. 

Been getting that patio pots and planting boxes ready since we had a dry weekend. Then got the usual less than 48hr notice that the patio fences will be painted this weekend so no have to move everything to the center of the patio. So after an 11hour workday I get to go home and do more work moving everything. 

[RogerDuke]

We've been getting smoke from the wildfires in Canada heading south in the upper atmosphere. It has created a pink hue to the Moon. Unfortunately if there have been northern lights because of the solar storm, the smoke is blocking them. 

[Hobie Hartkins]

It's even affecting us here down in Dixie!!