The Back Porch

Okay, fellas, fire 'em up.
I nominate this thread as a sort of 'where are they now' file for former SOC cars or people who've cropped up elsewhere after running out of luck here -- or as an open forum for the kinds of venting you'd do on your back porch with a bottle of some delicious and refreshing beverage and a bunch of friends.
Wolfgang, would you care to do the honors?
Pass me a pitchfork, somebody.

Cory, is this what you had in mind, or did I just F&%k up the whole thread.......I guess I'm bored

Is this a rant and rave thread? Or is this back porch yapping about cars and the opposite sex and stuff like that?

Not politics I hope. Two rules in our house (at least between the wife and I)..we don't talk about politics and we don't talk about religion. Keeps the marraige on an even keel.

"I guess I'm bored " or...... err.....challenged?

Vince is in advertising, his newest campaign!

this is a IM owner who just found out it is really a CMC in disguise.

http://www.grimmemennesker.dk/ugly-people-211.htm

Le Marteau - THAT is TOO funny!! Plus, I subscribe to Brian's no politics/religion discussion philosophy!

Yup! This is perfect. Rant and rave away -- but no politics or religion!

Vince was also the talent behind the.... "original text"

you guys are too f&%king funny...

HERE I AM MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS AND I GET SUCKED INTO THIS THREAD

BACK PORCH TALK:
YA GOT ANY ICE TEA

It's OK Gerd...they knew

Where's my sunglasses???......Where's my BEER???.....Where's El Guapo???.....Don't forget the Slim Jims.......

The Sham-ho

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybNVLFVZ6hI

I thought Cory was having problems with his keyboard when I first read this thread title! I read as BLACK PORSCHE. Thought he had dropped the GULF racing colors for his car.

Hopefully we'll let it die and start another before it gets over 300 replies like Jack's Raby T4 Build - that seems to take forever to load up - even with hi-speed connection.

My pet rant is folks who use crappy titles for their posts. Seems you could draw interested folks in with specific focused titles. I hate the ones like "Free Sex" only to find its a comparison of Liquid Wrench vs WD40. Ok, and the Alzheimer really bad thread drifts too. Can't recall if I'm to blame for any?

My pet rant is folks not using turn signals when changing lanes.

Crappy title didn't apply to this thread - makes sense now that I read it correctly.

Does the Hoopty even have turn signals? Isn't it a toggle on dash?

windshield wipers - NIX (ha, no real windshield to wipe!)
Heat - NIX (ah, feel the fresh air in your crotch)
Sound deadening - NIX (not even carpeting!)
Speedo - NIX (but officer I was only in 2nd gear)
Top/side curtains - NIX

You'd love driving in FL then - old blue haired snow birds in big Buicks not sure where they're going and no hurry to get their. Turning from any lane is fair game for them --- oops, missed the BINGO or Early Bird Special turn in!

They're right in front of the handbrake. Safety before beauty!

Is it just me, or is there not a single post even remotely close to the topic here so far??

For example, I was hoping to find out about the Green Coupe (Where are they now?) or something like that.

So, did you hear the one about the congressman and the priest who went into this bar . . . -- oh-oh -- no religion or politics, sorry.

Whoa, Kelly!!! Now don't get all radical and try to introduce a topic to this thread.

My pet rant is people (are people?) who don't give in to entropy. Like Kelly trying to introduce order where chaos is intended ;-)

LONG LIVE CHAOS!!!!

.....and Maxwell Smart

Le Marteau- that clip is too f'ing funny!

Some people say that I'm apathetic...but I don't care!

Your instead of you're

Asshats parked in the left lane, it's the PASSING lane moron!

Jim, me either!

People who use "...Joe (or any any name you choose) and I...", when it actually SHOULD be "...Joe and me...".

Just remove the other name and see what sounds right for the particular sentence. THEN you'll know which is correct.

Ok, I feel better now.

Lane- how 'bout everyone using "myself" when they mean "me" or "I", as in "Joe and myself went to the car show". I guess people think it makes them look smart, but it just make them sound like pompous idiots.

Yup. Me, myself, and I hate that one, too.

Actually, I think that it would be "Joe and I went to the car show" since Joe and I becomes the compound subject of the sentence. Because of the pronoun's usage, the first person singular nominative case "I" would be proper. Any English majors that can verify my conclusion are solicited. I hate to do sentence diagrams.

So what is the drink of the day on the back porch?

Some3one kept their copy of Strunk and White's Elements of Style! Wonder "WHOM" that was?

Yep, Hoss- "Joe and I went to the car show", but Lane knows that. As far as being an English major- not so much. I'm a pipefitter, but I went to jr. high school, where they taught this stuff before "everybody was a winner".

Thank you Stan. I'll remove my tongue that is currently deeply buried in my cheek. My tongue and me still have lots of work ahead of us tasting those back porch num-nums.

The car show was just an excuse for Joe and ME to get away from our wives. On the way home, Joe and I picked up some beer for the back porch? ;-)

Talk about trying to appear literate, slap the sh** out of the sports announcer that created the word "athleticism'! Instead of saying 'athletic abilty', WTF!

'Athleticism' is in the same half-wit category as Mike Tyson's 'disputilated' and Don King's 'officiality'!

ergo; "the officiality of Mike Tyson's athleticism cannot be disputilated".

BwaaaaaaaHaaaaaaa...

Another one for the "WTF" column; non-standard rules for distribution of beer to the masses. In Maryland, I have to go to a liquor store to buy Anchor Steam. In Virginia, I can get it at anyplace that sells food.
Grocery stores, 7-11s, the local migrant fruit stands on the side of the road ...

Grammatical pet peeve; only use an apostrophe in "its" to indicate "it is." every other useage omits the apostrophe. Contractions. Not difficult.

And for Kelly - Where is car 54? I mean the Green Hornet-

Guy Eastburn (7Guy7)
Austin,TX US
2007 JPS MotorSports posted 1/31/2010 7:54:46 PM
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Yes, It's Tom Dewalt's Green Hornet. She seems to like Texas. Even though I believe its a male. Quite a rowdy and fun vehicle. Has continued to have a few sorting out areas - but nothing major. I'm curious how this particilar car drives compared to others. Very few replicas in Texas. JPS was able to answer a few questions for me.

Calling 7guy7:

you can post here, ya know. Tell us all about it.

Kelly - You're like a proud dad wondering how his run-a-way from home lost child is doing. From pictures you have definately have some sweat equity in the green hornet. We need to convince him to drive it up to Carlisle!

Hey, Vince,

Those sure are some pretty bass!

GG

I have another gripe. How about those clowns who take the time to put a door chock in a swinging door, but set the chock to where the door's only half-open?
That's pain, right there. Blammo, right in the forehead. And then you have to dork with the door to get it the rest of the way open.

This is the same guy the Navy sent to Africa to kill pirates....
He returned with no notches on his belt...is it any wonder..