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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="95%" align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"><td> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tr bgcolor="#234c6f"> <td colspan="2" align="left"> <font size="3" color="#FFFFFF" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>T O P I C ��� R E V I E W</b> </font></td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Baloo</b> <br /><small>Member # 5</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,9,14,22,41,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">October 14, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:41 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> After WW II, Henry Kaiser, famous for building Liberty ships faster than the Kriegsmarine could sink 'em, turned his hand to building automobiles. After enjoying a modicum of success, sales began to fall. By the mid-fifties, they were even trying to sell a re-badged version of the "Henry J" through the Sears catalogue, as the "Allstate". No dice. Too bad.<P><center><A HREF="http://www.detnews.com/joyrides/1999/kaiserfrazer/kaiserfrazer.htm" TARGET=_blank><img src="http://www.detnews.com/joyrides/1999/kaiserfrazer/48frazer.jpg" width=360 height=237><BR><font size=+1>1948 Frazer Manhattan 4-door Sedan</font></A></center><P>Click on the picture to read the article (It'll open in a new window).<P><center> <IMG SRC="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/BalooAni.gif"> </center><P>------------------<BR>My mind wanders, but don't worry. It's weak and can't get very far.<BR>--Steve Allen<BR><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/" TARGET=_blank>www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/</A> <P><p>[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited October 14, 1999).] <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>RW</b> <br /><small>Member # 27</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,9,15,10,48,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">October 15, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:48 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <BR>They don't make cars like they used to. Luckily. But if they could just make them just <i>look</i> like this, I'd be a happy man. Only a bit more streamlined of course.<P>And a few pistons less..<P>Hurray, you wrote Kriegsmarine correctly (and not Kreigsmarine, although it is an understandable mistake) <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Curry Monster</b> <br /><small>Member # 12</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,9,16,7,49,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">October 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">07:49 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Give me the impression of a really aerodynamic toilet bowl....<P>------------------<BR>"Diplomacy is the art of Internationalising an issue to your advantage"<P>Field Marshal Military Project<BR> <A HREF="http://fieldmarshal.virtualave.net" TARGET=_blank>http://fieldmarshal.virtualave.net</A> <P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#E5EAEF"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Baloo</b> <br /><small>Member # 5</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,9,16,10,6,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">October 16, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">10:06 AM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Here's a close approximation:<P><center><img src="http://www.comm.wayne.edu/staff/wright/autohistory/49Nash.gif" width=414 height=234><BR><font size="+1">1949 Nash Airflyte</font></center><P>The nash was very streamlined for its day, designed in a windtunnel (notice how all four wheels are faired in). It was one of the first cars with a curved windshield and had a front seatback that could fold flat to make a bed with the back seat.<P>When my sisters were in High school, the car was known as a "Bathtub Nash" because of it's styling. Because of its reputation as a rolling bedroom, they used to quip "Nice girls don't date guys who drive a Nash."<P>I always thought it would make a nice camping car.<P>--Baloo<P>------------------<BR>My mind wanders, but don't worry. It's weak and can't get very far.<BR>--Steve Allen<BR><A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/" TARGET=_blank>www.geocities.com/Area51/Shire/8641/</A> <P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#A3B9CC"> <td valign="top" width="18%"> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <b>Kosh</b> <br /><small>Member # 167</small> </font></td> <td width="82%"> <font size="2" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <img src="https://flare.solareclipse.net/posticon.gif" border="0" alt=" - " /> posted <script language="JavaScript1.3" type="text/javascript"> document.write(timestamp(new Date(1999,9,17,21,33,0), dfrm, tfrm, 0, 0, 0, 0)); </script><noscript><span class="dateformat-0">October 17, 1999</span> <span class="timeformat-0">09:33 PM</span></noscript><hr /> </font> <font size="3" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sweet!!!!!<P>------------------<BR><B>"One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila, Floor". George Carlin </B><P> <br /> </font> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> <br /> <br />
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