I'll be curious to see how Ford does with bringing over it's European models.
I'm not on the ship. I'm in the ship. I am the ship.
River ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Gudanov - Jun 01, 2009 6:00:44 am PDT #22204 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
brenda m - Jun 01, 2009 6:11:12 am PDT #22205 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Huh, it looks like we all own a car company now that GM is going into Bankruptcy. Except for you non-American types, you all have to buy your own car company, sorry.
The Canadians got a piece of that action too.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:13:10 am PDT #22206 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have a completely irrational loyalty to Ford (I've only ever bought Fords, Mercurys and a Lincoln) so I'm rooting for them (and happy they're not needing bailouts).
Oh, my parents finally sold their Taurus and bought another Mercury Grand Marquis (my dad, being taller than me, has had trouble getting in and out of the Taurus). This is their third Marquis. I've owned two Marquis' myself, plus a similar '72 Monterey.
§ ita § - Jun 01, 2009 6:14:12 am PDT #22207 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's creaky voice?
I am stomach growly hungry. bad timing
I can't eat for an hour after I take my morning meds. It's irritating when I'm spending the day at home. No idea how I'll manage it when I have a job to go to.
For those whose breath was bated, the IRA beat the Taliban in The Deadliest Warrior. No, I didn't watch the ep--even the cheerleading I saw by fast forwarding to the end was enough to make me ill.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:14:24 am PDT #22208 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Random Ford Trivia! Besides Ford, Mercury and Lincoln, what were (they don't exist anymore) the other two divisions of Ford?
Tom Scola - Jun 01, 2009 6:15:15 am PDT #22209 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Edsel is one of them.
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:18:28 am PDT #22210 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yep. Point for Team Scola!
Gudanov - Jun 01, 2009 6:18:45 am PDT #22211 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I have a completely irrational loyalty to Ford (I've only ever bought Fords, Mercurys and a Lincoln) so I'm rooting for them (and happy they're not needing bailouts).
I'm rooting for Ford too. I've had an Escort, a Tempo, a Villager (even though it is really a Nissan), and a Windstar and they have all been good cars for the most part. Plus, they have a plant in Kansas City. At least Ford has got themselves a pretty good CEO right.
Jesse - Jun 01, 2009 6:29:56 am PDT #22212 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I can't find a simple description of the creaky voice online (other than laryngealisation), but they talked about it on A Way With Words one time. [link]
tommyrot - Jun 01, 2009 6:30:05 am PDT #22213 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The other Ford division is probably more obscure than Edsel. It was the Continental Division, created to build the Continental Mark II, one of the most beautiful post-WWII American cars. The Mark II cost almost as much as a Rolls Royce, but was largely hand-made in small numbers, so Ford still lost money on the car. The Mark II is sometimes described as a Lincoln, but it's not. The Continental division lasted only two or three years (the Mark II was only produced for the '56 and '57 model years).