What could be better than this thread. I had a "heck" of a day and nearly took some managment folks out back, if you get my drift. Then I come home driving my MINI, pick up my poodle baby who is healing nicely by the way, flip on the TV to see that the "Italian Job" is on and to top it off, click to this thread. All is good with the world.

Poor MINI, and yes I am a dull accountant and her name is MINI, I was watching her little flat tire indicator all the way home tonight just in case she went off-roading again. Her tire held but I am sure I will monitor her recovery for a few days before I quit watching her like a hawk, non-stop. I cannot imagine any other car handling so well with a complete tire failure while going 70 miles and hour. I only noticed what sounded like snow tires and then a slight pulling to the right. I then saw her little light. I am sold on run flats.

Oh I need to update my HERR B story. About two years ago, well maybe more like a year and a half, I took HERR B to the VW Spring Fling in the next town. We followed a little pink bug with one of those dune buggy open engine arrangements (must be drafty for the poor little thing with its innards hanging out there) when we noticed that it was flinging something at us. We dropped back and upon reaching the Fair Grounds discoverd that it had spewed oil all over the front of my baby. Good thing I always carry the emergency quick detailing kit! Well anyway, HERR B entered his first car show and was placed in the "Special Interest" category. While he did not win anything he made new friends AND he met his idol! You got it, the REAL Herbie was there! He even had his enemy the Evil Black Bug with him. I don't remember the Black Bug so I think I am going to have to revisit the Herbie movies. We had a great conversation with the owner and he even made my HERR B an honoree "fill-in" Herbie for local public appearances.

The event had all sorts of VW events. There was the contest of who had the most VW tatoos, Matchbox VW races, Banana eating contests (what that had to do with VW's I have no clue) and then the one that I simply could not watch. I nearly became completely unhindged. They took bets on how long a VW engine would run without oil! I am cringing now just thinking about it. It ran for nealy 15 minutes and was blowing smoke and making the most gawd awful noices you could imagine. As far as I was concerned, it was murder! I don't care if it was "only" an engine in a cage, they torchered that engine. I say lock em up! That was pure evil.

Well time to sign off for the evening another day at the Big City tomorrow. But you know what, I can take anything they throw at me. I have my MINI, my white fluffy child and another installment of the MINI Series to look forward too. Man, I hope I can sleep tonight just thinking about what was left in the woods...... another murdered VW engine?

 

Had to share, this was just sent to me.

http://www.thetorquereport.com/2009/...e_hits_th.html

Could cut down on getting ready for work in the morning and my car would be clean too. And if I take the dog..... maybe I could save grooming fees? Something to consider.

 

good morning folks, sitting here with my coffe and toasted bagel and getting ready to leave to interview with another agency! and what do i see, 2 posts only!
Well good morning to you KIKI and love the Herr B story, an honorary!! that is fantastic, can we have his tire print please, another celebrity in the audience... that is a great story...
Also just noticed you are a fellow Sidewalk! Gotta love it!! sorry i didn't realize that before!
Ola, are you typing away? last night hubby went to be early (long day for him) and i turned on my computer just to see if there was any more of the series happening!!! I can't wait to find out what was left in the woods, oh and please do me a favor if it was a hurt animal, please warn me because i won't be able to read it!! seriously!!! please.

 

I actually have a son that keeps his car in such a dirty state that this would be a huge improvement!!!

Good morning all!! gotta dash away, have a good day!

Oh hey! Gem!! good luck today,, fingers crossed,, all that good stuff...

 

good morning to you too, have a great day and thanks for the fingers crossed!!!

 

OK, sorry for the suspense, but I just got back to a computer. Ok, first off, I want to thank RandomGemini for enlightening me by posting those link to macworld regarding her past sales experience... Well, needless to say, I signed up over there, got in contact with a couple of guys who had prior dealing with her, and one person in particular had done his own sleuthing around. He provided me with a picture of her receipt from when she shipped out the package to him. Well, I know when I ship out a package, my phone number is on it in case it gets lost or something. Well I did a phone search and it came back from Ocala, Fl. Then I remember reading somewhere about a Sandy Gambino living in Ocala. Well I had done a prior search for Sandy Gambino, came across her house, did a street level view to try and cross reference that with the pictures Crazy Sandy had posted on her Cardomain page... No such luck. However, when I looked up Sandy Gambino again, you can imagine my amazement when I saw this...

Part 2 of my installment will come in next weeks episode "Exhibit A" stay tuned!

 

This has become the Suspense thread, and the only suspense I can provide is whether or not I'll post my pics or win a prize!

 

Nice Will.

 

My contribution to the general "thumb-twiddling" between 'Ola's segments!

To my friends who enjoy a glass of wine... And those who don't.

As Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom,
In beer there is freedom,
In water there is bacteria.

In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink 1 liter of water each day, at the end of the year we would have absorbed more than 1 kilo of Escherichia coli, (E. Coli) - bacteria found in feces. In other words, we are consuming 1 kilo of poop.

However, we do NOT run that risk when drinking wine & beer (or tequila, rum, whiskey or other liquor) because alcohol has to go through a purification process of boiling, filtering and/or fermenting.

Remember:
Water = Poop,
Wine = Health.

Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid,
Than to drink water and be full of ****.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service. Cheers!

 

OMG- Are YOU crazy? NEXT WEEK!??!? There are already people asking me for the latest MINI SERIES... but that's just FLUFF to fill in while we wait for you.

Sandy Gambino... interesting. So is she part of the big crime mob? Living the high life in the single wide? If she's on the witness protection program to protect herself from them... she's not keeping a very low profile.

You'd better make it faster than next week. I can get to your house before then. (Just have to buy some different tires for crappy weather.)

 

Remember:
Water = Poop
Wine = Health

Cheers!

Thanks for the advisory xuhohx!

 

Fine. I can't hold it in either. What do you see in this picture, and no, it's not going to be one of those 3d pictures.

 

I saw that last night too... someone posted it on the car WASH or DON'T WASH thread. I loved the symphony-esque (fake word)/ ballet dancer feeling about it.

 

 

What picture? Your signature picture? A cemetary? Is she dead?

 

It's too small. Is that John Travolta's runway on the left?

 

 

And who's house is marked by the red A?

 

How's this image?

 

ARGH!!! You guys are Killin' me!! I can't see any of the pics 'coz of the darn work web-sensoring!!! *sigh.* I have to wait to get home.

 

I can't see it. I know I'm old... but not THAT old! It doesn't look familiar to me.

 

Can't see what? The red A?

 

Still not big enough although I do see "the runway" now. Ugggh... is there Classic Mini there? Is this where I need to go?

 

I can see the red A fine... but... is this supposed to be her house?

 

I think I am too distraught to write another MINI SERIES today.