tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post5897301280058910369..comments2024-03-20T13:19:13.512-11:00Comments on TATTERED AND LOST PHOTOGRAPHS: A MAN and His CarTattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-64726145782144058742019-01-29T08:09:34.750-11:002019-01-29T08:09:34.750-11:00Oh good for you, just posting the photos with male...Oh good for you, just posting the photos with males standing with cars...and they certainly look like a cross-section of types of males, and cars!Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-28037769852320289542019-01-29T06:55:48.387-11:002019-01-29T06:55:48.387-11:00I'd love to drive on the autobahn someday in a...I'd love to drive on the autobahn someday in a fast car. Might scare myself silly!<br /><br />I love the flattop and the laughing dudes. ;)Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-49655371775601378692019-01-27T11:33:25.044-11:002019-01-27T11:33:25.044-11:00I was thinking Pensacola too. I don't know whe...I was thinking Pensacola too. I don't know where all he was stationed other than when I was in Hawaii. And I had not noticed the cool deal on the garage door.<br /><br />Have you written down all of these car stories? Has your mom? It sounds like a nice little book of short stories. Might make it easier next time she buys a car. Just hand them the book first. But she sounds like a great gal.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-10839976282179047072019-01-27T11:31:36.030-11:002019-01-27T11:31:36.030-11:00I wouldn't worry about it. As long as you keep...I wouldn't worry about it. As long as you keep your wits about you and smile you should be fine. My father still had his license at 94 and drove just fine.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-72727150523408100872019-01-27T11:30:39.291-11:002019-01-27T11:30:39.291-11:00Would be nice to have those cars to tool around in...Would be nice to have those cars to tool around in.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-85395112313562439962019-01-27T11:30:18.285-11:002019-01-27T11:30:18.285-11:00He does seem a wee bit tall for an eighth grader.He does seem a wee bit tall for an eighth grader.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-48145177673574208192019-01-27T05:56:52.787-11:002019-01-27T05:56:52.787-11:00Ben the navy guy is somewhere in the south with al...Ben the navy guy is somewhere in the south with all the Spanish Moss draped on the live oaks behind him. Maybe Charleston, Pensacola, or Jacksonville.<br /><br />The vestigial gates attached to the garage door of the graduate's snapshot are classic 50s design. And Gomer's a real hoot. <br /><br />I think car stories are one of the few things that unite all Americans. Everyone has a favorite tale to tell. Mine is about speeding on the Autobahn too.<br /><br />Last summer my mom, now 88, traded in her new red Honda Fit for a newer deluxe Fit with heated seats. The dealer made the sale by happily listening to her stories for over an hour! She started in 1951 with an epic road trip from DC to LA to meet my dad on his return from Korea. She was 21 driving a new Willys jeep (that she picked out) with her mom at shotgun and my dad's grandmother in the back. She continued to recount something about every car since. After an hour she was only up to 1969 so I made her stop and sign the finance papers. Yet she insisted on telling the one about the seagull and the Volvo.<br /><br />Sadly it's time she put up the keys, so that's my big challenge for this year. Yet another story to come.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-2167613404587645082019-01-26T15:25:56.260-11:002019-01-26T15:25:56.260-11:00A wonderful post with graceful, beautiful cars.A wonderful post with graceful, beautiful cars.smkelly8https://www.blogger.com/profile/17518117558253969023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-30983993051250527752019-01-26T09:25:43.914-11:002019-01-26T09:25:43.914-11:00That second picture of the teen in the white dress...That second picture of the teen in the white dress jacket is so typical of the 1950s & early '60s. I had to smile! Living in the Sierra mountains I have to drive everywhere all the time, but at my age I'm beginning to wonder how much longer I'll be able to do it? I'll be 83 when my current driver's license expires. Hopefully I can renew it for another 5 years at least! I've had no tickets and no accidents so perhaps that will mean something to the DMV? La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-86427332901994372632019-01-26T07:10:20.231-11:002019-01-26T07:10:20.231-11:00I love the photo of the tall eighth grade graduate...I love the photo of the tall eighth grade graduate - his hair, his posture, his white jacket, and the car.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-24528407064077644502019-01-26T07:08:04.534-11:002019-01-26T07:08:04.534-11:00Oh, I've got to see that. Bill Hayes, singer o...Oh, I've got to see that. Bill Hayes, singer of the Davy Crockett.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-19575094954149575712019-01-26T02:22:52.970-11:002019-01-26T02:22:52.970-11:00Talk about ads for cars, while working on my post ...Talk about ads for cars, while working on my post I ran into a commercial for the 1959 Oldsmobile featuring Bill Hayes and Florence Henderson. It's on YouTube. Fantastic ad. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.com