Snobbery.
Posted 16/08/2010 - 14:55
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Universal translator please.... or a babelfish
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Posted 16/08/2010 - 14:56
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Algernon wrote:
I remember a review of one car (I'm sure it was the Marina) in the 1980's in CAR magazine. They basically summed it up as:
Fine car for the 80's
Some in their 90's will like it as well
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Same mag had a review of a Volvo:
FOR: Built like a Tank!
AGAINST: Drives like a Tank!
SUMMARY: It is a Tank!
It was the Austin Maestro.... in the Good, Bad and the Ugly section
I remember a review of one car (I'm sure it was the Marina) in the 1980's in CAR magazine. They basically summed it up as:
Fine car for the 80's
Some in their 90's will like it as well
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Same mag had a review of a Volvo:
FOR: Built like a Tank!
AGAINST: Drives like a Tank!
SUMMARY: It is a Tank!
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Posted 16/08/2010 - 17:49
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Posted 16/08/2010 - 19:05
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‘Snobbery’ can go two ways of course. Yesterday I was pottering round a Garden Centre cum Nature Park with my (adopted) grandchildren, so naturally had my trusty K20 with me.
Sitting down for the mandatory Ice Cream (for the Kids, I can’t stand the stuff), I saw a guy sitting a few tables away with a Pentax. I spoke over to him and said ‘ah a Pentax Man then’. He grinned replying ‘of course’.
There followed a 15 min Pentaxian conversation. We exchanged email addresses and went our separate ways (me to clean up Ice Cream).
If he was waving about any other Brand, human contact would not have occurred
Sitting down for the mandatory Ice Cream (for the Kids, I can’t stand the stuff), I saw a guy sitting a few tables away with a Pentax. I spoke over to him and said ‘ah a Pentax Man then’. He grinned replying ‘of course’.
There followed a 15 min Pentaxian conversation. We exchanged email addresses and went our separate ways (me to clean up Ice Cream).
If he was waving about any other Brand, human contact would not have occurred
Posted 17/08/2010 - 09:51
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Pwynnej wrote:
Universal translator please.... or a babelfish
Please delete this one too John/mods - otherwise folk will not what it means...Universal translator please.... or a babelfish
Cheers
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Posted 17/08/2010 - 11:18
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Wow, this is an interesting thread. What was the question again?
Posted 17/08/2010 - 13:51
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ISO wrote:
‘Snobbery’ can go two ways of course. Yesterday I was pottering round a Garden Centre cum Nature Park with my (adopted) grandchildren, so naturally had my trusty K20 with me.
Sitting down for the mandatory Ice Cream (for the Kids, I can’t stand the stuff), I saw a guy sitting a few tables away with a Pentax. I spoke over to him and said ‘ah a Pentax Man then’. He grinned replying ‘of course’.
There followed a 15 min Pentaxian conversation. We exchanged email addresses and went our separate ways (me to clean up Ice Cream).
If he was waving about any other Brand, human contact would not have occurred
Walking between Arnastapi and Hellnar in Iceland 2 weeks ago a K7 owner and I passed each other - we gave the obligatory approving grunts....‘Snobbery’ can go two ways of course. Yesterday I was pottering round a Garden Centre cum Nature Park with my (adopted) grandchildren, so naturally had my trusty K20 with me.
Sitting down for the mandatory Ice Cream (for the Kids, I can’t stand the stuff), I saw a guy sitting a few tables away with a Pentax. I spoke over to him and said ‘ah a Pentax Man then’. He grinned replying ‘of course’.
There followed a 15 min Pentaxian conversation. We exchanged email addresses and went our separate ways (me to clean up Ice Cream).
If he was waving about any other Brand, human contact would not have occurred
As a Saab owner - I am familiar with the 'Saab wave' so we should have the 'Pentax nod'
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Posted 17/08/2010 - 14:24
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Pwynnej- Could you describe the 'Saab Wave' my imagination is running away with itself
Posted 17/08/2010 - 15:35
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ISO - you need to curb your imagination...
It's just a wave.
It's just a wave.
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Posted 17/08/2010 - 16:20
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Well, It's not so much a wave, as an angry shaking of fist when the gearbox keeps jumping out of reverse... And the heater valve siezes up...... And the headlining disintegrates and falls down... And......!
No man is worth his salt, who has not been banned from at least one Forum, and two Flickr groups.
Mowog.
Mowog.
Posted 17/08/2010 - 16:30
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I only wave at fellow C900 drivers (and 99s if I see one) - does that make me a bad Saabist..?
mowog wrote:
And the headlining disintegrates and falls down...
I've just driven back from town with the headlining resting on my head, guess a call to Steve Lewis is in my not-too-distant future...
And the headlining disintegrates and falls down...
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Posted 17/08/2010 - 18:53
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I know Steve Were you in the convoy in January?
Nothing wrong with sagging headlining - I enjoyed that in my M83 99GL (now sadly departed)....I have a 9-5 Aero, it's fun trying to find out true afficionados from the company car drivers, and I wave
Nothing wrong with sagging headlining - I enjoyed that in my M83 99GL (now sadly departed)....I have a 9-5 Aero, it's fun trying to find out true afficionados from the company car drivers, and I wave
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Some Mamiya and some Nikon, and a Canon T70.
Posted 17/08/2010 - 20:47
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I wasn't in the convoy no, but Steve has proved a great source of used parts for my various 900's over the years and he's one of the few prepared to sort out headlinings for not too many £££ (take note 2-stroke-to-turbo!)
Both my current 900s are sagging but it's my daily driver that's the worst culprit - it's getting to the stage where I have to gather it up before I can get in the car and it sits on my head like a big baggy hat as I drive along. The things Saab owners are prepared to put up with eh?
Both my current 900s are sagging but it's my daily driver that's the worst culprit - it's getting to the stage where I have to gather it up before I can get in the car and it sits on my head like a big baggy hat as I drive along. The things Saab owners are prepared to put up with eh?
Joining the Q
Posted 17/08/2010 - 21:26
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Small world, 'aint it. - All of us Pentax men, you two Saab enthusiasts, and me having spent twelve years repairing and testing the bleedin' things!
No man is worth his salt, who has not been banned from at least one Forum, and two Flickr groups.
Mowog.
Mowog.
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(I once played golf at a club where the members always spoke of another club in the area as 'the other club". Never mentioned it by name - now THAT is snobbery )