On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 01:27:40 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:19:10 GMT, "Jack Goff" wrote:


"Marshall Banana" wrote in message
...
Also Sprach JohnH :

Why not? All I've read has been praiseworthy, and I've got to admit
it's a blast to drive. Comfortable too.

Mostly because I've "driven a Ford lately" and can't quite agree that
"Quality is Job 1."

Dan

My last two Fords, a '94 and a '98 Explorer, each gave me less trouble
than
the '89 Honda that preceded them.

We've gotta stop sending the jobs overseas -- I say, "Buy American."

John, you've got to admit that the American manufacturers asked for their
problems back in the 1970s, by selling almost nothing but crap. They're
still paying the price.


Readily admitted. Back then we weren't losing the jobs to outsourcing
that we are now. So many people whine about the outsourcing problems
and jobs lost by the Bush administration, and then they go buy a
Toyota. I can't understand the logic.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:47:23 -0500, "Jim Carter"
wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
We've gotta stop sending the jobs overseas -- I say, "Buy American."
John

How about a small compromise. "Buy North American" We make cars in
Canada too! In fact, Ontario makes more cars & trucks than does the state
of Michigan. General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Honda, Toyota & Cami.(
GM/Suzuki) are made here in Ontario.

Jim Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield


I believe my pickup was made in Canada. It's been great. I concur with
"Buy North (of the Rio Grande) America".

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 07:01:55 -0500, "Paul Schilter"
paulschilter@comcast dot net wrote:

JohnH,
I got your email. Very nice pictures. Just curious as to the camera
you're using?
Paul

"JohnH" wrote in message
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Crap. I have to put your email addy in there, which I won't do. I
thought anyone could go look, but apparently only those authorized
with an email addy.

Let me know if it's OK, and I'll put your email addy there.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes


It was a present from the wife. A Nikon D70 with the 28-70mm zoom.
It's sold as the Nikon D70 outfit. The pictures I sent you were the
reduced ones (down to about 640X480) for emails. I take them at the
'jpg fine' setting, which uses about 2.5 MB per picture. I can usually
send only one or two, at the most, at a time because of the 5MB limit
on email size.

If you'd like, drop me an email and I'll send one of the 'non-reduced'
versions to give you a 'real' idea of why I like this camera!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"Harry Krause" wrote:

My last two Ford trucks, a Splash and an F150, were high-quality
vehicles. When I travel and rent-a-car, I try to rent Fords. I like GM
trucks, but the car line doesn't impress me much, and nothing Chrysler
puts out interests me.


Damn, Harry likes Fords. OK, I'll admit it... you have one redeeming
quality. :-)

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:46:12 -0800, Lloyd Sumpter
wrote:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:42:22 -0500, Tuuk wrote:

ok krause

lets look at what you said,,

''''' I received a nice email from the RCMP about our buddy Tuuk, along
with a
suggestion of how to proceed. Perhaps he'll be back in his beloved
homeland faster than he planned."'"''"


krause,, you are a liar,,,

Ya know... of all the folks here over the years that seem to have a
love-affair with Harry (Karen of Oz, Skipper,...) you seem the most
smitten.

Do you do ANYTHING but scour this NG for posts from Harry, just to reply
to them? Have you ever posted ANYTHING that wasn't an anti-Harry rant?
Geez, if you hate the man, put him on your ignore list!

And BTW, Tuuk, don't bother responding. You're now on MY ignore list.

On behalf of all Canadians, I apologise for this pond scum.

Lloyd

Lloyd, I haven't seen many of Harry's recent posts, because I filtered
him. But, have you ever been on the receiving end of Harry's vicious
posts? The guy deserves everything he gets.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:46:12 -0800, Lloyd Sumpter
wrote:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:42:22 -0500, Tuuk wrote:

ok krause

lets look at what you said,,

''''' I received a nice email from the RCMP about our buddy Tuuk, along
with a
suggestion of how to proceed. Perhaps he'll be back in his beloved
homeland faster than he planned."'"''"


krause,, you are a liar,,,

Ya know... of all the folks here over the years that seem to have a
love-affair with Harry (Karen of Oz, Skipper,...) you seem the most
smitten.

Do you do ANYTHING but scour this NG for posts from Harry, just to reply
to them? Have you ever posted ANYTHING that wasn't an anti-Harry rant?
Geez, if you hate the man, put him on your ignore list!

And BTW, Tuuk, don't bother responding. You're now on MY ignore list.

On behalf of all Canadians, I apologise for this pond scum.

Lloyd

Lloyd, I haven't seen many of Harry's recent posts, because I filtered
him. But, have you ever been on the receiving end of Harry's vicious
posts? The guy deserves everything he gets.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes

Amen.

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:09:52 GMT, "Jack Goff" wrote:


"JohnH" wrote in message
.. .
Wife bought me a new, screaming yellow, 5 speed manual, Mustang GT for
Christmas! Well, actually I'll be making the payments, and I picked it
out. But, she said OK, and that's as good as buying it.

Great car, fast, fun, and furious. Can't wait to drive it up to the
boat to go fishing.


Very nice! We've decided to buy a convertible this coming spring, and
the
new '05 Mustang vert is up there on the list of possibilities. It's due
out
in Jan-Feb, and it one of the less expensive we're interested in, but I
think it'll be more fun than most of the others.

Jack


A neighbor has a 2005 V6 with automatic transmission. We went out the
other day in it, and it is a screamer too. That transmission is the
smoothest shifting I've ever experienced.


That's good to hear, but if we end up with a Mustang it'll be a V8 GT. I'd
go for the SVT Cobra, but they reportedly won't be out until '06, and I
haven't heard if they'll be offered in a convertible. We won't be waiting
that long.

The wife is leaning towards a Boxster at the moment. I can deal with
that...at least she doesn't still want a Volvo... yuck.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
news:1104617381.e86fbd8d20d41bc5074696536c9841dd@t eranews...

A Boxster? They're ok, but they're pretty common.
I prefer sports cars with a little flair...
Like old Jags or Healeys, or a Fiat Abarth...they run at least half the
time and look good on the side of the road with the bonnet raised!



There's another blast from the past. During my Navy tour in Naples, Italy
back in '69-'72, Mrs. E and I tooled around in a early '60s vintage Fiat
Abarth 600. It was about 3/4 of the size of an Austin Mini-Cooper and had a
high performance 12.5 hp engine. They were known as the "throw-a-way cars -
drive them for about 15-20 thousand miles and throw them away.

I used to get a kick out of seeing 3 generations of an Italian family all
packed into one of the little Fiats, with noses and other body parts pressed
up against the windows as they all motored down to the soccer stadium for
the big match.

Eisboch

"Harry Krause" wrote in message

Jack Goff wrote:

The wife is leaning towards a Boxster at the moment. I can deal with
that...at least she doesn't still want a Volvo... yuck.




A Boxster? They're ok, but they're pretty common.
I prefer sports cars with a little flair...
Like old Jags or Healeys, or a Fiat Abarth...they run at least half the
time and look good on the side of the road with the bonnet raised!

Few thing rev me up as much as a late '60s Jag XKE. Unfortunately, some
degree of reliability is a requirement.

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:45:30 GMT, "Jack Goff" wrote:


"Harry Krause" wrote:

My last two Ford trucks, a Splash and an F150, were high-quality
vehicles. When I travel and rent-a-car, I try to rent Fords. I like GM
trucks, but the car line doesn't impress me much, and nothing Chrysler
puts out interests me.


Damn, Harry likes Fords. OK, I'll admit it... you have one redeeming
quality. :-)

Ask Harry what he's driving now!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes