Car Thread

[healey36]

Earl Cooper and his Stutz at Indy, 1915:

Who's his co-pilot? Looks to be very cozy in there.

Race-mechanic...responsible for oil and fuel feeds, spotting, on-track repairs, and mopping the driver’s brow.

[Tom Dempsey]

They were the real iron men of auto racing.

[rex desilets]

Perhaps that led to the invention of deodorant

That was the original purpose of perfume, I think.

Yep. Back in the day humans were kinda sorta stinky.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Perhaps that led to the invention of deodorant

That was the original purpose of perfume, I think.

Yep. Back in the day humans were kinda sorta stinky.

Yeah, ever catch wind of a teenager back in the 50's - 60's, right before he knew he stunk and civilization invented Ban Roll-on, and he could sticky-paste-up his underarms, which wouldn't move too easily, nor comfortably, but at least they were tamped-down a bit? (Yes, that was me.) (Correct English for you-know-who: "It was I. )

[up148]

They were the real iron men of auto racing.

Yeah, it took balls to race back in the day. Limited safety equipment, poor tires, no roll bars and fuel tanks that exploded on impact.

BH

[webenda]

(Correct English for you-know-who: "It was I. )

People live in fear of grammar rules that don't exist. We're going into the 21st century carrying grammar books from the 20th century that haven't shaken off grammar myths from the 19th century.

If someone knocks at your door, and you say, "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is, "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

(Correct English for you-know-who: "It was I. )

People live in fear of grammar rules that don't exist. We're going into the 21st century carrying grammar books from the 20th century that haven't shaken off grammar myths from the 19th century.

If someone knocks at your door, and you say, "Who's there?" and what you hear in response is, "It is I," don't let them in. It's no one you want to know.

It has long been understood among (not "between" ) grammar/language arts teachers that there is an acknowledged difference between (not "among" ) spoken and written English, the latter being the more formal in its acknowledgement of the rules.

P.S. And right there, you and I conversed. We did not "conversate," which some would assert is idiomatic of a certain ilk.

[HONDO74]

Yeah, ever catch wind of a teenager back in the 50's - 60's, right before he knew he stunk and civilization invented Ban Roll-on, and he could sticky-paste-up his underarms, which wouldn't move too easily, nor comfortably, but at least they were tamped-down a bit? (Yes, that was me.) (Correct English for you-know-who: "It was I. )

What a minute. All those pictures you have posted with all those pretty young girls surrounding you and you had stinky pants on. They must have been to excited about your good looks and that pretty blond hair to notice,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Yeah, ever catch wind of a teenager back in the 50's - 60's, right before he knew he stunk and civilization invented Ban Roll-on, and he could sticky-paste-up his underarms, which wouldn't move too easily, nor comfortably, but at least they were tamped-down a bit? (Yes, that was me.) (Correct English for you-know-who: "It was I. )

What a minute. All those pictures you have posted with all those pretty young girls surrounding you and you had stinky pants on. They must have been to excited about your good looks and that pretty blond hair to notice,

Stinky pits, not "stinky pants on." And besides, I had discovered Ban Roll-on by then, thanks to my mother's good-offices, her good sense offices, I mean. I can still recall the day she announced I needed to work on my smell-o-meter scores. She was right. I hadn't noticed any self-fumes, probably due to being too concerned about whether my hair was just-right before venturing out of the house. But thanks for the very enjoyable comments, HONDO.

P.S. And yes, I did love all my female classmates. Here are a bunch of them in my car, which I always considered empty of fun unless it was full.

P.P.S. I just spent an afternoon with every one of them, this past Month, when I went to a Class Reunion in Pennsylvania, after several decades of being apart due to the adventures of life.

[webenda]

P.S. And right there, you and I conversed. We did not "conversate," which some would assert is idiomatic of a certain ilk.

I agree with you on "conversate," Murph. The matching verb to "conversation" is to "converse."
Using the back-formation principle on "conversation" is showing ignorance of the existing verb.

[robert.]

They were the real iron men of auto racing.

Yeah, it took balls to race back in the day. Limited safety equipment, poor tires, no roll bars and fuel tanks that exploded on impact.

BH

Plus tracks made of wood board. Many of guys pulled foot long splinters out of their body. History says" i guy popped is head up through a hole in the boards. expecting to catch a glimpse of the race. Only to have his head crushed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klmJo5cEqQ

[Roy]

Conversate: to converse, while the air conditioner drips condensate.

[Tom Dempsey]

They were the real iron men of auto racing.

Yeah, it took balls to race back in the day. Limited safety equipment, poor tires, no roll bars and fuel tanks that exploded on impact.

BH

Plus tracks made of wood board. Many of guys pulled foot long splinters out of their body. History says" i guy popped is head up through a hole in the boards. expecting to catch a glimpse of the race. Only to have his head crushed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4klmJo5cEqQ

It's one thing to boil into a fairly flat curve on skinny rock hard tires mounted to solid straight axles with cable operated leg powered drum brakes at 160 mph, but to do it when somebody else is driving must have taken incredible amounts of intestinal fortitude.

[healey36]

Earl Cooper's qualifying speed in 1915 was 96.77 mph, only slightly slower than Howdy Wilcox who won the pole at 98.90 mph. Eddie Rickenbacker qualified 20th at 81.97 mph, scoring a DNF with a blown engine. Italian Raffaele De Palma won it driving a Mercedes 4.5L.

It would be interesting to know what speed they hit down the straights. Regardless, large stones required...

Healey

[rex desilets]

Same large stones today with the practitioners of extreme sports