One week in Mammoth, California, we were (sort of) imprisoned with our nieces in a cabin. Their favorite video was
Over and over.
It was cute for awhile with some 6-year-old (and somewhere about that age) sweet young girls singing along. It got just a bit old after a few days.
Has to be 1936 or ’37 the two years of manufacture that I can find.
This one is in a South African billionaire’s musem. It is open to the public.
Edited in at 09:53 E.D.T.
This over caption comes from a picture of the same vehicle at alamy’s site.
“Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa – 16 December 2018: Vintage Red Cord 1936 motor vehicle exhibit at Franschhoek Motor Museum Captions are provided by our contributors.“
Here is a LINK to a long since over (Saturday, August 15, 2009) auction listing a 1936 Cord as lot S88.
There is a brief history, with specifications, of the model included in the listing (Cords were front wheel drive) and a well shot 3 picture photo gallery of the lot .
The center of gravity was waaaay too high! It would be exacerbated if you put most of your passengers on the top row. That’s an accident waiting to happen if you exceeded the safe speed by even a little bit.
They didn’t go very fast so the centre of gravity wasn’t an issue, plus they were heavy in their own right with a lot of weight low down. The problem is mainly they only had basic suspension and did have a tendency to derail if the track wasn’t up to scratch. Tram track rails are different to normal railway rails and a lump of stone getting wedged into the groove would be enough to derail the vehicle. The flanges on the wheels would ride up on the obstruction.
You are watching history unfold, and talking about cars, instead!
It’s Nighthawks’ fault, I know… he posts so much other interesting content, people forget for a moment why they are here…
But it’s Perroâ„¢ who brings us… Perroâ„¢ andhis heroism, and his amazing skill with the sword…. and the whip(finally).
….
He didn’t even need to ride in order to advance the storyline tonight!
We take up right where we left off Monday…. two days for us... but through the magic of cartooning…. and the delays of publishing…
only a moment for Perroâ„¢…. and for the evil henchmen of the even eviller Comandante Slurez.
…
A difficult moment, indeed, for evil henchmen… as their ill-gotten gains are snatched from their fingers by a fancy turn of Perroâ„¢‘s bullwhip…
Not that the loot wouldn’t have been snatched from their fingers anyway, by Slurez himself.
…
But at least in that case, they’d have been allowed to keep their fingers… who knows what will happen when they report to the commandante.now….
IIl-gotten-gain-less… and bearing, instead of bags of pesos, a direct threat from the mysterious swordsman who carved P‘s … we assume… in their pantalones.
…
I am unclear as to whether those P‘s are more than pantalones deep… methinks they’d be more memorable, if the sword-tip grazed a mere modicum of…. you know…
But even if not, surely the memory is deeply carved anyway.
From:
KATE AITKEN’S COOK BOOK
Published by: WM. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.
LONDON – GLASGOW – TORONTO
COLLINS
A White Circle Book Toronto I.S.B.N. 0 00 682482
“BAKED SQUASH Acorn or Butternut”
Temperature 400°F Time: 30 – 40 minutes
2 acorn squash
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons margarine or butter (for four tablespoons total for the recipe)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Wipe squash; cut in half; remove seeds.
Rub each half with margarine or butter; sprinkle lightly with salt.
Bake on cookie sheet, cut side down for 30 minutes; turn cut side up; brush with mixture of margarine or butter and brown sugar; continue baking till tender.
Serves 4.
Really, Alexi? Not even zucchini?
Our crop of delicata squash failed this year, but no problem, they are widely available now. No need to skin, just slice them and grill or bake them. Yum!
Me too. Beer was the priority of lots of my friends in high school, but I didn’t like it and still don’t, except on special occasions. I liked wine when I could get it, but mostly smoked pot.
I know it’s hot in lots of places… but the strength and duration of this blast is, if not amazing, at least very unusual here.
….
Yesterday I said the day topped out at 109 degrees… but today, two apps and a newspaper story all say it hit either 114 or 115 yesterday, and again today… which are all-time records.
(I can’t explain how they can change yesterday’s weather report after the fact… but they do it a lot. I’m not one of them fancy schmancy meteorologistical persons.)
Luckily, the next few days are supposed to “only” be in the 90’s… and Saturday we will hopefully return to our normal 80-ish degree summer. Whew…. I may make it.
,
That’s what I call “looking askance.”
Does she have her seatbelt on?
I would say not.
She looks like she needs a black bow tie, or something like that.
Good call. Something Sally Bowles-ish {Cabaret}, maybe?
and a hat?
her chest coloration would show it off beautify.
Patty Voje
“#382 New Day”
Looks great! Looks nostalgic! Probably a lovely place to visit, maybe even a tea room or curio shop. Let’s sue them for ADA non-compliance.
handicap entrance is around the back.
does the handrail count?
Michelle St Laurent
“The Shine of a Million Gems”
$595.00 U.S. + taxes, shipping, etc.
One week in Mammoth, California, we were (sort of) imprisoned with our nieces in a cabin. Their favorite video was
Over and over.
It was cute for awhile with some 6-year-old (and somewhere about that age) sweet young girls singing along. It got just a bit old after a few days.
19 thirty-something Cord
Has to be 1936 or ’37 the two years of manufacture that I can find.
This one is in a South African billionaire’s musem. It is open to the public.
Edited in at 09:53 E.D.T.
This over caption comes from a picture of the same vehicle at alamy’s site.
“Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa – 16 December 2018: Vintage Red Cord 1936 motor vehicle exhibit at Franschhoek Motor Museum
Captions are provided by our contributors.“
It appears like some monstrous insect which, when it opens its eyes, will scare the daylights out of you.
The Cord was fast. It probably scared the daylights out of a lot of people. 😀
Me Pa always said that the reason that policemen drove Harleys was that it was the only thing that could catch a Cord doing 130 MPH.
And on the roads that they had back then!
I would rather have a Duesenberg! Over any other car!!! Wish I could afford it!
The guy is a billionaire. He probably has one of those in his collection too.
hence the term ‘it’s a duesy’ referring to excellence in construction
Here is a LINK to a long since over (Saturday, August 15, 2009) auction listing a 1936 Cord as lot S88.
There is a brief history, with specifications, of the model included in the listing (Cords were front wheel drive) and a well shot 3 picture photo gallery of the lot .
.
Photograph of the tram crash on Dumbarton Road, at Primrose Street, Glasgow, 18th May 1931.
I cannot get the photograph to post as a photograph. Right click and open it in a new window.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ewl9ea3WEAgcM2y?format=jpg&name=900×900
La Domenica del Corriere (The Sunday Courier) ceased publication in 1989 and was famous for its cover art works.
Overhead power.
The center of gravity was waaaay too high! It would be exacerbated if you put most of your passengers on the top row. That’s an accident waiting to happen if you exceeded the safe speed by even a little bit.
They didn’t go very fast so the centre of gravity wasn’t an issue, plus they were heavy in their own right with a lot of weight low down. The problem is mainly they only had basic suspension and did have a tendency to derail if the track wasn’t up to scratch. Tram track rails are different to normal railway rails and a lump of stone getting wedged into the groove would be enough to derail the vehicle. The flanges on the wheels would ride up on the obstruction.
¡Por Amor de Dios, Cleomigas y Cleomigos!
You are watching history unfold, and talking about cars, instead!
It’s Nighthawks’ fault, I know… he posts so much other interesting content, people forget for a moment why they are here…
But it’s Perroâ„¢ who brings us… Perroâ„¢ and his heroism, and his amazing skill with the sword…. and the whip(finally).
….
He didn’t even need to ride in order to advance the storyline tonight!
We take up right where we left off Monday…. two days for us... but through the magic of cartooning…. and the delays of publishing…
only a moment for Perroâ„¢…. and for the evil henchmen of the even eviller Comandante Slurez.
…
A difficult moment, indeed, for evil henchmen… as their ill-gotten gains are snatched from their fingers by a fancy turn of Perroâ„¢‘s bullwhip…
Not that the loot wouldn’t have been snatched from their fingers anyway, by Slurez himself.
…
But at least in that case, they’d have been allowed to keep their fingers… who knows what will happen when they report to the commandante.now….
IIl-gotten-gain-less… and bearing, instead of bags of pesos, a direct threat from the mysterious swordsman who carved P‘s … we assume… in their pantalones.
…
I am unclear as to whether those P‘s are more than pantalones deep… methinks they’d be more memorable, if the sword-tip grazed a mere modicum of…. you know…
But even if not, surely the memory is deeply carved anyway.
acorn squash
Acorn squashed
Other than pumpkin, I have never cooked squash (and that puréed in a can) .
From:
KATE AITKEN’S COOK BOOK
Published by: WM. COLLINS SONS & CO. LTD.
LONDON – GLASGOW – TORONTO
COLLINS
A White Circle Book Toronto I.S.B.N. 0 00 682482
“BAKED SQUASH
Acorn or Butternut”
Temperature 400°F Time: 30 – 40 minutes
2 acorn squash
2 tablespoons margarine or butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons margarine or butter (for four tablespoons total for the recipe)
2 tablespoons brown sugar
Wipe squash; cut in half; remove seeds.
Rub each half with margarine or butter; sprinkle lightly with salt.
Bake on cookie sheet, cut side down for 30 minutes; turn cut side up; brush with mixture of margarine or butter and brown sugar; continue baking till tender.
Serves 4.
Note from me:
Use butter.
Really, Alexi? Not even zucchini?
Our crop of delicata squash failed this year, but no problem, they are widely available now. No need to skin, just slice them and grill or bake them. Yum!
never liked squash!
so, quash the squash
hahahahaha…
salami
YES!
a real favorite of mine!
Where are their veils?
I know, I know, but…..
Boo! 🙂
Much better than squash!
Everything in moderation!
beer
beer lover
Let’s not spoil the beer.
never got into beer. i’ve always been a wino.
Well, I’m quite sure that Weird Willy West would say you’re a wonderful one.
i’ve enjoyed this llooonngg before i became a wino
Yup!
That was my older brother. I became the beer baby.
Me too. Beer was the priority of lots of my friends in high school, but I didn’t like it and still don’t, except on special occasions. I liked wine when I could get it, but mostly smoked pot.
(…sigh…)
Late again tonight… the heat continues.
I know it’s hot in lots of places… but the strength and duration of this blast is, if not amazing, at least very unusual here.
….
Yesterday I said the day topped out at 109 degrees… but today, two apps and a newspaper story all say it hit either 114 or 115 yesterday, and again today… which are all-time records.
(I can’t explain how they can change yesterday’s weather report after the fact… but they do it a lot. I’m not one of them fancy schmancy meteorologistical persons.)
Luckily, the next few days are supposed to “only” be in the 90’s… and Saturday we will hopefully return to our normal 80-ish degree summer. Whew…. I may make it.
oh, tee hee hee! we know what our rascally friend is going to carve on their behinds! a great reminder of their visit to L.A.
Good Wednesday AM Perro phans
AAAAand from my home state…
John Paul Jones’ home in Portsmouth.
Y’all have a great (say it with me) HUMP DAAAY!
What happened to Buy a Book Day?
Not sure. I just copy and paste from der Googles
Might have been yesterday anyways. Oh well.
Grandma Moses
Equally primitive, but to my eye, nowhere near as skillful as his great grandmother.
She’s famous partly because even with her obvious limitations as a untrained artist, her eye for shape and perspective are clear…
The roofs and walls of the buildings, the posture of the humans, the shape of the turkeys…. They’re all right where they should be.
…
Thomas’s work is child-like.
He does get in a lot of detail, and nice color….
but Grandma Moses would have straightened out that house, and fixed the legs of that poor cow.
I had to blow it up. I thought that it was a dog, until i could see the udders.
So Perro is ambidexterous. Must come in handy when he is confronting the villains with his whip and a pistol. Now on to Slurez!