tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post777196924025274760..comments2023-09-03T15:10:00.180-04:00Comments on casey/artandcolour: The A-Bomb vs. Your Car—March 1957Casey Shainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-3641893906482986622010-11-12T16:03:56.517-05:002010-11-12T16:03:56.517-05:00My father was too young to serve in WWII but his o...My father was too young to serve in WWII but his older brothers saw it all. They were MPs and saw action all over the world. And they wouldn't talk about it. At all. Until the day they died. They took it all with them.<br /><br />My father bought a beautiful powder blue Mercury Monterey very similar to the Mercury pictured above. Except it wasn't a two-tone. Man, he loved that car! Big Katie In NJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05128096526634023424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-52351716068357873742010-11-11T16:09:06.679-05:002010-11-11T16:09:06.679-05:00MY BROTHER DIED WITH HIS STORIES BUT ONE. THAT ONE...MY BROTHER DIED WITH HIS STORIES BUT ONE. THAT ONE WAS WHEN HE ENDED UP IN THE OCEAN FROM AN ATTACK ON THE SHIP. A SAILOR SAVED HIM. HE COULDN'T SWIM. ENOUGH SAID. I MISS HIM UNTIL THIS DAY. HE DIED FROM CANCER A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO. HE WAS MY HERO.<br /><br />GRANNYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-19829649923414955052010-11-11T15:09:40.826-05:002010-11-11T15:09:40.826-05:00that's a really cool memento, Granny! he never...that's a really cool memento, Granny! he never told me, but I found out recently, for a post here, that my Dad's ship took off from Pearl Harbor a week before the bombing, and then had to turn around and go back there. That generation sure didn't say much about their war experiences.Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-12280137275969341842010-11-11T13:53:53.252-05:002010-11-11T13:53:53.252-05:00BOMBS ON PEARL HARBOR WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.ALOT...BOMBS ON PEARL HARBOR WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.ALOT OF TORTURE ON OUR BOYS BACK THEN ALSO.ETC. THE SURRENDER PAPERS WERE SIGNED ON MY BROTHERS SHIP. MY BROTHERS FAMILY STILL HAS THE AMERICAN FLAG OFF THAT SHIP.<br /><br />GRANNYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-45077938490824888842010-11-11T12:43:03.848-05:002010-11-11T12:43:03.848-05:00Post war patriotism was selling every product back...Post war patriotism was selling every product back then<br />that was made in the good US of A. Sadly, the Russians and Germans also has atomic technology and it went into the wrong hands, this is not to say that dropping bombs on the civilan Japanese population wasn't the right thing to do either, but our nation allowed us to get away with it. <br />As far as rogue nations responsible Korean Car Maniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413162812043485242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-4139972454534207042010-11-11T11:49:55.301-05:002010-11-11T11:49:55.301-05:00Safe travels Annie, looks like you will arrive hom...Safe travels Annie, looks like you will arrive home to good weather! <br />Casey, I hope you do post any and all Manhattan (or NYC of ANY kind!!) pictures! I am way too big a chicken to probably ever go there but I am SO SO fascinated by it. <br />Paul, hat's off to you living there! Must be SO interesting...it's just me and the sugar beets where we live (not literally, but not a lot of marejohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903554421867897659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-74605474598207042162010-11-11T11:26:54.076-05:002010-11-11T11:26:54.076-05:00Safe trip home, Annie!
Paul, when I was writing t...Safe trip home, Annie!<br /><br />Paul, when I was writing this post, I almost wrote "the upper middle class full sizers from Dodge..." etc. I caught myself though, as the only cars the domestics produced in '57 were full sizers! Compacts, or any second line of cars, wouldn't come to fruition until 1960. and speaking of NYC, i have some traffic photos from midtown Manhattan in Casey Shainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654097774209894695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-47591628180542235742010-11-11T11:11:20.567-05:002010-11-11T11:11:20.567-05:00Hi Everyone - I'm heading home to St. Louis in...Hi Everyone - I'm heading home to St. Louis in a few hours, full report when I get back. The gals had a great time, giggles and driving ourselves crazy, but in the end it was all simple FUN.<br /><br />So take care and I will see you soon.<br /><br />PS I get a black mark for not taking my camera to the Aria hotel where we saw Viva Elvis, wow, what a structure and beautiful glass sculptures Anna Guess Pickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18312345846201371477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491858821724608028.post-31109574403419720822010-11-11T11:10:48.506-05:002010-11-11T11:10:48.506-05:00Hi Casey,
I've never heard of this Motor Guid...Hi Casey,<br /><br />I've never heard of this Motor Guide magazine. I remember Motor Life and of course Motor Trend. I got a subscription to Motor Trend for Christmas in 1957 and the first subscription issue was January 1958 that had a group test of the Plymouth Belvedere, Ford Fairlane 500 and Chevrolet Bel Air. The next issue had the same sort of Dodge, Mercury, Pontiac test that Motor Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com