CRX Si, nice. I had an 87 CRX, not an Si though.5 speed, fun to drive. Only having 2 seats actually came in handy, I couldn't be the designated driver
No kidding. I never knew this. I thought in SimHQ that only Chris (BeachAV8R) was a former CRX driver (I believe he had a red '88 DX, same gen. as my '89...and he racked up some serious miles on it, IIRC).
I actually liked the looks of the '87 better (without the dark glass back), especially the silver Si (what my wife wanted as we dreamed outside in the Honda parking lot after closing time...engaged and poor as dirt ). I was dreaming a little higher at the time, a new '88 Fiero GT 5-speed w/tops (and I still dream about that car...red on tan with the gold Trans Am-looking honeycomb wheels, but maroon on grey was also nice).
With the CRX, anytime we were with my mother-in-law, my wife would sit in the "back" (had to be a super-skinny contortionist to pull this off). Yeah, we really weren't so safety conscience in those days (like the time I rode all the way to Gulf Shores in the back of a little Mazda B2000 (cab fit 2 and there were 4 of us).
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
The last classic rock station in the Miami area went away sometime in the first decade of the 2000's. Truth be told though, I have not listened to any broadcast radio station for several years now. All my music comes from Youtube or my ripped CD's on my iPhone.
Like most responsible men, I keep protection in my wallet (in the form of assorted MP3 playlists for all occasions to protect my ears from awful music)...
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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No MP3 player in my car so it's the good ol' CD player for me.
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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
No MP3 player in my car so it's the good ol' CD player for me.
I know Honda stopped installing CD players in 2015. I own a 2018 Civic. Satellite Radio, my phone or the USB (with 31 GB mp3) are my sources of music. I worked at Honda for 30 years. I miss getting a new car every 2 years.
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A far cry from how that same event was depicted in "The Passion". LOL
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
A far cry from how that same event was depicted in "The Passion". LOL
We must be correct here - it's not the same event, but similar situations for the protagonists, in this case the "Life of Brian"
Fun fact about the song, or the Brits
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The song touched a chord with the British trait of stoicism and the "stiff upper lip" in the face of disaster, and became immensely popular. When the destroyer HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet cruise missile on 4 May 1982 in the Falklands War, her crew sang it while waiting to be rescued from their sinking ship,[9] as did the crew of HMS Coventry,[10] with the line from the song "Worse things happen at sea, you know" being especially ironic.
and also
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When Chapman died on 4 October 1989, the five remaining Pythons, as well as Chapman's close friends and family, came together at his public memorial service to sing "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" as part of Idle's eulogy. In 2005, a survey by Music Choice showed that it was the third most popular song Britons would like played at their funerals.[1] By 2014, it was the most popular.[11]
Heroes has always been a great song, but it was elevated to something special when Bowie performed it in Berlin in 2002. Such a great song!
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!
I'm going to borrow mikew's pic from another thread to show what I get for semmern's above video...
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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Yup, same here. Regional copyright issue.
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
The rusty wire that holds the cork that keeps the anger in Gives way and suddenly it’s day again The sun is in the east Even though the day is done Two suns in the sunset, hmph Could be the human race is run
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'"Black Water" is great. This is another favorite of mine from them:
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
I'm going to borrow mikew's pic from another thread to show what I get for semmern's above video...
Try this one:
In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!