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They all stayed on for years, as did the "Brady Bunch" after the series ended. Putting these sitcoms into perspective from today's lenses, people would be in an uproar that they're too white and not diverse enough. There were families like that then ... and now. A person can check out some suburbs in the Mountain West, the Midwest, and the Southeast and see that. They will be far less common in other regions of the U.S. A living room American (Canadian, etc.) kids probably knew all too well ... Back on topic, these were good shows, as was "Bewitched." The best "Brady Bunch" episode had son Greg losing his dad's prints for a perfume company main office which ridiculously looked like a huge powder puff on stilts (sort of bad, like the basket building in OH). The prints slid out of a tube that Greg was transporting. (With AutoCAD, that would be a non-issue today.) As for "Bewitched," the best moments were probably of busybody Mrs. Kravitz exasperating her husband Abner, even though she really did see what she reported to have seen. Gladys and Abner ... classic!

Very sad that Tony Dow, Beaver's older brother Wally on "Leave it to Beaver," recently died from cancer. This tame "peaches and cream" sitcom well before the "innocence lost" factor in America and Beaver, Wally, Larry Mondello, and all those kids seem ageless and eternal. I've seen it in reruns and the best episode had to have been when they dared each other to climb a billboard for a soup product that had a cup emitting steam to see if there really was soup in it. They made the climb. It all went south from there. R.I.P. Tony Dow

From that photo, definitely. One of those movies where they want to get at the goods and have to stealthily find a way to do it.

Ouch! Yes, maybe something like that.

I just found this. In the '77 to '78 intermediate downsize, Chevy did the worst job of the GM divisions - referring to both the Monte Carlo and the Malibu. Find used 1978 78 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Collector Survivor, Mint Condition, Orig 50K Miles in Temecula, California, United States (2040-cars.com) Here is a near perfect '78 base coupe. The front end and the heavy side sculpting for a "smaller" MC were a fail. At least it has bucket seats and a console. It also has some electric options (moot). Sitting under the hood is the old school Buick supplied 231 c.i. V6. It's a California car that has about 50,000 miles. The link to craigslist is no longer active. I wonder how much he wanted and/or got for it.

This was in a class by itself! Bombastic, excessive, call it what you want ... but what a neat and unique Cadillac.

That would have been a serious amount of money for a car during the Eisenhower years. I'll never forget when they introduced the Maybach by bringing the luxury car to America aboard the QE2 but, instead of putting it in the hold, they put it in a metal framed glass box that sat on one of the pool decks up near the funnel. There's a longer video showing the QE2 sailing into NY and a helicopter lifting it off the ship with a banner saying Maybach.

On this day in 1956, Italian Line's post WW2 transatlantic flagship, the SS Andrea Doria, was off the coast of Nantucket and due in nearby New York the following morning. At about 11 pm, while people were dancing in the ballrooms and awaiting the midnight buffet, she was impaled by the outbound SS Stockholm, which was about to begin crossing the North Atlantic in an easterly direction. It has been called the greatest rescue at sea. The list of the Doria rendered half of her lifeboats unusable, so the nearby French liner Ile de France, as well as the "offending" Stockholm and smaller ships belonging to the U.S. armed forces, took on the survivors. The loss of life amounted to 46 on the Doria and 5 on the Stockholm and involved passengers and crew near the zone of the impact. While there were injuries, everyone else on board the two vessels survived. I wake up on July 25 and remember that the Andrea Doria collision and sinking happened on this day. You guys knew I'd post this.

Very inspiring and the plane deserves to "live," as did all the passengers on it, so it's in a museum. That was a miracle and, sadly, not all calamities end that way. The only one I can think of that ended "favorably" for those on board was the Air France A 340 that landed at Toronto during severe weather and kept on hurtling to the end of the runway, went down the embankment next the the massive 401 expressway, burst into flames, and EVERYBODY made it out alive. Who can forget those events and watching the TV reports on them? What Happened To The Airbus A320 That Landed On The Hudson? (msn.com)

It looks like Arby's is taking a hiatus from regularly sending out coupons (chicken wraps, French dip sandwiches, etc.) and I am sort of pissed.

Good morning ... ... from Quogue, Long Island, NY

I went to a Greek dive on the way home tonight and got a generous serving of chicken souvlaki sticks, wonderfully seasoned, and served with tzatziki sauce, pita wedges, and tomatoes. I had no room for dessert. Sort of like this and a portion about this size.

I randomly think about this from time to time ... It's fun to put the passenger window down and hear your engine and its exhaust note reverberated back at you as you cross a small bridge or something similar. I've learned this only works when the members or struts on the bridge extend down to the road level (beneath the level of the exhaust) and there is no concrete low wall, curb, or apron at the base of the opening. So far, the finest sounding engine note I've heard on bridges belongs to Olds (Rocket) small block V8s, providing their exhaust system is in excellent shape and the rhythmic sound coming back at you is a quiet, perfectly tuned one. I think I did this on a covered bridge in Quebec with a 2007 Buick Allure I rented before I bought the equivalent U.S. vehicle by the brand. Nothing wrong with being a little "childish" from time to time.

Man, that's what I call passionate! There are definitely some odious types out there that we have to contend with - in any establishment or institution we are at or have to deal with. Yes, English speaking Americans come up, but the West Island is heavily Anglophone. I went into a Starbucks in DDO during a 5 hour layover at (then) Dorval and the guy helping me spoke English with no accent - not even the "Canadian lilt." as I call it. The problem is that some people do not have a visual image of what constitutes the island of Montreal filed away in their heads. By the time you are west of DDO and Point-Claire, it gets way less dense. The same is true eastward beyond Anjou. A person may think they are a world away from Montreal and can make a right turn on red, but they CAN'T. Yet in denser and barely off-island Longueil and Laval, you CAN make a right on red. But, yes, (the island of) Montreal does the signage right. We would call them a "Hollywood stop!" One of the handful of chicken-sh!+ tickets given to me across my driving career was for one of these on a completely dark residential street in Encino at 10:30 p.m. It was an obvious hangout for the police.

It's the cities, and not the motorists, who should be fined over "No (Right) Turn on Red" signage that is displayed in black and white print. Granted, these are usually tough right turns and have sight line issues or weird traffic flow. However, it needs to be in (European inspired) graphics, with the color red, and/or maybe even digitally displayed. I once saw such a display in Pensacola that was on an off-ramp of I-110 that was displayed digitally/electrically and above the lanes of traffic at the end of the ramp. With the lame, small black and white signs, these can be a cash cow for city coffers and can penalize motorists who would have noticed and gladly complied with other more obvious "No (Right) Turn on Red" types of signage. NO! Yes. Even better. - - - - - That's my random thought and rant.

This is the place where my parents first set foot in the U.S., so it definitely has a place in my heart. Check out some of the old American cars in the footage. In some scenes, ALL of the cars are American. This song ("Native New Yorker") is eternal.

I recently had the accelerator pedal replaced - it was periodically throwing out the OBD II codes that come with intermittent malfunctioning, since most cars are now drive-by-wire. I didn't do it. I had a friend's recommended mechanic do it. It seems to feel more "connected." I'm hoping it holds up well. This is a common issue for GM W-body cars that went to drive-by-wire. While there, I had him put in a new PCV valve, which sits in a spring loaded chamber under the M.A.P. sensor, of all places, on 3800 V6s.

Happy Bastille Day! Do you know your half birthday and that of others? I tend to. Today makes for 14.5 years of sled. How time flies. It's already afternoon in France. "Vive la France."

@ccap41 Thanks for the exhibits. I did get an Impossible Whopper today with my app price. At 10 mg of cholesterol versus 90 mg for the regular Whopper, that bit of info convinced me. I get one about once every two weeks. @Robert Hall I, too, am trying to eat healthier. I tend to dislike tree huggers and granolas who, deep down, are very angry and very fake, so it's not about making a political statement and aligning with them in any way, shape, or form. It's about working toward keeping or getting better numbers on my quarterly bloodwork. @oldshurst442 I like most things, but I despise spicy food of any type. I don't see how it can be fun to be sitting there eating and having your nose run, or how that can be flavorful. I am liking vegetables a lot more. I hated them as a kid. Now, I love spinach, squash, lentils, cauliflower and most of those things. I also like fish a lot more, too ... especially fish like salmon, halibut, shark, and swordfish. But I will always like a small steak from time to time and I like the marinated and seasoned cubed pieces of lamb and sirloin that Greek restaurants serve up. I could live contently with just the foods of the Mediterranean and the foods of the Americas, which realistically casts a big net.

I get a code sent to my BK app for "Whopper Wednesday." The price is great. And it includes the meatless Impossible Whopper. So here I thought I was eating healthy. I come to learn that this puppy has 630 calories to the Big Mac's 540 calories, and the other nutritional values aren't that commendable. You'd think BK would benchmark this meatless sandwich to come in under both the Whopper and the Big Mac, and somewhere under 500 calories. I may partake in (Impossible) Whopper Wednesday less often going forward.

Ok, some of its drivers. At least a lot of the ones I've seen, and that's what I've also seen with that first rendition of Charger and 300. - - - - - What was probably my favorite car was a hit with gang bangers ... I even got a nod from a Hispanic guy in a Raiders jacket pulling up alongside me on the freeway in an identical one As mentioned elsewhere, one car I had wanted to buy, but didn't, had/has its share of edgy owners who I wouldn't be breaking bread with ... ... but I'd still buy one. - - - - - It's kind of unnerving when sketchy types are looking at your car, and you, for a little too long.

The ghettoish 2006 Dodge Magnum wagon calls for the disco balls. Maybe even my beloved last-gen M.C. Man, I've seen some rough folks driving it.

Saw some nice cars on July 8th ... This Chrysler 300 looks great in black, though I don't like dark colors for cars. It just plain works for the 300. I was able to see the nicely detailed dashboard (I've rented a 300 before and reviewed it). I am amazed how Chrysler was able to take the same platform and powertrain and create 2 amazing cars (the Charger and the 300) on it, while having markedly different personalities. Maybe they are like a set of fraternal twins. These 2 cars made me notice Chrysler again, given that the brand had been a write-off for me for many years. I will miss their being available as brand new purchase options. - - - - - Another brand that I have now liked for quite a while is Volvo. This is a fine looking sport sedan. Volvo worked effectively to shed it's dowdy tree hugger image and go upmarket. This wouldn't be at the top of my list, but it's the sort of car I like. So, in shedding this image, they chucked it right at Subaru! Now, with some new models I've seen, Subaru is trying to shed their stereotyping. They're better off doing that. - - - - - 1. Berkeley student Patty Hearst gone wrong 2. Volvo as the car of choice for frumpy counterculture types 3. Granola at hand in one's car 1 + 2 + 3 = things from the '70s people probably want to forget

Seen over Fourth of July weekend. I don't know my FoMoCo products as well as GM ones, but I guessed right ... it was a 1962. The owner, who ducked out of the way so I could take the photo, confirmed that. Impressive condition.