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KINKY CAR...
I see I have some fellow car aficionados lurking here! I took this picture at a street fair a few years ago. I've never seen a car quite this weird.
In case you are wondering, its a Citroen 2CV-900. The French have a knack for doing things differently...
John
I see I have some fellow car aficionados lurking here! I took this picture at a street fair a few years ago. I've never seen a car quite this weird.
In case you are wondering, its a Citroen 2CV-900. The French have a knack for doing things differently...
John
bigwheelzip
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I think it's wonderfully weird!I've never seen a car quite this weird.
When I first saw one in Switzerland, our hosts affectionately called it a "Galoppierende Apfelkiste" or Galloping Apple Crate, which piqued my interest.
Years later I was given one to use while we lived in Paris, and it quickly became my favorite car ever. The design is simplicity raised to an art form. The ride was surprisingly good, and being underpowered meant every shift was made at redline engine revolutions or it bogged down, which was fun.
There was something just plain cool about shifting that little bugger.
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bigwheelzip
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Hey RR, you've got a slight resemblance to that first handsome selfie that Walkin Jack posted.
January in the Rockies and its almost t-shirt weather.
I think it's wonderfully weird!
When I first saw one in Switzerland, our hosts affectionately called it a "Galoppierende Apfelkiste" or Galloping Apple Crate, which piqued my interest.
Years later I was given one to use while we lived in Paris, and it quickly became my favorite car ever. The design is simplicity raised to an art form. The ride was surprisingly good, and being underpowered meant every shift was made at redline engine revolutions or it bogged down, which was fun.
There was something just plain cool about shifting that little bugger.
The last time I was in Switzerland (68) I was really taken by that odd looking car,but I was too young to drive (13) My sisters and I called it the sardine can.Pop found us embarrassing lol.
bigwheelzip
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I laughed my butt off at this, considering that situation. Try as I might, I never had the requisite formality come naturally to me over there.
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We have a robot that rolls around at stop and shop, and if it chases me down the aisle again I'm going to kick it in the coils!! I'll be sure to take it's mug shot if that happens [emoji12]
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The photo will enlarge if you click on it.
Beautiful house and wrap-around porch! Thanks for posting this, Watchdog!
Regards,
Andy
bigwheelzip
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Call me weird, but I've always been drawn to explore cemeteries. Going through old photos, I realized that I'll visit cemeteries almost every time I travel. These peaceful places are often beautiful park like venues to explore my curiosity of history. Funerary art is sometimes so good that it is worthy of a museum collection.
Laeken cemetery outside of Brussels is full of interesting art honoring those interred there. One special installation is The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, cast by the artist himself.
A touching sculpture by a friend of Rodin, Ernest Salu, rests at the grave of Max Pelgrims, a 24 year old Belgian soldier killed in battle at the outbreak of the first world war.
A simple military themed sculpture rests atop the grave of General Charles Niellon who died in 1871. The general was an interestingly flawed character, who kept picking himself up to serve his country.
These are some of the monuments at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Laeken cemetery outside of Brussels is full of interesting art honoring those interred there. One special installation is The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, cast by the artist himself.
A touching sculpture by a friend of Rodin, Ernest Salu, rests at the grave of Max Pelgrims, a 24 year old Belgian soldier killed in battle at the outbreak of the first world war.
A simple military themed sculpture rests atop the grave of General Charles Niellon who died in 1871. The general was an interestingly flawed character, who kept picking himself up to serve his country.
These are some of the monuments at the Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
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Snowmaggedon
Seems like an appropriate "winter time" picture, from several years ago now.
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. . . . I Didn't Think We Got THIS Much Snow !?!
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Seems like an appropriate "winter time" picture, from several years ago now.
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. . . . I Didn't Think We Got THIS Much Snow !?!
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