A Volkswagen T3 Double Cab Pickup Truck owned by a Porsche family member.
Month: May 2016
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A Front Engine Thomas Safe-T-Liner Transit style School Bus owned and operated by the Lake Orion Community Schools school district in Lake Orion, Michigan.
This bus has a Caterpillar 3126/C7 diesel engine.
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NASCAR driver Brendan Gaughan also isn’t my cup of tea.
I don’t like Brendan Gaughan playing icky, yucky Basketball and icky, yucky Football. Brendan Gaughan’s time at Gonzaga University playing icky, yucky Basketball doesn’t mean anything to me.
Brendan Gaughan should also be transformed from being fit and muscular to being fat and overweight, should be forced to listen to Adult Contemporary, Jazz, and Easy Listening music; and should also come into realization of just how much more important School Buses are than sports and fitness.
Brendan Gaughan should also come into realization of how wonderful the broadcast radio & television and the ham radio worlds are than sports and fitness.
I also don’t like Brendan Gaughan being another driving force towards the modernization of NASCAR.
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The recent Garry Marshall film titled “Mother’s Day”, like many other modern films; is not my cup of tea.
The recent Garry Marshall film titled “Mother’s Day” also isn’t my cup of tea because it’s about being congregated around people in general (in other words, people being social butterflies), being congregated around family members/relatives, gift giving; and pregnant women about to become new mothers.
Video of a documentary that had aired on PBS in 1979 about Gary Marshall, the shows that he had created for ABC; and when ABC’s slogan and image campaigns were modeled after the Orleans song “Still The One”. Gary Marshall, at this time; was obviously more vibrant as he was younger, as opposed to him now being an old curmudgeon in his 80’s.
This motion picture evokes thoughts of if modern NASCAR drivers such as Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Elliott Sadler, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Denny Hamlin, Brian Vickers, Casey Mears, Regan Smith, Josh Wise; and Michael McDowell were casted by Garry Marshall in this movie instead of actors such as Julia Roberts, Hector Elizondo; and Jennifer Aniston.
And I would spoil both Mother’s Day and Father’s Day for these modern NASCAR drivers because I don’t want them to be the driving force behind the change and modernization of NASCAR, they should have never been allowed to get married, have children, and start a family in the first place; their marital status should remain the same as when they first began their Winston Cup careers in the early 2000’s-being that they should still be single; they shouldn’t enjoy celebrating the holidays with their relatives, they definitely should be banned from dressing to the nines, they should be fat and overweight instead of being fit and muscular; and they should have always been banned from being involved in sports.
I still consider these guys to be new drivers, and that drivers such as Bill Elliott, Ricky Rudd, and Rusty Wallace should still be racing.
The Mother’s Day and Father’s Day presents from me to these modern NASCAR drivers and their families would be a ride on my personal School Bus, so that they can finally comprehend just how much more important School Buses are than sports and fitness.
I would also spoil Mother’s Day and Father’s Day for NFL players Tom Brady, the Manning Brothers, and Drew Brees; NHL players Shane Doan, Derek Morris, and Tyson Nash; MLB players Kyle McClellan, Matt Holliday, Steve Pearce, Clint Barmes, Reed Johnson, and Chad Gaudin; and NBA players Eric Montross, Scott Pollard, Matt Geiger, Jud Buechler, Chris Burgess, and brothers Brent and Jon Berry; just to get them all to realize how much more important School Buses are than sports and fitness, and also; how much more important the broadcast radio and television and the ham radio worlds are than sports and fitness.
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As I am always digging for information in search for the real truth as to why the demise of Storer Broadcasting, below is a link regarding a court case pertaining to the company and KKR’s hostile takeover of the company.
http://openjurist.org/849/f2d/570/cottle-v-storer-communication-incorporated-l-cottle
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A person had posted on his own big about his experience at the Mathaser beer hall in Munich, (West) Germany during a trip to (West) Germany that he had taken in July, 1987.
http://potablecurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2007/07/mathaser-munich-and-summer-of-87-with.html
Mathaser is also Rick Steves’s favorite beer hall in Munich, and he has mentioned it and had featured the place on his television show.
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An N110 Toyota HiLux parked in front of one of the pensions that Rick Steves had covered in his guidebooks and on his television show-the Pension Nova Silva.
Parked directly across the street from the Pension Nova Silva and the N110 HiLux are a 1st generation Mondeo Estate/Station Wagon and a 2nd generation Ford Transit.
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I am very saddened by the death of Morley Safer. I am well aware of the legacy that he leaves behind at CBS News, and his career with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) prior to joining CBS News in 1964.
Morley Safer was there to work with Walter Cronkite in Vietnam, and had joined 60 Minutes in 1970 to work with Dan Rather, Mike Wallace; and the program’s creator-CBS Evening News producer Don Hewitt.
Morley Safer was honored for his long and distinguished career in a “60 Minutes” special Sunday night, as he formally retires after 46 seasons with the program.
Source: As Morley Safer Retires, ’60 Minutes’ Looks Back On A Storied Career
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A style of School Bus that I am not fond of-the Type A built on a cutaway van chassis.
1992 Bluebird 10 Passenger Bus-Unit 109 – Harrison School District 2 Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1608421
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A 1977-1990 Chevrolet-branded GM B-platform sedan located in Madison Heights, Michigan.
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I have written a brief description about the 1991 motion picture titled “Not Without My Daughter” starring Sally Field in another blog post about a character from the Arthur movie for adults, Mary Alice “Muffy” Crosswire when she takes NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick’s son, Keelan to go see that movie at the movie theater within the local shopping mall.
If Mary Alice “Muffy” Crosswire From The Arthur Movie For Adults Babysat Kevin Harvick’s Son Keelan
The movie was adapted from a book of the same name written by Elizabeth Mahmoody in 1987, just a year after she was able to successfully flee Iran and return to the United States by the way of the United States Embassy located in Turkey.
Below is a link to an article about the 1991 motion picture:
http://www.vulture.com/2016/01/not-without-my-daughter-problem.html?mid=imdb
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A Rear Engine All American that was produced when Blue Bird’s quality, fit, and finish was just beginning to go downhill.
2000 Blue Bird School Bus – Rich School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1602611
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A rare Thomas Rear Engine Safe-T-Liner with a John Deere engine converted to run on natural gas.
This is also the very last of this older generation of Rear Engine Safe-T-Liner to be produced, as at this time; Thomas was changing over to the newer generation of Rear Engine Safe-T-Liner that is still being produced to this day.
2002 Thomas Sat-T-liner Bus – Evergreen School District Surplus
Source: Public Surplus: Auction #1369442
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