Yeah… They were VERY USEFUL for when Mom & Dad lit up their fags, it certainly helped to get the smoke (cough, cough, cough) sucked out of the car, if you positioned the wings just right.
I always thought that that was the purpose of them, to create a pressure vacuum to draw air out of the car-cabin, but, yep, they sure made it possible to have fresh air blown onto your face.
My Dad smoked not cigarettes, but huge smelly cigars, with all the windows rolled up, because he hated a draft.
He ran around closing windows all his life, even other people’s windows, and complained in restaurants… even a lovely breeze on a hot day was a detested “draft.”
But in the car was the worst. Three of us kids in the back seat while it filled with fumes. I was constantly carsick.
We would plead and cry till he let us open the wings… but almost never the “drafty” back window, unless it was such a hot day my mother intervened.
Only if the skylight could be opened. Especially in the southwest US, skylights could cook you in minutes during the summer, where in some areas it can reach 120F (49C) in the shade on the worst days. Concept cars were built with glass roofs, but they never made it to production, probably because the designers were required to actually drive in them.
We’re not only talking about 20 miles, or an hour to the next town…
But also a 5 day trip across the country, 2,000 miles, from the Midwest to California, once or twice a year. That’s much farther than Munich to Moscow, though without all the pesky borders.
Leaving at dawn every morning, driving till sunset… 500 miles a day was my dad’s minimum before we could stop.
Stuffed into the back seat with luggage at our feet and the windows sealed, in a cloud of cigar smoke… an open window would have been a gift from heaven.
It’s been used as the cover for at least two books and a magazine, so searching seems to identify her a couple of ways, till you realize they’re the titles of stories, not her name.
The main doorway from the replica Norse longhouse at Haroldswick on Unst in Shetland. The island has the remains of at least 60 medieval Norse longhouses, many still un-excavated.
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Or at least you have an old car.
I’ve had cars with opening quarterlights, and although I’m in my early 60’s, my hair hasn’t turned grey. Beard has, but my hair hasn’t!!
I like that word, “quarterlights”.
My Dad called them wings, so I always did too.
My 76 Volare had them.
Yeah… They were VERY USEFUL for when Mom & Dad lit up their fags, it certainly helped to get the smoke (cough, cough, cough) sucked out of the car, if you positioned the wings just right.
I always thought that that was the purpose of them, to create a pressure vacuum to draw air out of the car-cabin, but, yep, they sure made it possible to have fresh air blown onto your face.
Also advertised as “no draft windows”, if I remember correctly…
That was what we used it for..
My Dad smoked not cigarettes, but huge smelly cigars, with all the windows rolled up, because he hated a draft.
He ran around closing windows all his life, even other people’s windows, and complained in restaurants… even a lovely breeze on a hot day was a detested “draft.”
But in the car was the worst. Three of us kids in the back seat while it filled with fumes. I was constantly carsick.
We would plead and cry till he let us open the wings… but almost never the “drafty” back window, unless it was such a hot day my mother intervened.
Open windows wouldn’t have helped much.
Been there, suffered that. With open windows and skylight.
Only if the skylight could be opened. Especially in the southwest US, skylights could cook you in minutes during the summer, where in some areas it can reach 120F (49C) in the shade on the worst days. Concept cars were built with glass roofs, but they never made it to production, probably because the designers were required to actually drive in them.
Open windows helped a LOT!
We’re not only talking about 20 miles, or an hour to the next town…
But also a 5 day trip across the country, 2,000 miles, from the Midwest to California, once or twice a year. That’s much farther than Munich to Moscow, though without all the pesky borders.
Leaving at dawn every morning, driving till sunset… 500 miles a day was my dad’s minimum before we could stop.
Stuffed into the back seat with luggage at our feet and the windows sealed, in a cloud of cigar smoke… an open window would have been a gift from heaven.
It’s a wonder you lived this long! Cigar smoke must promote longevity. Who knew?
Just how old are you implying that I am??
Hmmph!
I’ll have you know I’m no older than dirt.
Yes. Yes I do.
This isn’t taking into account all the people who don’t have grey hair who actually do have grey hair, but you’d never know it
or people who don’t have any hair at all
Well, maybe not on their head. Nose, ears, longer eyebrows, other places…Unless it’s from chemotherapy, then all bets are off.
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The illustration of the Superman logo doesn’t look big enough to be the actual piece.
And the position he’s in looks like begging for forgiveness.
Oooh…. that’s kind of…. um…
I think he’s supposed to be flying.
Um?
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Nice shoes.
Elliott Erwitt, New York City, 1946.
I love the shoes too… And the little tough-guy sweater.
Where’s Agent J ???
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Richard the Lionheart, the earliest heart transplant? “It never pains but it roars!”
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Glub, glub…
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I wondered who it was, but Google doesn’t know, and the file name includes “people-share-best-photos-strangers”.
I’m guessing that’s all we get.
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A plumberfly cocoon!
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“Everybody was dancing to the Blackpool Rock…”
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Yeah, I’d be trying to walk on water too if that thing was coming after me.
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A young Bette Davis ?
“Lady in Blue” … Bradshaw Crandell,
Probably a model, not a celebrity.
It’s been used as the cover for at least two books and a magazine, so searching seems to identify her a couple of ways, till you realize they’re the titles of stories, not her name.
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That’s the only possible answer…
(Um… This one’s pretty obvious… but next time a spoiler box would be nice, pretty please, so I could solve instead of confirming.)
Nope. A.
A is missing something…
Check his head and mouth…
The outline of the hay is what might make his nose look too long in all the others.
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Another nice pair of shoes 😉
Yeah… I think I like them as much as the first ones!
sorry–unintended duplication
S’OK
STILL looking for Agent J !!!
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The main doorway from the replica Norse longhouse at Haroldswick on Unst in Shetland. The island has the remains of at least 60 medieval Norse longhouses, many still un-excavated.
Black-bellied Whistling Duck.
Three things from today’s London “Daily Mail”.
two
He was born on July 7.
three
He doesn’t have the shape, but Buddy can blob around with the best of them.