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The latest...

5/18/04 - Google images search for "Bromley" came up with this:

No, it does NOT run in my side of the family,
especially not acting, which this guy does...

This one makes me feel better:

Much nicer.
Except the motto: "Dum..."? Er, "Dum, Cheese, Ero"?

Oops, it's:
DUM CRESCO SPERO, meaning, "While I grow I hope."
I'll go with that (explained here -- scroll down to Bromley Borough Council).

5/5/04

For a little photo essay on parking techniques... here

5/1/04

Marines rock.

In the 2/17/04 Bromleyism essay, I mentioned the symbolic power of the presidential limousine or of Air Force One. Wherever those vehicles go, so goes the image, the symbolism, and the power of the U.S. Presidency. Now, check this out:

AP photo. Air Force One rises above the grandstands along the super stretch at Daytona International Speedway while taking off during the NASCAR Daytona 500 Sunday, Feb.15, 2004, in Daytona Beach, Fla. President Bush arrived before the race, talked with drivers and gave the command for drivers to start their engines before watching the race.

Awesome!

Car collectors beware!
1959 - and vintage -- Buick, here converted to a
Liberty-mobile. Sadly, the Cubans who were escaping Castro's
bullshit were sent back by the US Coast Guard. Seems
that only those who make landfall get to stay. You get caught
in the seas, even with a classic automobile, you get sent back.
Yes, that's a real car.

So sad.

Another classic by e-mail...

...apropos of a coming Bromley rant on the NY State ban on hand-held cell phones, and how New Yorkers now ignore it.

This one arrived by e-mail...

That's one fine act of bravery, that man back there holding the orange sign...

Sorry to bring up old and bad memories, but this is too good...

Damned straight. Sorry, Bill.

Segway killer, or just crazy? You wanna go 35+ mph on it? Segway will getya only about ten miles in an hour. It's from the great maker of assorted locomotions, Bombadier.
See story: Comin' In on a Wheel and a Prayer

For a real one-wheeler, go here. Too funny.

Yep, that's Bromley in the reflection, and, yes, that's the Presidential Seal. I got real close to this machine, and what a thrill! There's a story behind that door handle, but I'm not allowed to tell it.

Here she is in full glory:

Any way you define it, world's greatest automobile. Ever. And you can't even imagine how gorgeously she roars. Like an earthquake, or a thousand Harleys coming over a hill.
Magnificent!

In honor of the Buick LaCrosse (link here), presented here is the under-whelming result of the car's test-market pre-launch in Baghdad earlier this year:

Remember this glorious moment when the Iraqis spoke their minds for the first time, and when Dan Rather choked on his microphone? The day the Saddam statue came down courtesy the U.S. Army, April 9, 2003.
Oh, glorious day!

Umm, did Karl Rove approve this one?

Dressed in specially tailored Thai silk shirts, U.S. President Goerge W. Bush smiles during a photo session of the APEC (news - web sites) leaders in Bangkok Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003. Asian and Pacific leaders wrap up their annual summit with a call to restart global trade talks and pledging to crack down on terrorism. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Yes, that's the world's fastest limousine. Charged by a 600 HP electric(!) engine, It hit 311 km/hr.
From the story, Japan's KAZ EV Limo Reaches Record Speed in Italy:

"Our goal was to generate a maximum speed of around 300 kilometers per hour, but we had only a week to test-drive in Italy and had to work day and night to fix problems," said Shimizu. "When KAZ succeeded in running at 311 kilometers per hour, it was so fast that our photographer couldn't take the picture."

Shimizu noted that the 600-horsepower EV, which is more than six meters long and nearly two meters wide, is able to reach 100 kilometers per hour (about 62 miles per hour) in seven seconds. Additionally, the EV features 84 lithium-ion batteries that provide a single charge range of approximately 300 kilometers (about 186 miles).

Six meters long? That's not even a first down. Must not be street-legal for America -- not until they can get the thing to be at least six yards, or something. I wonder if it can go 55 mph, or does it not go that slow?

Calling Henry Kissinger, calling Henry Kissinger...

Cars with Cuban license plates are parked near a poster of late Chilean President Salvador Allende, on what used to be the parking lot of the former Chilean embassy in Havana, September 10, 2003. Allende, who was Latin America's first democratically elected Marxist president, shot himself after a coup led by General August Pinochet on September 11, 1973.The former embassy building houses now a museum dedicated to Allende and is run by Chilean exiles. The writing on the Allende poster reads 'The Chilean people will accomplish your mandate.' REUTERS/Claudia Daut

Seriously, Chilean exiles in Cuba? ROFL! You gotta be reeeely dedicated to la revolucion to be a Chilean exile in 2003. Wait, there weren't any Cubans in Santiago in '73, were there? ("Baja, Fidel!" "Baja, Fidel!" they screamed to the old man as he was trying to get off the Havana bus...).

Caption Correction: Allende was NOT Latin America's "first democratically elected Marxist president." He became a friggin Marxist AFTER he was elected as a populist. Say what you will about what happened there in '73, but let us please be honest about it.

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