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With Wert in Korea doing who knows what we've been trying to hold down the fort. So far, so good. In addition to nothing blowing up, all the Saabs have remained safe. You don't know what you've got until it's gone, and it never occurred to us how nice it was to have him around to do all the "grown up" work. That all being said, we did occasionally vent a few times with jokes at the expense of Detwa, the city that he loves.
This was just our way of showing affection and showing our gratitude for his indifference to time zone's when calling us. For instance, in Ben's post today about GM buying the Renn Center we included a little jab about burning cars. It turns out that DrewDrawsPooh was ready to go one step further:
Are they still waiting for Detroit's "renaissance" to come, or was this always intended as an ironic name?Thanks for playing our home version of "Make Fun Of The D In Ray's Absence." For those who still love the Lions, Tigers and empty buildings, have no fear as Ray is in the air on the way back. Like the Ferrari GT clock, we're counting down the minutes.
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How many people remain on the plane for the connecting flight to Detroit? 6 tops right?
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I have always wanted to go to the detroit auto show. I have been to NYC and L.A.s but Detroit is one of those "Once before I die" things...then someone told me that was a good thing cause one block from Cobo in any direction and there is a good chance I WILL die......I leave my GT-R Nürburgring shirt to Braff...its a large
@Fiat CinqueBENTO: All those people who say that are assholes. Downtown Detroit is safer and cleaner than Times Square. Plenty of great bars, three sports arena within walking distance, great dining, a river walk, fountains, events, festivals, etc. The downtown Detroit of the 80s and 90s is dead and gone - I actually spend most of my weekends down there.
@Fiat CinqueBENTO: Thank you, L is my size....
@Ben Wojdyla: Times Square is like Las Vegas minus everything that actually makes Vegas fun.
Parramore64: The expression on Ray's face is especially unsettling.
@Ben Wojdyla: Good to know....now I need to work out those Detroit auto show press passes.
Holy crap, look at me, and while my screenname was so wonderfully self-deprecating.
Cotomer Sevis Star, here I come!
@Fiat CinqueBENTO: One block is an exaggeration. More like two or three.
I've been to the Detroit auto show a few times, and around COBO is okay. A couple of blocks from the casinos is worse (kind of like Atlantic City).
Unfortunately, automakers are having fewer and fewer reveals in Detroit. Even the Detroit automakers. Hell, last year (Jan, 07) Dodge didn't even bring the much-hyped-to-that-point-and-already-revealed Challenger to the show. I didn't go this year, but I assume they had it there this year.
@Fiat CinqueBENTO: I can tell you this much - I've been to NAIAS twice, several White Castle runs just off the exit from the Ambassador Bridge, and even to a concert in downtown Detroit, at night. I'm either still alive, or a spirit with wicked awesome typing skills.
I'll be optimistic and insist that the renaissance refers to GM itself. Although, I could see Detroit being a fantastic city if there was a huge influx of succesful industry.
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Canada should just buy Detroit, burn it down and start over.
Wert is back, and we're gonna be in trouble??
@Ben Wojdyla: What he said. Squared.
The real reason he went to Korea...
Cheap Burberry goods...
@Ben Wojdyla: What Red AuerБЯд╒╒ said. Times Square nowadays is a tourist magnet and has a fair number of police officers around the clock.
@Red AuerБЯд╒╒: We don't want it. If we owned it, then where would we send our garbage?
Other than Toronto, I mean.
@Ben Wojdyla: Amen, brother. I may poke fun at my city. In pockets, it can be the armpit of the country. The roads suck and the seedy spots in the neighborhoods can be really terrible.
But there are many great places downtown to hang out. On a summer night you can walk to a nice bar in Foxtown or Greektown with no worries.
Detroit may have a bad rep, but in truth, it's probably no worse than most any other city its size.
Downtown Detroit isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination. It would be helped if more of the buildings were occupied with employees of just about any kind of business, but compared to 5th Street in downtown L.A., it's placid.
Don't forget the Red Wings Matt.
@Ben Wojdyla: @SundaySunday: Agreed. Detroit is not nearly as bad as most people have built it up to be. Frankly, I find downtown Detroit to be significantly less "frightening" than the south side of Chicago.
And yeah, the roads are probably some of the worst on earth considering the usage they get.
Will Ray tell us what he was thinking in that picture? Is there a whiff of dead body in that trunk? Nah. It is dragon like. Was he laughing at the cheaply attached wing?
I love detroit.. spent a year there.. awesome architecture, but, the riots took their toll on the city and it hasn't really ever recovered. The fact the city leverages it's own income tax doesn't help it any.. all the major business moved to the burbs, and the population followed. Still remember the wild packs of dogs that roam the streets south of the bridge.. and the drivers who refuse to acknowledge red lights in that same neighbourhood.
There some awesome food to be had outside of the downtown core, assuming you don't mind ordering it through 12" thick bullet proof glass.
In the late 90's however, there were places in the middle of the day that still just weren't safe. Including businesses with private fenced parking lots.. remember one day walking out a 3:30pm to go home from a job and finding the thunderbird parked right next to me with the windows smashed out and the airbags stolen.
Detroit is the kinda place that reminds you your still alive.. and that life is worth living, just not there.
@WheatKing: Alive indeed!
Without Detroit, where would Windsorites go for White Castle?
@Novaload:
nah, he's just testing the rear end. you know, for stress factors. (obscure Fear and Loathing ref :P )
or having a really good, deeply satisfying fart.
@tomax: Hah! I think you nailed it with the second one. This picture is just begging for a macro anyway!
Can someone please explain to me the dragon joke. I haven't been here too long but I always see dragons being mentioned. The picture up there kind of gives me an idea...
@ShantJ: that is the gist of it... actually, that IS it, just dragons having sex with cars.
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