tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post3456509450445487637..comments2023-06-30T05:16:57.517-07:00Comments on Gosporn: My Mother the CarMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-85085668969337392472009-02-03T17:47:00.000-08:002009-02-03T17:47:00.000-08:00With a grandfather who worked at Ford all his life...With a grandfather who worked at Ford all his life in Detroit, I get the car thing.<BR/><BR/>They're like dogs. They look like their owners, or do their owners look like them?<BR/><BR/>The interesting thing for me about cars are that they both made and destroyed Detroit. Like a Grail, cars can liberate or destroy you. <BR/><BR/>When you walk through Detroit. . . wait, you don't walk through Detroit. You can't. It's a car city. <BR/><BR/>Like Dallas, like Los Angeles, like San Antonio.<BR/><BR/>Cars gave birth to suburbs. And destroyed the cities. But also birthed a new American dream. Like Obama-mama.<BR/><BR/>That's a HOT Ferrari and I'm a HUGE Porsche fan - although I drive a jeep.<BR/><BR/>ThuthThuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07322523524313691725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-32880630303339143232009-02-03T12:59:00.000-08:002009-02-03T12:59:00.000-08:00I am glad I came back to this post for the new tho...I am glad I came back to this post for the new thoughts-fascinating-really enjoy the comments here also-best to both of you as always!Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467101354793913827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-78207305554137867722009-02-02T20:09:00.000-08:002009-02-02T20:09:00.000-08:00Devin - thanks, we can have a very cool sanctuary/...Devin - thanks, we can have a very cool sanctuary/garage!<BR/><BR/>Jaspal - you are the car/grail/vessel.<BR/><BR/>Esp Grrl - You are definitely on to something. Agreed about the Norse Gods, they would only ride Harleys. Native Americans? Pony cars... duh. Mustangs and Camaros. The Vedics and Jains would have a levitating bus, so that not even one insect is crushed. Egyptians? All their cars would have animal heads leading the way. Oh wait, hood ornaments already DO that. Goddess religions would drive SUV's, because safety is always Job 1.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-56432400447320787182009-02-02T17:50:00.000-08:002009-02-02T17:50:00.000-08:00Interesting stuff. As a New Yorker, though, I just...Interesting stuff. As a New Yorker, though, I just don't see the point of owning a car.<BR/><BR/>I've always thought deities should have vehicles appropriate to their pantheon. <BR/><BR/>The Norse Gods would probably drive a pickup truck with a Rebel flag sticker in back. Now there's a pantheon that's probably done time...<BR/><BR/>The Vedic Deities of North India? Probably an electric VW bus. Ditto for Krishna, too. Note they never exactly said what Arjuna's chariot was in the Bhahagavad-Gita, but my guess is he didn't "buy American."<BR/><BR/>Native American gods? A camaro or a GTO, something sporty and all-American. <BR/><BR/>Despite their descendants' love of it, I doubt the humorless Mexican gods would go near a lowrider, except to use the hood for human sacrifice. <BR/><BR/>I can see the dull, unchanging Egyptian pantheon in a huge "Asian Man" car like a giant cadillac. After the Greek myths, with their feisty personalities (Athena is the coolest idea for a goddess EVER), and the heavy metal doom and gloom of the Vikings, the Egyptians always struck me as dull. Almost as dull as the whitewashed Calvinist/Methodist/Lutheran protestant Christianity of the United States.<BR/><BR/>Give me the folk, Russian Orthodox version of Christianity I grew up with anyday, with its warriors and pillars of flame.Esperanto Grrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255411270358682407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-88902520380379817102009-02-02T15:19:00.000-08:002009-02-02T15:19:00.000-08:00The engine is the common bit, with the external bo...The engine is the common bit, with the external body being the extravagant part. "Let us make man in OUR image".<BR/><BR/>What does God need with a starship/car?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03358664719210804487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-74971691852174265792009-02-02T14:46:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:46:00.000-08:00I will join too Michael! great post-agree about th...I will join too Michael! great post-agree about the 246 Dino-the other day I was trying to think of what was the most beautiful luxury car ever made-and couldnt make up my mind-one car that i usually do not like-looks anyway-is the mercedes-i love the old Bentley coupes and the new Arnage-I think the early sixties Lincolns were very elegant-I hope you are doing great-best to you and Varen as always!Devinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08467101354793913827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-14169097307645355242009-02-02T13:16:00.000-08:002009-02-02T13:16:00.000-08:00Maybe before my time?Maybe before my time?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-50866290860122774522009-02-02T11:58:00.000-08:002009-02-02T11:58:00.000-08:00Forgive my ignorance, but didn't the Black Stallio...Forgive my ignorance, but didn't the Black Stallion have some meaning in gay culture at some point?The Secret Sunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676425268231171924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-77865251537146948542009-02-01T12:10:00.000-08:002009-02-01T12:10:00.000-08:00Thanks Tommy. FYI, I've never owned any of these.....Thanks Tommy. FYI, I've never owned any of these... like porn stars I just admire them from afar.<BR/><BR/>Cheers, MichaelMichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531037998720855468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34649134.post-90329478319584188992009-01-31T22:45:00.000-08:002009-01-31T22:45:00.000-08:00I would gladly join your union, as a car (which I ...I would gladly join your union, as a car (which I don't have) fits my idea of a holy grail right now. Although, I am not a car buff. :( <BR/><BR/>El Tomaso Pantera... My name and Leo, my birth sign. Weird!skrambohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16191438272527747356noreply@blogger.com