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MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:23:57 AM)
Ever noticed how the Flintstonesmobile is alarmingly similar to those paddle things that people use in the sea/on lakes? I'm too short to drive practically anything... I can barely see over a dashboard and I'm dangerous enough on two feet!

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:29:43 AM)
need a phone book to sit on and blocks for the pedals? LOL My Grandmother was 4'8", and for years she drove a Plymouth Fury III... a friggin TANK. LOL

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:34:18 AM)
I'm in awe of your gran! When I have seat 'enhancements', my feet don't touch the pedals, besides, I have zero road/direction sense... I'd never make it to any destination lol The only car I remember being able to sit in/drive comfortably was an old Daf - til the wretched thing broke down, it wasn't worth expending two hours of frustrating energy to push it two inches [:D] I would be happy to find a motorised tricycle, chromed, plenty of handlebar mirrors, little shopping basket at the back and I'd have to keep my hazard lights on!

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:37:18 AM)
Hmm..not knowing what a Daf is, I googled it.. only thing automotive I found was BIG trucks..got a link?

Owner59 -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:39:57 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LaTigresse quote: ORIGINAL: Jeffff When stuff had sugar in it.........not high fructose corn syrup Jeff Learn to bake. Problem solved. I have completely cut out all corn sweeteners,after drinking two litters of Pepsi a day,eating store bought candies like Mounds Bars,etc. It`s cane sugar or nothing.Boylan`s makes their soda with cane sugar and I`m making fresh iced tea everyday to sip on.

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:45:40 AM)
http://www.classic-daf.nl/history/racing.html That's all I could find presently, GT. My father had quite a few cars and the model of daf he had was tiny, my head just a few inches from the roof, ideal for short-arsed women like me. I think in later years, DAF concentrated on developing their trucks. Here's a better link: http://www.dafownersclub.co.uk/

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 6:57:53 AM)
What cute cars! I want one! Are the SmartCars in the UK? Theyre very small also...(2 SmartCars can fit in one US parking spot..LOL)

LaTigresse -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:16:51 AM)
Ohhhh I remember when cars had hoods bigger than the entirety of most new cars now. Of course gas was less than a dollar a gallon..........

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:26:11 AM)
The SmartCar is also in the UK. I like the way you can interchange the body sections lol I'm not sure how safe they are though. Those old dafs are really old, I rarely see one now b/c they tended to be automatic and when they broke down, as cars invariably do from time to time, it was exorbitant to fix them. It was also a pain in the arse trying to push them. As small as they were, it'd take two rather large gents to push one. And then, on the other end of the scale, my father had an old american convertible, it was HUGE and couldn't fit it in two parking spaces!

Lucylastic -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:33:16 AM)
Reliant Robins...my best mates dad had one....skeered the livin crap outta me goin around roundabouts, he was a bit of a nutter tho he liked to take em at top speed (admittedly it wasnt that fast, but still scary as hell) http://uk.geocities.com/tradcarclub/images/ReliantRobin.JPG Lucy

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:38:45 AM)
Lucy! I can't believe that you remember the Reliant Robin! Only Fools and Horses hahahaha I grew up in Peckham until the age of eleven, when we moved to another part of South East London. Life in Peckham then was just how I remembered it in Only Fools and Horses. My grandfather was a very large guy, 6ft and just as wide. He was huge and had a very large belly on him! One day, on the way to Peckham Rye Park, where he worked after his retirement, he walked out into the road without looking both ways, and failed to see a Reliant Robin bearing down on him. Being so large, he couldn't move in time and it hit him. I didn't witness the incident, but neighbours that did cackled for years at how my grandad remained standing despite being hit, and the Reliant Robin was a write off lol

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:42:32 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Lucylastic Reliant Robins...my best mates dad had one....skeered the livin crap outta me goin around roundabouts, he was a bit of a nutter tho he liked to take em at top speed (admittedly it wasnt that fast, but still scary as hell) http://uk.geocities.com/tradcarclub/images/ReliantRobin.JPG Lucy OMG.. the Dutch guy I was considering has one of those in front of his house.. needs some mechanical work done... I wanted to try driving it, but obviously couldn't since it wasnt running..LOL

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:44:20 AM)
Without word of a lie, I have seen people use them as giant plant holders [:D]

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:44:26 AM)
LOLOL MissM! I can just imagine trying to explain that to the insurance company!

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:45:54 AM)
GT, in those days, most people didn't bother with insurance - likely b/c they didn't have any lol

Lucylastic -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:48:32 AM)
hahahhahahhah yesssss I can just imagine it, damn you brush up against one of them and they would wobble, lol like a tricycle with a hood and an engine, and yanno talking about the three wheel bike? we used to have the local crazy lady(complete with cats) ride around the streets on one, complete with basket(usually with a cat in the front, and an umbrella in the summer) Nutty as a fruit cake she was, but she used to knit dolls clothes for all the lil girls in the street. ( I think I was all of seven when she suddenly disapeared. I just downloaded "only fools and horses", another one of my old favourites:) good ol del boy. aaaaaaaaah memorieeeeeeees grins Lucy

subtee -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:50:39 AM)
FR~ quote: RE: I remember when Luke and Laura got married...

MissMorrigan -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:53:58 AM)
OMG! We must have been neighbours without realising it! The crazy old lady with the cat, turned into the eccentric gentleman riding a bicycle (in Worthing), wearing a straw boater, red nose, glasses, dapper clothes and white gloves. He'd often give people the finger and shout obscenities as he rode past lol I'm going to get my boy to d/l the Only Fools and Horses series now, thanks for the trip down memory lane!

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:56:20 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: subtee FR~ quote: RE: I remember when Luke and Laura got married... oh god yes..

GreedyTop -> RE: I remember when (2/12/2008 7:57:54 AM)
the final MASH episode (Mom and I watched it together, cried like BABIES!!)

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