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baz · 11-30-2004

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I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Sir Winston Churchill
British politician (1874 - 1965)

baz · 11-30-2004

Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash.
Sir Winston Churchill, (attributed)
British politician (1874 - 1965)

baz · 11-30-2004

A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)

baz · 11-30-2004

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)

baz · 11-30-2004

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955)

GT-Freak · 11-30-2004

"Do not mistake temptation for opportunity." -Fortune cookie

GT-Freak · 11-30-2004

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), English statesman, author. Quoted in: Mark Twain, Autobiography, ch. 29 (ed. by Charles Neider, 1959).

GT-Freak · 11-30-2004

"We can do anything, but not everything."

Clyde Wills (ex-President Butler Mfg. Company)

GT-Freak · 11-30-2004

"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and sleeps with her, he must pay the customary dowry and accept her as his wife."

(How many dowries have you paid?)

baz · 11-30-2004

16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN:
by Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist
1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings."
3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them.
5. You should not confuse your career with your life.
6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. (I wish I had!)
7. Never lick a steak knife.
8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time.
10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.
11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 21.
12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.
13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
14. Your friends love you anyway.
15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine . . . They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with.

tekenaar · 11-30-2004

"Man kann ein Auto nicht wie ein menschliches Wesen behandeln - ein Auto braucht Liebe." - Walter Röhrl

"You can't treat a car the same as a human being - a car requires love."

RallyBob · 11-30-2004

Definitely Opel-related....

Dmcbrass · 11-30-2004

Wisdom gained is directly proportional to equipment destroyed.

tekenaar · 11-30-2004

Originally Posted by RallyBob

Definitely Opel-related....

Well, I try!

azzi · 11-30-2004

Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.

(Some forum signature I found on my travels and just stuck)

Killer Texas GT · 11-30-2004

Not only LOVE, Dedication!!!!

jeff denton · 11-30-2004

"There's no success like failure and in failure there is no success at all"
-Bob Dylan

soybean · 11-30-2004

Stress, the confusion created when ones mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living sh.. out of some as..... that desperately needs it.
Author unknown, but I Love It!!!

Gary · 11-30-2004

"That wasn't chicken." -Fortune cookie

pvcar · 11-30-2004

Dont allow yourself to dream away time- BE PRODUCTIVE.

nobody · 11-30-2004

Are you having Cell phone sex or do you always drive like that?

BDD · 12-01-2004

"I can quit smoking any time I want, I've done it hundreds of times".

"Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it".

Mark Twain

BDD · 12-01-2004

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no sense in being a damned fool about it".

"I like children.....fried".

"I once spent a whole year in Philadelphia. I think it was on a Sunday".

"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" Supposed epitaph on his headstone.

W.C. Fields

Wolf Spyder · 12-01-2004

Anger starts as a folly and ends in regret. - Fortune cookie

greensmurf20 · 12-01-2004

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

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baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,933 Real Name: barry williams	Quotes Free for All Moderator Note: Add your quotes below. Create a new thread if needed. I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965) __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell Last edited by Gary; 11-30-2004 at 08:07 PM.

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baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,933 Real Name: barry williams	navy tradition Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash. Sir Winston Churchill, (attributed) British politician (1874 - 1965) __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

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baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,933 Real Name: barry williams	bankers A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

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baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,933 Real Name: barry williams	courage Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. Mark Twain US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910) __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

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baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,933 Real Name: barry williams	war I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

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GT-Freak Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 174	Opportunity "Do not mistake temptation for opportunity." -Fortune cookie

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GT-Freak Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 174	Lies, damned lies and statistics "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." Benjamin Disraeli (1804-81), English statesman, author. Quoted in: Mark Twain, Autobiography, ch. 29 (ed. by Charles Neider, 1959).

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GT-Freak Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 174	Limitations "We can do anything, but not everything." Clyde Wills (ex-President Butler Mfg. Company)

11-30-2004	#9 (permalink)
GT-Freak Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 174	Exodus 22:16 "If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged to anyone and sleeps with her, he must pay the customary dowry and accept her as his wife." (How many dowries have you paid?)

11-30-2004	#10 (permalink)
baz opel free after 26 years Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: sunderland england Posts: 4,933 Real Name: barry williams	16 things ive learnt 16 THINGS THAT IT TOOK ME OVER 50 YEARS TO LEARN: by Dave Barry, Nationally Syndicated Columnist 1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be "meetings." 3. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." 4. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. 5. You should not confuse your career with your life. 6. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. (I wish I had!) 7. Never lick a steak knife. 8. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip. 9. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. 10. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment. 11. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make a big deal about your birthday. That time is age 21. 12. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we ALL believe that we are above average drivers. 13. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to a waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.) 14. Your friends love you anyway. 15. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. 16. Thought for the day: Men are like fine wine . . . They start out as grapes, and it's up to the women to stomp the crap out of them until they turn into something acceptable to have dinner with. __________________ Copyright © 2003-2009 barry williams All Rights Reserved save praying to God for sunday today we pray to Nike and run like hell

11-30-2004	#11 (permalink)
tekenaar Cunning Linguist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Plano, TX 75074 Posts: 4,430 Real Name: Otto	Former German racer, Sort of Opel related "Man kann ein Auto nicht wie ein menschliches Wesen behandeln - ein Auto braucht Liebe." - Walter Röhrl "You can't treat a car the same as a human being - a car requires love." __________________ 1960: ♥ '61 Rekord PII 1.7 3S 3.9 ♥ '69 Kadett LS 'sprint' 1.9 3A 3.18 1970: ♥ '70 GT 1.9 4S 3.44 ♥ '72 GT 2.2SSD 5S 3.44 ♥ '72 GT 2.4FI 5S 3.44P ♥ '73 GT 1.9FI 4S 3.44 ♥ '75 1900 1.9FI 4S 3.44 1980: ♥ '85 Bitter SC 3.9FI 5S 3.44P 2000: ♥ '09 Solstice GXP Coupe 2.0 SIDI VVT Turbo 5S 3.73P

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Dmcbrass Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 392	Wisdom Wisdom gained is directly proportional to equipment destroyed.

11-30-2004	#15 (permalink)
azzi 1969 GT Turbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Lake District, UK Posts: 99	Guardian Angel Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly. (Some forum signature I found on my travels and just stuck) __________________ 1969 GT Turbo 1971 Manta V6 Kompressor Lake District, UK

11-30-2004	#16 (permalink)
Killer Texas GT Senior Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Leonard, Texas Posts: 888	Former German racer, Sort of Opel related Not only LOVE, Dedication!!!! Last edited by Gary; 11-30-2004 at 08:03 PM. Reason: changed title

11-30-2004	#17 (permalink)
jeff denton former opel racer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: near some glaciers Posts: 2,863 Real Name: Jeff "Oh-Oh" Denton	"There's no success like failure and in failure there is no success at all" -Bob Dylan __________________ No Opels were harmed in the filming of this movie. However two Mustangs, a Pinto, and a Capri were hospitalized. One Mustang was euthanized the next morning.

11-30-2004	#18 (permalink)
soybean Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Reidsville N.C. Posts: 2,160	Stress, the confusion created when ones mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living sh.. out of some as..... that desperately needs it. Author unknown, but I Love It!!!

11-30-2004	#20 (permalink)
pvcar 4ZUA787 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Rancho Palos Verdes CA,USA Posts: 668	Dont allow yourself to dream away time- BE PRODUCTIVE. __________________ SPC Juneau

11-30-2004	#21 (permalink)
nobody No Access Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: in transit Posts: 3,873	Are you having Cell phone sex or do you always drive like that?

12-01-2004	#22 (permalink)
BDD Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 605	Twainisms "I can quit smoking any time I want, I've done it hundreds of times". "Everyone complains about the weather but no one does anything about it". Mark Twain

12-01-2004	#23 (permalink)
BDD Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 605	A famous curmudgeon "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no sense in being a damned fool about it". "I like children.....fried". "I once spent a whole year in Philadelphia. I think it was on a Sunday". "On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia" Supposed epitaph on his headstone. W.C. Fields

12-01-2004	#24 (permalink)
Wolf Spyder Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Mississippi Posts: 411	Anger starts as a folly and ends in regret. - Fortune cookie

12-01-2004	#25 (permalink)
greensmurf20 OPEL-LESS!!! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Gobles michigan 49055 Posts: 2,112	"There is no sincerer love than the love of food." - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) __________________ previousely owned 8 GTs and 1 manta. currently own 92 25th anniversary Z28. Ttop, 350, T56 swap, many upgrades, basically a complete restore. 67 chevy sportvan deluxe....next in line.

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