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    Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
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    Image of flyingstitch flyingstitch
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    That tree has a certain Dr. Seuss swagger to it, as does the whole scene.


    The tree can't fit inside his yard

    To move it will be very hard

    He will move it in a truck

    It won't fall if he has luck

    It won't hit a single wire

    It won't set his truck on fire.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/10/09

    @flyingstitch:


    Your comments are very smart

    This is why you have a heart!

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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/11/09

    @flyingstitch: Hmmm... I think maybe we need to have a Dr Suess Rhyme Contest next weekend.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    I find it hard to believe that people don't flock from all corners of the internet to see this sort of thing here.


    Congratulations, Murilee. I salute you. And your erect wood, which you were holding onto in your brother's bed.

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    Image of SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R) SlowMo (actually, there's no E on my R)
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    Speaking of my favorite motor vehicle (and I am incredibly jealous of the lack of rust on your brother in law's trruck), have you considered doing having the 22RE as an Engine of the Day feature? No, it's not sexy, but damn, it seems very jalopworthy (but I'm very biased).
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/10/09

    @SlowMo -the anti-star: You're damn right he's considered it!
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/11/09

    @FstrPssycw: That was one of the very first Engine Of The Day features.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    Wow, Murilee, I didn't know your brother-in-law was Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters.


    /regular viewers will realize he has a truck which is similar to this one

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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    05/10/09

    @I need 40 acres of algae and a diesel: As much as I am a fan of great Toyotas, I like his VW T1 doublecab better.
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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/11/09

    @I need 40 acres of algae and a diesel: And it's been photographed at the Alameda Naval Air Station...
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    Image of .357 .357
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    That is some big wood.
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    Image of Forgetful - GT Junkie Forgetful - GT Junkie
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    Bringing new meaning to the term "Green Movement"
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    05/11/09

    @Forgetful:

    Every time I hear 'The Green Movement', I revert to the doctor part of me.

    Yeah, I know I should care about the political dimension. In fact, I do.

    But there should really be another name for Greens.

    Whenever they say it, I always think this:


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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    Neat story. What are all those old trailers in the background of the Tyota truck?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/10/09

    @skaycog: They're being stored on the site of the former Alameda Naval Air Station.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    Speaking of indestructible Toyotas, I've been seeing a 2nd generation Corolla sedan (with a Toyoglide!) around town lately. If I can get some pictures without getting stabbed by the owner (it seems to live around the block from where I work, which isn't the friendliest neighborhood), I'll send them in.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    So on the Sunday morning sidewalks,

    Wishing lord I was stoned

    I saw a giant pine tree

    Looking for a home...
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    No. Way.


    I just saw on the way to work, not fifteen minutes ago, the cleanest '80s Hilux I've ever seen. It was badged as a Hilux, too, riding on late-model Tacoma wheels, Wyoming plates... and it had a tree in the back.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/10/09

    @strllng plyr: Check it:
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    05/10/09

    @strllng plyr: The wheels are a little underwhelming.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/10/09

    @Syrax: Still. Rust didn't exactly forget Wyoming...
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/10/09

    @strllng plyr: Pass on the wheels, but that's fucking amazing.


    I'm still stalking the few early-'80s Hiluxen 'round these parts. There's a red stepside somewhere (which may/may not be part Jeep) and I followed a FJ60 home today! So much cool stuff, so little on-street parking!

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    Image of scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    So it wasn't time to add a story to the Martin estate, one with a cathedral ceiling?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/10/09

    @scottcom36 has Weekday DT's, Weekend OD's: The Communists in Alameda's city government tell me my 130-year-old house is "historically zoned" and I'm not allowed to add towers, Russian onion domes, or a huge rotating neon sign reading "CALIFORNIA ÜBER ALLES" to it.
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    Image of RagtagOperation RagtagOperation
    05/10/09

    @Murilee Martin: City council members and Dead Kennedy fans very rarely intersect in the population.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/10/09

    @RagtagOperation: I don't know, man. I see police trucks all over the place.
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    Image of Eric N Squires Eric N Squires
    05/10/09

    @strllng plyr: Ah, but how are the fries at the A&W?
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/10/09

    @Eric N Squires: I'd like to take a moment to point out how glad I am that Jalopnik isn't YouTube. On a whim, I googled "fries at the A&W", and this was a result: "A&W fries are made of mostly potatoe. Mcdonalds fries are only about 20% potatoe lol so of course A&W fries ..."


    Who knew everyone on YouTube was Dan Quayle?

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    Image of Leeeeena the Jalopchick Leeeeena the Jalopchick
    05/10/09

    @strllng plyr: People like that are the reason God* invented the Firefox Youtube Comment Snob extension. Never read comments from stupid people again!


    [www.chrisfinke.com]


    *it was actually created by Christopher Finke, who is almost certainly not God.

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    05/10/09

    @Ln th Jlpchck: Oh yeah, I saw that during my tryst with Safari. I should install that when I get home. Although there won't be any comments left after all that.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/10/09

    @Murilee Martin: Construct the sign in your brother's yard. Move it to your place in his truck. Take pictures.


    @Ln th Jlpchck: Almost certainly not God? Are you sure?

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    Image of something_unique_and_descriptive something_unique_and_descriptive
    05/11/09

    @Murilee Martin: The bastards!


    (my family owns a couple of "historic" houses, I know how it goes, pain in the ass to do anything with 'em)

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    Image of wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx
    05/10/09

    In reply to Hey Y'all, Watch This! Adventures In Arboreal Locomotion, Toyota Style
    What? No Tree Spade?


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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    05/10/09

    @wrx-tyrannosaurusWrx thanks for the: Whoa, that's a great invention!
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