Stuff

[Alligator]

Sounds like my ex-brother in law's reference to "his future ex wife". Happy aquiring!!!! Lee.

[C.O.B.]

My wife isn't a "stuff" person either, more of a minimalist. I did point out that she has three pairs of Jesus shoes (sandals) to my one pair of which I have had for over 10 years. She'll buy something use it once or twice then it goes to the garage sale.

[MarketHunter]

Well I didn't get the picture frame, it was as fantastic as it looked in the picture but at $950 I figured it priced about double of high high retail. I did get a few other interesting pieces though, so it wasn't a total loss. The best being a fantastically strange dead game print that's Christmas related in a killer black forest style frame. Never seen or heard of anything like it, the birds are arranged in the shape of a Christmas Tree! I'm tempted to keep this one, but seeing as how I never decorate for Christmas I should really move it down the road. I'm going to sit it on the table for a few days and study the situation.


Destry

[OH Osthaus]

As i have stated before -I am a print aholic

Just got the email from our framer this morning that the 4 Denton trout are ready to go,

I already have three more Osthaus prints to drop off when I pick the trout up.

Some will go into the rod shop when the walls get finiished off. A couple may need go on a ceiling

[John Farrell, Charter Member #33]

Speaking of prints - a few years ago previously mentioned daughter was out here. She was trying to decide which of the two oriental rugs I had just purchased for $5500 she wanted given to her in my will. While strolling around the house she casually mentioned "Dad, you can't just have dog pictures in your house" commenting about dog pictures in every room including the guest bath. My response was "whose Fxxxing house is it?" Always quick on the uptake she replied, "Oh, yeah. I guess you can."

Two of the Osthaus prints in my living room were in a scene in a Seinfeld TV episode some years ago. Now, that's when you know you have a lot of stuff.

I just wish someone would come buy the VW Deer Buggy in my shed.

[MarketHunter]

Hah! Apparently you aren't the only one who had a VW hunting car. One of my squirrel hunting mentors had one he used for years. Had a skid plate on the bottom, an extension on the exhaust, the whole deal. His reasoning for using it was that it was so light he could slap a come along on it and pull it out of any mudhole all by his lonesome as long as there was a handy tree to hook it to. That thing would go anywhere, it was amazing.

DLH

[Dean Romig]

Back around '68 a friend had a VW Bug that he put the complete engine and transaxle assembly from a VW Bus into. The bus had more horsepower and reduction gears out by the wheels. That little machine would just about go anywhere without getting stuck.

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Back around '68 a friend had a VW Bug that he put the complete engine and transaxle assembly from a VW Bus into. The bus had more horsepower and reduction gears out by the wheels. That little machine would just about go anywhere without getting stuck.

The Germans used VDubs as jeeps in WWII. Ernie Pyle go one and drove it all through the North African desert. He said it'd make a great little car for Americans. Of course they eventually did.

No Germans got a VW during the War. Hitler did have a hand in the design. He and Porche developed the little "people's car". I owned several and liked them. The VDub was easy to love. While driving a new one I was nearly killed when hit head on by a drunk driving a Ford Fairlane 500.

[Dean Romig]

With the fuel tank up front a lot of people were killed in VW bugs.
It was in Reading, Ma and I think it was '67 or '68... a classmate of mine home from the horrors of Viet Nam left his homecoming party in his mother's full size Pontiac and at something close to 100 mph crossed lanes and took out an entire family from Wakefield travelling in their VW bug. It was horrific and left a very deep scar on a lot of people... myself included. Richie was killed too. I think he would have preferred it that way rather than surviving only to know what he had done. Richie was a good kid. He and I worked together at the Shell station during high-school and we had good times together.

Memories like this make me think of the movie "Stand By Me" and the tune and words flood back...

[MarketHunter]

I swear I read somewhere in this thread where somebody mentioned they collected old west photos. I've skimmed the responses and can't find it but there are so many that's not surprising. I just picked up a dandy one, would rather make it available to somebody on the forum rather than put it on eBay.

Destry