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    1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street

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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    Well I don't know if any of that writing made sense, but I'll just blame my being so excited about that huge greenhouse and those great graphics. I'm in Berlin now and the cars over here are wild - there was a gold SM a block away from my apartment!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    @voodoojoo: Pics, plz!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    @voodoojoo: I have always wanted to try roasting kielbasa in the back window. When I knew a guy with one, it was in too cold a climate. And when I lived in Houston, I didn't know anybody with a 'cuda. You might say my desires have been 'foiled'. Because all I would have needed that close to the Equator, would have been a righteous Barracuda and some aluminum wrapping.

    Batter up!
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    Image of voodoojoo voodoojoo
    11/30/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Check this out
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    Edited by voodoojoo at 11/30/09 1:51 AM voodoojoo was starred voodoojoo was unstarred
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    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    11/30/09

    @#c17175547:
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    Edited by voodoojoo at 11/30/09 3:11 AM voodoojoo was starred voodoojoo was unstarred
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    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo:
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo: Nice!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/30/09

    @voodoojoo: Wunderbar!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    One of my earliest memories is of driving through town, looking up at the sky while laying down back in the trunk. Nice little cars, and quite a visual improvement over the toilet seat Valiants. Nice to see a survivor in great shape.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: Well, it kinda is a Valiant, y'know. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Or any MoPar.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    Quite a nice find! In NYC, it must be rare by now. I mean, just the size and near-horizontal orientation of the rear window teases street urchins into throwing hard items at it.
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/29/09

    @that ain't the way to have fun, son: If one did score a direct hit and broke it, good luck finding a replacement. You'd almost have to settle for building a Barracamino. Which would be pretty bitchin', actually. The slant six would sound nice through vertical stacks.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    The 1965-66 Barracuda had a swept-back C-pillar and a huge rear window somewhat similar to the the Avanti, but I think the latter had much nicer proportions. Of course, the Barracuda had the more practical cargo-area configuration.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    11/29/09

    @DrLemming: That huge rear window on the Barracuda made the car nearly unbearable in sunny summertime Florida. Back seat passengers in particular were slowly broiled, and even if the owner was lucky enough to have A/C, it was pretty much overwhelmed by the heat soak.
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    Image of DrLemming DrLemming
    11/30/09

    @tonyola: Perhaps heat soak was one reason why the 1967-69 Barracuda had a much smaller rear window.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    11/29/09

    In reply to 1966 Plymouth Barracuda Down On The New York Street
    My mind knows that the paintwork on the hood is ridiculous and tacky, but my heart will have none of it.

    I've always liked these, anyway. And being a '66, we know it's the quite-reasonable 225.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @MushyHeirloom: So with the Slant 6 that makes it, of course, a '66-6, the Devil's toy.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/29/09

    @Novaload: No. These are the Devils Toys:
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    11/29/09

    @DoctorNine: But they drive scary old MoPars!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/30/09

    @Novaload: Yeah. And they drive me crazy. (rimshot)
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    All you ITG mofos wanting to layeth the smack down on a guy for high-fivin' need to lighten the fuck up and get over yourself.

    I'll bet at least one or two of you wear Axe body spray or some other stench and get in elevators. Now that is "assault" IMHO.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Natives know - Seattle is the true home to high fivin' white guys.
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    Image of GreenN_Gold GreenN_Gold
    09/30/09

    @Alfisted: Hey, be like Billy, and mind your manners! Otherwise we'll see you on The John Report when the Cops in Ballard pick you up for thread jacking.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    @Alfisted: Wish that show was on DVD.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    @GreenN_Gold: Ma'am I'll have to measure your bangs. We have a 10" minimum height requirement here in Kent. and your boyfriend will need to turn his baseball cap around.
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    Image of Electro Gyrocator Electro Gyrocator
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    This reminds me of what I love doing to hitchhikers. I always return the thumbs up out the roof of my car.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    If someone threw a walking stick or umbrella into his front spokes while at speed, it would probably put a stop to that,....and be entertaining.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    09/30/09

    Didn't see Elhigh's comment below.
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    Image of superveloce superveloce
    09/30/09

    @Flathead Smith Prefers the Days of Danger: For high fiving someone? Who peed in your Cheerios? Get a sense of humour already
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Strictly speaking, striking another person uninvited is assault. Making that stick in court would be pretty hard, but still. People are minding their own business, trying to snag a cab, and this guy comes along and hits them. What if he struck a person suffering from rheumatoid arthritis? The pain would be terrible, and he'd be blithely on his way, assaulting more people.

    He's an artsy-fartsy type who evidently thinks his artistic vision is important enough to go out and interrupt other people's days, even if it is only for a moment. Some are amused, some nonplussed, some frightened, some annoyed. Is the amusement of some worth the startlement of others? I don't think so. That, and artsy-fartsy types just bug me. Get a job, pansy. A REAL job.

    One umbrella through the spokes makes up for lots of random minor assaults. New Yorkers as a rule put up with a lot of shit, but beyond the tipping point retribution is harsh and swift. Remember that when you're spread-eagled on the ground with your teeth artistically arrayed around your face.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: lol okay tough guy. maybe you need to get laid or something.
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: Really? Come on dude. Life's too short.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: actually, strictly speaking striking another person uninvited is battery. Just sayin' - if you're going to get all uptight about this, at least be accurate in your language.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/30/09

    @weatherman: Don't start me about battery. I snapped the negative terminal clean off the mower's earlier this afternoon. Everything comes to a stop, battery's tight up against the fence, and that mother is HEAVY. And it doesn't push worth a damn. Then the cable end broke off. Slid the beast into the fence again - hate these slopes, drive me nuts - but it sure beats using a sickle.

    And according to TN code (I'm not in NY), it appears assault also covers this. Again, it would be difficult to make it stick. The "high five" is too widespread, too casual to carry much as an implied or intended threat, or as an actual attack intended to do harm to or terrorize a person. But the uninvited touching aspect is spelled out in the definition.

    And nosy dickheads sticking their gladhanding art project into my life just piss me off. That's all.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: at least you started a funny thread. I would like to award you CCOTD, Cranky Commenter Of The Day.
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: TL;DR but I get the impression that you have unwarranted self-importance on a level negating your opinion of "artsy-fartsy types" opinions on their "vision".

    [encyclopediadramatica.com]
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: Well the video is in NYC so I'm going to stick to my choice of law - and it's not like you really have any law down there in TN anyway. I mean c'mon - marrying your first cousin who is 16 is a pretty low bar. But anyone who uses the word "gladhanding" gets a +1 for CCOTD in my book.
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    Image of macpatrik macpatrik
    09/30/09

    @Elhigh: Have a fucking beer and take the stick out of your ass. The guy is giving people high fives.

    And you have no idea who this guy is. Judging him so quickly just goes to show how much of an ass you are.
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    Image of ithacabaron ithacabaron
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    "Hey, why don't I endanger myself and others, interrupt traffic patterns, and annoy people trying to hail cabs!"

    Let me say this, as someone who commutes on a bicycle in the city every day: Screw this guy.

    Get off the road and stop making all of us out to be jackasses.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    09/30/09

    @ithacabaron: Other readers somehow think I'm no fun. They might be right. But I want to be able to go for a ride without having folks see this video, and decide that I'm somehow philosophically related to High Five Guy. Maybe I just want to take the air, you know? And maybe that poor schmo on the sidewalk just wants to hail a cab. I'll leave him alone, he leaves me alone, we all get along.

    Anyway, heart clicky for you.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Wes, haven't you ever had the urge to high five someone? I'd throw up a computer five right now, but I'm in class, and it'd look weird to slap my computer.

    So, hypothetical five!
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    Image of Sloop_John_B Sloop_John_B
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    Hah! Clearly, some people are wound way too tight in that video.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    09/30/09

    @Sloop_John_B: or in that city.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    High fives are probably better for people's perception of NY cyclists than beating the crap out of a pedestrian with a bicycle chain.

    I think a little jocularity on the commute could go a long way. Hell, I know my commute would be a lot more fun if I could give my fellow commuters a high five while doing 70 mph on Southfield Fwy. Unfortunately, I'm too busy drinking my chai tea latte and sexting my wife.

    Wes is just bitter because this dude patted him on his sweet ass instead of giving him a high five.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    09/30/09

    In reply to NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
    So how long before he gets sued for assault?
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