On Monday, August 26, 2013 12:05:11 PM UTC-4, DhiaDuit wrote:
On Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:22:31 AM UTC-5, D. Peter Maus wrote:

On 8/25/13 03:23 , wrote:











This is why SDI was created. To fight missiles with missiles .















SDI was created to drive the Soviets into bankruptcy. SDI didn't







work. Couldn't be made to work. Wasn't supposed to work. It was a







strategy to end the USSR, which was already on the ropes.















If anything actually pushed the evil empire into real bankruptcy- it



was prohibition under Gorbachev... The gov't lost huge part of the



revenue due to very high alcohol prices .This had created a new



industry (underground) and all the money remained in private hands.



Eventually the state planned economy started to collapse . All the



way...











No doubt. But it doesn't change the fact that SDI was a red herring.



It couldn't work, and wasn't supposed to. But it's creation and public



presentation was a strategy to undo the Soviet Union. Whether it was



successful in that may be an issue of some debate, but that was its



purpose.



But, what is that 60 years old car you drive? Is it a Saab car?

Cannot be SAAB. More like a Volvo or a M-B.

On Monday, August 26, 2013 12:42:43 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Monday, August 26, 2013 12:05:11 PM UTC-4, DhiaDuit wrote:

On Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:22:31 AM UTC-5, D. Peter Maus wrote:



On 8/25/13 03:23 , wrote:























This is why SDI was created. To fight missiles with missiles .































SDI was created to drive the Soviets into bankruptcy. SDI didn't















work. Couldn't be made to work. Wasn't supposed to work. It was a















strategy to end the USSR, which was already on the ropes.































If anything actually pushed the evil empire into real bankruptcy- it







was prohibition under Gorbachev... The gov't lost huge part of the







revenue due to very high alcohol prices .This had created a new







industry (underground) and all the money remained in private hands.







Eventually the state planned economy started to collapse . All the







way...























No doubt. But it doesn't change the fact that SDI was a red herring.







It couldn't work, and wasn't supposed to. But it's creation and public







presentation was a strategy to undo the Soviet Union. Whether it was







successful in that may be an issue of some debate, but that was its







purpose.







But, what is that 60 years old car you drive? Is it a Saab car?



Cannot be SAAB. More like a Volvo or a M-B.

Back in the 1960s or 1970s there was a used cars dealership just across Highway 80 from me. One time I stopped there and I looked at a real nice looking three cylinders Saab car they had for sale. I think they were asking $700.00 for that little red Saab car. About a week ago at Youtube I watched a Youtube video of an old Saab car being removed from a barn in Norway. I wants me an old, old Citroen Deau Cheveaux car, just something to play with. I saw a lot of them when I was in Vietnam. I wants,,,, I wants,,, I wants,,,

"DhiaDuit" wrote in message
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Back in the 1960s or 1970s there was a used cars dealership just across
Highway 80 from me. One time I stopped there and I looked at a real nice
looking three cylinders Saab car they had for sale. I think they were asking
$700.00 for that little red Saab car. About a week ago at Youtube I watched
a Youtube video of an old Saab car being removed from a barn in Norway. I
wants me an old, old Citroen Deau Cheveaux car, just something to play with.
I saw a lot of them when I was in Vietnam. I wants,,,, I wants,,, I wants,,,



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I have a friend who at one point had 7 or 8 of those Lemons (yes, citroen
means lemon) lined up along the street in front of his house. Interesting
cars, with their vacuum suspension. One of those guest starred on an episode
of CHiPs, driving down the freeway on three wheels (the fourth was
completely missing). Then there is the airplane style steering wheel.

On Monday, August 26, 2013 3:01:16 PM UTC-5, Brenda Dyer wrote:
"DhiaDuit" wrote in message

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Back in the 1960s or 1970s there was a used cars dealership just across

Highway 80 from me. One time I stopped there and I looked at a real nice

looking three cylinders Saab car they had for sale. I think they were asking

$700.00 for that little red Saab car. About a week ago at Youtube I watched

a Youtube video of an old Saab car being removed from a barn in Norway. I

wants me an old, old Citroen Deau Cheveaux car, just something to play with.

I saw a lot of them when I was in Vietnam. I wants,,,, I wants,,, I wants,,,







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I have a friend who at one point had 7 or 8 of those Lemons (yes, citroen

means lemon) lined up along the street in front of his house. Interesting

cars, with their vacuum suspension. One of those guest starred on an episode

of CHiPs, driving down the freeway on three wheels (the fourth was

completely missing). Then there is the airplane style steering wheel.

When I was a kid, (I am a big kid now) when we saw a Studebaker car or truck, we would sing out, Studebaker Studebaker ten feet tall, Studebaker Studebaker spit on the wall! But, the kind of Citroen car I wouldn't mind owning has a two cylinder air cooled engine with front wheel drive and a corrugated sheet metal body. Google,,, Citroen Deau Chevaux cars Youtube

"DhiaDuit" wrote in message
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But, the kind of Citroen car I wouldn't mind owning has a two cylinder air
cooled engine with front wheel drive and a corrugated sheet metal body.
Google,,, Citroen Deau Chevaux cars Youtube


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Ah, yes. I know the ones. We had two in Portland that were used for a
bakery. Both marked "boulangerie"

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:04:38 AM UTC-5, Brenda Dyer wrote:
"DhiaDuit" wrote in message

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But, the kind of Citroen car I wouldn't mind owning has a two cylinder air

cooled engine with front wheel drive and a corrugated sheet metal body.

Google,,, Citroen Deau Chevaux cars Youtube





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Ah, yes. I know the ones. We had two in Portland that were used for a

bakery. Both marked "boulangerie"

Meanwhile, Toyota...... Google,,, Toyota to unveil 2014 Corolla in Tupelo Maybe that is because Corollas are made at the Blue Springs plant near Tupelo, The Great Land Mass

On 08/27/2013 07:13 AM, DhiaDuit wrote:


Meanwhile, Toyota...... Google,,, Toyota to unveil 2014 Corolla in Tupelo Maybe that is because Corollas are made at the Blue Springs plant near Tupelo, The Great Land Mass


What could be more exciting than a new Corolla!

Subaru builds Toyotas in Indiana.

On 8/26/13 12:42 , wrote:
On Monday, August 26, 2013 12:05:11 PM UTC-4, DhiaDuit wrote:
On Sunday, August 25, 2013 4:22:31 AM UTC-5, D. Peter Maus wrote:

On 8/25/13 03:23 , wrote:











This is why SDI was created. To fight missiles with missiles .















SDI was created to drive the Soviets into bankruptcy. SDI didn't







work. Couldn't be made to work. Wasn't supposed to work. It was a







strategy to end the USSR, which was already on the ropes.















If anything actually pushed the evil empire into real bankruptcy- it



was prohibition under Gorbachev... The gov't lost huge part of the



revenue due to very high alcohol prices .This had created a new



industry (underground) and all the money remained in private hands.



Eventually the state planned economy started to collapse . All the



way...











No doubt. But it doesn't change the fact that SDI was a red herring.



It couldn't work, and wasn't supposed to. But it's creation and public



presentation was a strategy to undo the Soviet Union. Whether it was



successful in that may be an issue of some debate, but that was its



purpose.



But, what is that 60 years old car you drive? Is it a Saab car?

Cannot be SAAB. More like a Volvo or a M-B.


Close. It's a Studebaker.

But, what is that 60 years old car you drive?

On 8/26/2013 2:26 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:

Close. It's a Studebaker.

Silver Hawk, Golden Hawk, Avanti or "other"?

On Monday, August 26, 2013 6:29:38 PM UTC-5, Joe from Kokomo wrote:
But, what is that 60 years old car you drive?



On 8/26/2013 2:26 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:



Close. It's a Studebaker.



Silver Hawk, Golden Hawk, Avanti or "other"?

Google,,, 1953 Studebaker cars