Comments on: If you missed the 70′s… http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-97963 Steeljaw Scribe Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:01:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/#comment-97963 Roachman: Who can claim to have been in the Holy City for four years and NOT have eaten at Big John's at least once. Ditto with the drive back over the Cooper on the old spans. Been a few years since I've been down there, but headed down that way next fall for my 30th :) -SJS Roachman:

Who can claim to have been in the Holy City for four years and NOT have eaten at Big John’s at least once. Ditto with the drive back over the Cooper on the old spans. Been a few years since I’ve been down there, but headed down that way next fall for my 30th :)
-SJS

]]> By: Roachman http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-97920 Roachman Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:08:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/#comment-97920 Skippy and SJS, Did either of you happen to frequent Big John's during your years in the Holy City? Still open, great burgers. As for the Cooper River Bridge...the old ones are but a memory now. Their replacement, the Aurthur Ravenel jr Bridge, is a technoligical and visual wonder. Got a bike/pedestrian lane, and the main deck stands taller than either of the old bridges. They built her right over the top of the old spans. It was great to watch a project of that magnitude from start to finish. Cheers. Skippy and SJS,

Did either of you happen to frequent Big John’s during your years in the Holy City? Still open, great burgers.

As for the Cooper River Bridge…the old ones are but a memory now. Their replacement, the Aurthur Ravenel jr Bridge, is a technoligical and visual wonder. Got a bike/pedestrian lane, and the main deck stands taller than either of the old bridges. They built her right over the top of the old spans. It was great to watch a project of that magnitude from start to finish.

Cheers.

]]> By: unkawill http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-97913 unkawill Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:39:48 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/#comment-97913 I still have my first car, a 1970 Old's Cutlass 442,2 door hardtop,455 big block 4 bolt mains,Hurst 4speed,Dual exhaust Positrac rear end. Burned through a brand new set of rubber in 3 days. This car, when running, can get scratch in all 4 gears I have been offered 8000.00 for it, as is (all stock,needing a compleat restoration). I think I'll hold on to it. I still have my first car, a 1970 Old’s Cutlass
442,2 door hardtop,455 big block 4 bolt mains,Hurst 4speed,Dual exhaust Positrac rear end.

Burned through a brand new set of rubber in 3 days.
This car, when running, can get scratch in all 4 gears

I have been offered 8000.00 for it, as is (all stock,needing a compleat restoration).

I think I’ll hold on to it.

]]> By: GEO6 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-410884 GEO6 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:44:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/#comment-410884 Kris, Don't know about testosterone being the basis of our digression on cars. More waxing nostalgic, as you put it, as it was more in line with the rite of passage of the first time having one's own name on the DMV registration form. As for vintage, I prefer to think of myself in terms of a 24 year oak cask aged single malt. :) Although I did have a glass of 25 year old $1200 bottle of Bordeaux back in April so I get yours and Skippy's point. Kris,
Don’t know about testosterone being the basis of our digression on cars. More waxing nostalgic, as you put it, as it was more in line with the rite of passage of the first time having one’s own name on the DMV registration form.
As for vintage, I prefer to think of myself in terms of a 24 year oak cask aged single malt. :) Although I did have a glass of 25 year old $1200 bottle of Bordeaux back in April so I get yours and Skippy’s point.

]]> By: Kris, in New England http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-410885 Kris, in New England Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:24:39 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/#comment-410885 At the risk of chiming into a testosterone-based conversation - the muscle cars of the 60s and 70s were the very best. My first was a '73 Cougar, convertible no less. V-8, 351 Cleveland custom engine. Thing purred like a lion and roared down the streets. It was a thing of beauty and still remains the fastest I've ever driven (125, racing my dad - he let me win as he was driving his 1967 Shelby GT500 and I didn't have a prayer otherwise...). Grew up with the muscle cars and still love em. As Skippy-San says - we are like fine wines GEO6. Getting better with age and far more appreciated. Nostalgia is a good thing, especially when seen thru the windshield of that '67 Shelby. May not have been my car, but it is the first car I ever drove...I've been ruined ever since. Muscle, metal and engines that roar. At the risk of chiming into a testosterone-based conversation – the muscle cars of the 60s and 70s were the very best. My first was a ’73 Cougar, convertible no less. V-8, 351 Cleveland custom engine. Thing purred like a lion and roared down the streets. It was a thing of beauty and still remains the fastest I’ve ever driven (125, racing my dad – he let me win as he was driving his 1967 Shelby GT500 and I didn’t have a prayer otherwise…). Grew up with the muscle cars and still love em.

As Skippy-San says – we are like fine wines GEO6. Getting better with age and far more appreciated. Nostalgia is a good thing, especially when seen thru the windshield of that ’67 Shelby. May not have been my car, but it is the first car I ever drove…I’ve been ruined ever since.

Muscle, metal and engines that roar.

]]> By: Skippy-san http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/comment-page-1/#comment-97847 Skippy-san Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:21:31 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2007/07/17/if-you-missed-the-70s/#comment-97847 I prefer to think of it like vintage wine-better with age.......... I prefer to think of it like vintage wine-better with age……….

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