tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post7378141604378904677..comments2023-09-03T15:10:00.180-04:00Comments on casey/artandcolour: Not Sure About These Two . . .Casey Shainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-50633294229406891262010-07-11T15:57:56.976-04:002010-07-11T15:57:56.976-04:00i just spent 3 hours outside in the gardens.... we...i just spent 3 hours outside in the gardens.... weeding and watering and tying things up, pruning, pinching, deadheading, shaping... it never ends. all the day lilies are going now, and i hate dead flowers and stalks, so I have to cut them down every day as they have their last flowers... it's the driest time of the year here, so everything is turning brown. oh well, that's summer.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-15197911511565779202010-07-11T14:50:21.544-04:002010-07-11T14:50:21.544-04:00pry yourself away from your wooden plaqued digital...pry yourself away from your wooden plaqued digital analogs...............phantomXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250791056393523096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-90574077461873448562010-07-11T01:20:47.594-04:002010-07-11T01:20:47.594-04:00thanks AR8. I've posted there in the past few ...thanks AR8. I've posted there in the past few weeks! I'll get some new chops over there soon. I've been pretty harried lately. : )Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-52059429902995490842010-07-10T23:25:11.207-04:002010-07-10T23:25:11.207-04:00That is amazing, as usual, no flaws.
Which makes m...That is amazing, as usual, no flaws.<br />Which makes me wonder why you aren't posting anything at CF?<br />(That was me trying not to sound desperate asking you to come back to Car Fanatics)AudiR8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-868032845233884012010-07-10T15:09:40.367-04:002010-07-10T15:09:40.367-04:00Old Saybrook is only a few towns away from me. I w...Old Saybrook is only a few towns away from me. I worked in OS in the early '90s, right at the black swan marina on the river. I designed boating books for a publisher that had an office there. we had a pool and snack bar right at the office.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-1879347298353155742010-07-10T14:58:38.549-04:002010-07-10T14:58:38.549-04:00Alright, I'll let you win the Newport argument...Alright, I'll let you win the Newport argument.<br />Did I tell you that I had a girlfiend - yes,female(back in the 80's) - whose Mom had a place in Old Saybrook ? Probably hers now.I was there with her at least a half dozen times 4 or 5 summers in a row. I used it as a starting point for many New England excursions.<br />You know, the "class" comment cracks me up because of thephantomXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250791056393523096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-56334072123673148822010-07-10T12:44:31.143-04:002010-07-10T12:44:31.143-04:00about the name Newport. i'd like to see it use...about the name Newport. i'd like to see it used again, but I know the history of the nameplate, all the very cool cars it was used on, starting with the WW2-era dream car, the first Newport.<br />http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z16778/Chrysler-Newport-Concept.aspx<br /><br />then it was used on Chrysler's first pillarless coupes starting in 1950 I believe. It also helped save Chrysler Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-43741198396208843912010-07-10T11:39:06.884-04:002010-07-10T11:39:06.884-04:00I woke up really late this morning, so I'm sor...I woke up really late this morning, so I'm sorry the comments backed up!<br /><br />I think you're right about Chrysler in Europe. It's interesting that Jeep is really the only viable division when its parent company is sold. The same thing was true in the '80s when AMC was sold to Renault. We'll see! An additional bodystyle is needed for the 300, but I doubt it would be a Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-22076804192525083602010-07-10T10:31:46.865-04:002010-07-10T10:31:46.865-04:00I like your BTS. Has much more presence and person...I like your BTS. Has much more presence and personality than the fugly one Cadillac unsuccessfully marketed in Europe. Should sell well in the Chinese market and give Buick a little internal competition. Shanghai's growth is amazing, they seem to put up new buildings almost overnight ;)<br />I also liked the Newport - do we want to resurrect this nameplate ? - particularly the updated phantomXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250791056393523096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-10549460706916984252010-07-10T09:50:19.240-04:002010-07-10T09:50:19.240-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.phantomXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250791056393523096noreply@blogger.com