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Tom: You went from Plymouths to a 1969 Mustang and than back to Plymouths????? What, excatly, was it that you liked about Plymouths?

01/01/19 08:06 AM

#143

Thomas Kent Marquardt

My father was a Mopar guy for years and yet had a distain for the automobile. He used to say that a car is to get you from point A to point B and whitewall tires don't get you there any better. For some reason he raised three motorheads which frustrated him at times. The Barracuda had been my brother Rog's car and the '61 Plymouth was starting to get a bit tired (this was around '68) so I made a deal to buy it from him. I thought that the '69 Mach 1 was one of the greatest looking cars so I took the plunge when I was finishing New Agents class. I still had it when I went to NYC in '70 and parked it in NJ at my partner's house and he would drive it to me if i needed it. After Cathy and I got married and moved out of Manhattan, I figured that I should get in a car pool to drive to work (not a sound idea) so I started shopping and found the Plymouth station wagon. I actually then traded the Mach 1 in on a used Dodge Polara (another questionable move) which was nothing but problems. Got out of the car pool and bought the VW so i could commute alone and took that and the Dodge to Detroit. I was discreet enough to wait until Cathy was in the hospital having our daughter Sarah before I went out and traded in the Dodge on a Mercury station wagon ('74). Got the worst gas mileage in the history of mankind. I averaged around 5 - 6 mpg in town and ususally got 8 - 10 on the highway. I guess I should have looked closer on the bumper where it said that it had the "heavy duty trailer package." My last Ford adventure and I went to GM and then have happily found a home with Honda, Toyota, Acura and two Corvettes.

01/01/19 08:52 AM

#144

Your automotive sins are forgiven, son. Say two Hail Mary's and go in peace.

01/01/19 10:15 AM

#145

I hadn't thought about it much but, I guess, I'm Mopar too. Been driving Jeep Grand Cherokees for quite a while since they do quite well out here in SW Colorado. Bought the 1993 Dodge Stealth Twin Turbo but that was only technically Mopar since it was manufactured by Mitsubishi. Have a 1998 Dodge Pickup bought new which has served very well over the last 20 years - 21 now. Bought the 2017 Fiat 124 Spider when reintroduced by FCA but that is also only technically Mopar. It is based on the Mazda (with different design - bigger inside - and different engine) and was manufactured in Hiroshima.

My parents had a slant 6 back in the day. The car I drove sometime near and after HS graduation was a 1956 Chevy convertible.

Recently added a 2019 Porsche 911 Targa 4S - very, very, close to perfection. Definitely NOT Mopar.

Hey, as long as we can remember all of the cars we have owned ... we're doing OK

04/17/19 10:37 PM

#146

HAPPY EASTER to all

04/18/19 06:20 AM

#147

Thank you, Bruce, and to you as well. It will be pretty wet here in Indiana, maybe we'll get double May flowers!

04/18/19 10:23 AM

#148

Happy Easter to you and to everyone else here.

04/18/19 10:41 AM

#149

James Alan Bullard

Happy Easter everyone. Thanks to all the efforts to keep our web page going for all to enjoy.

04/19/19 08:17 AM

#150

We've been in key West this week enjoying spring break with children and grandchildren. No rain here but it is humid - so maybe that counts. Heading home tomorrow part way. Will he traveling Easter over the continental divide to home in SW Colorado. We'll be home just in time for Spring, I hope.

It's been a few Easters for all of us ... right?

04/19/19 08:19 AM

#151

Kerrin Anne Kinsey (Sgourakis)

Anybody got a favorite Easter? Maybe best candy ever?

04/19/19 05:40 PM

#152

Happy Easter to everyone (although I am Greek Orthodox, and ours is next week).

As for the candy, my favorite was the dark chocolate marshmallow eggs from Fannie May.

04/20/19 07:37 AM

#153

Jelly beans! An any holiday fav.

04/20/19 10:23 AM

#154

Favorite Easters are when all the kids are here. Favorite Easter candy is Cadbury eggs.

04/20/19 12:56 PM

#155

Mark Wieting

Does anyone still enjoy biting the heads off the chocolate bunnies? If so, there is probably help for you. Whether you celebrate Easter as a religious holiday, family gathering (this week or next) or Passover, I hope you enjoy the weekend with signs of spring. 64 and blue skies in the Western suburbs today—where we have the country’s very best weather.

04/20/19 06:30 PM

#156

Mary Lou Schmidt (Brunner)

Did anybody have a Easter Egg hunt for the grandkids? Mine are all too old or two far away

04/21/19 06:49 AM

#157

Happy Easter/Happy Passover.

No Easter egg hunt for us. Our youngest grandkids are almost 24 and our great grandchild lives in Shreveport, LA. Miss those fun times when the kids/ grand kids were small. We would color eggs and make Easter cookies on Good Friday.

Bill's favorite candy is Black jelly beans, but my favorite would have to be the chocolate bunnies.

04/21/19 05:59 PM

#158

Grandkids are still young enough for the egg hunt every year. Our grandaughter was born on the first of this month, so we will have years of hunts with her.

04/22/19 09:12 AM

#159

Thinking about it more, my mom used to make yummy Hot Cross Buns. Not quite candy but darn near.

04/22/19 06:37 PM

#160

I remember comming home from Church and eating hot rolls and Hard Boiled Eggs

04/23/19 10:44 AM

#161

Cadbury Chocolate eggs with that sweet creme in the middle.

04/23/19 11:02 AM

#162

Diane Lynn Cass (Elder)

No Easter egg hunt here. Our daughter married a few years ago. Paul has 2 children (now teens). Everoyone is scattered: Paul in DC, the kids in Seattle, and our daughter is finishing her 3rd year in Liberia.

A few years ago I was lamenting that I didn't see any hot cross buns in our local grocery stores. My husband, who is a great cook & baker, made a huge pan of hot cross buns (with currants & spices). He said I could put the icing on them. To be politically correct, I put crosses on some and squiggles on others. He took some of the buns to work & a Jehovah Witness helped himself to a squiggle iced one and declared "its 'legal'"

04/25/19 08:04 PM

#163

Has anyone heard anything about the burn victims, how they are doing?

06/15/19 10:48 PM

#164