Ho, Ho, he beat me to it, max
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Nate Rector <tccservice111@...> wrote:
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> From: Chip <czulli@...>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 3:47 PM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] I Blame National Geographic of the 1950's
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> So I would look at National Geographics of the mid-50's, either at school, or the doctors office or my grandmothers house. At times I would look at them when no one was around and I could look in private, but that is not what this post is about.
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> It is about those wonderful, classy, black and white pictures of the mid-50's high buck Mercedes. There was the 220s, the 190SL, 300SL and those giant limos. Almost forgot that wonderful 220 cabriolet convertible.
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> Someone should have told me that I was never going to grow up and actually be able to own one of these cars, at least not until they were total pieces of junk. But I lived the better part of my life out with that hope seared in me by those damn National Geographics.
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> Don't get me started on the pictures of the Zenith Transoceanic radio's or all those great Leica 35mm.
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> I should have been more focused on the pictures of jungle life in Africa.
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> Chip
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