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OT: Blastolene Trike at the Brookdale Car Show

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Larry Colen
Mon, Jul 28, 2025 6:47 AM

While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale.  I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous errand.

I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named Bertha, made out of a fire truck.  The same folks were showing a trike at the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463

It was a fun visit.  I ran into a friend who had been my student at the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner).

For them that like such things, the whole album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/

It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/

The Blastolene website (way out of date):
https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm

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While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale. I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous errand. I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named Bertha, made out of a fire truck. The same folks were showing a trike at the car show: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463 It was a fun visit. I ran into a friend who had been my student at the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner). For them that like such things, the whole album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/ It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010 https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/ The Blastolene website (way out of date): https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm __ Larry Colen from Lothlorien lrc@red4est.com
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ann sanfedele
Tue, Jul 29, 2025 1:35 PM

glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that up.

ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.)

On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale.  I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous errand.

I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named Bertha, made out of a fire truck.  The same folks were showing a trike at the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463

It was a fun visit.  I ran into a friend who had been my student at the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner).

For them that like such things, the whole album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/

It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/

The Blastolene website (way out of date):
https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm

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glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that up. ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.) On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale. I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous errand. > > I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named Bertha, made out of a fire truck. The same folks were showing a trike at the car show: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463 > > It was a fun visit. I ran into a friend who had been my student at the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner). > > For them that like such things, the whole album: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/ > > It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010 > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/ > > The Blastolene website (way out of date): > https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm > > > > > __ > Larry Colen from Lothlorien > lrc@red4est.com > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks
LC
Larry Colen
Tue, Jul 29, 2025 5:55 PM

Are you talking about the cow or the howitzer?

On 2025-07-29 06:35, ann sanfedele wrote:

glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that
up.

ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.)

On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a
friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale.
I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous
errand.

I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named
Bertha, made out of a fire truck.  The same folks were showing a trike
at the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463

It was a fun visit.  I ran into a friend who had been my student at
the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which
unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high
school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my
last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told
me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner).

For them that like such things, the whole album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/

It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/

The Blastolene website (way out of date):
https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm

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Are you talking about the cow or the howitzer? On 2025-07-29 06:35, ann sanfedele wrote: > glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that > up. > > ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.) > > > > On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a >> friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale. >> I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous >> errand. >> >> I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named >> Bertha, made out of a fire truck. The same folks were showing a trike >> at the car show: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463 >> >> It was a fun visit. I ran into a friend who had been my student at >> the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which >> unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high >> school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my >> last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told >> me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner). >> >> For them that like such things, the whole album: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/ >> >> It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010 >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/ >> >> The Blastolene website (way out of date): >> https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm >> >> >> >> >> __ >> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >> lrc@red4est.com >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. -- Larry Colen LRC@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc
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John Sessoms
Tue, Jul 29, 2025 8:31 PM

Yes.

On 7/29/2025 1:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

Are you talking about the cow or the howitzer?

On 2025-07-29 06:35, ann sanfedele wrote:

glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that up.

ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.)

On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that
a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in
Brookdale.  I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a
previous errand.

I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named
Bertha, made out of a fire truck.  The same folks were showing a
trike at the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463

It was a fun visit.  I ran into a friend who had been my student at
the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT,
which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to
high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met
on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend
who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner).

For them that like such things, the whole album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/

It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/

The Blastolene website (way out of date):
https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm

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Yes. On 7/29/2025 1:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Are you talking about the cow or the howitzer? > > On 2025-07-29 06:35, ann sanfedele wrote: >> glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that up. >> >> ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.) >> >> >> >> On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that >>> a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in >>> Brookdale.  I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a >>> previous errand. >>> >>> I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named >>> Bertha, made out of a fire truck.  The same folks were showing a >>> trike at the car show: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463 >>> >>> It was a fun visit.  I ran into a friend who had been my student at >>> the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, >>> which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to >>> high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met >>> on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend >>> who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner). >>> >>> For them that like such things, the whole album: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/ >>> >>> It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010 >>> >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/ >>> >>> The Blastolene website (way out of date): >>> https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __ >>> Larry Colen from Lothlorien >>> lrc@red4est.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> To unsubscribe send an email topdml-leave@pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>> and follow the directions. > -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com
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mike wilson
Fri, Aug 1, 2025 10:51 AM

On 29/07/2025 14:35 BST ann sanfedele annsan@nyc.rr.com wrote:

glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that up.

ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.)

My favourite Lehrer quote:
"If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while."

On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote:

While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale.  I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous errand.

I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named Bertha, made out of a fire truck.  The same folks were showing a trike at the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463

It was a fun visit.  I ran into a friend who had been my student at the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner).

For them that like such things, the whole album:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/

It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/

The Blastolene website (way out of date):
https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm

> On 29/07/2025 14:35 BST ann sanfedele <annsan@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > > glad it wasn't a photo of Big Bertha.   You young folks can look that up. > > ann (definitely in wiseass mode.. feeling sad about Tom Lehrer.) My favourite Lehrer quote: "If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while." > > > > On 7/28/2025 2:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > While I was home, after I had brekkies on Saturday I remembered that a friend told me there was going to be a car show that day in Brookdale. I happened to have my u4/3 camera with me because of a previous errand. > > > > I think that a few years back I posted some photos of a hotrod named Bertha, made out of a fire truck. The same folks were showing a trike at the car show: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/54683923593/in/album-72177720327886463 > > > > It was a fun visit. I ran into a friend who had been my student at the race track in the V8 MGB, someone with a supercharged MGBGT, which unlike my supercharged MGBGT is running, someone I had gone to high school with who at that moment was chatting with someone I met on my last trip to burning man 15 years ago. I also saw the friend who told me about the show (with the Plymouth Road Runner). > > > > For them that like such things, the whole album: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720327886463/ > > > > It turns out I posted photos of Bertha back in 2010 > > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157623093266803/ > > > > The Blastolene website (way out of date): > > https://www.blastolene.com/Blastolene_Cars.htm > >
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Ralf R Radermacher
Fri, Aug 1, 2025 11:07 AM

Am 01.08.25 um 12:51 schrieb mike wilson:

My favourite Lehrer quote:
"If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while."

Wich is exactly why I've never liked him.

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Am 01.08.25 um 12:51 schrieb mike wilson: > My favourite Lehrer quote: > "If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it will all have been worth the while." Wich is exactly why I've never liked him. -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012
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ann sanfedele
Fri, Aug 1, 2025 11:41 AM

But Ralf, he was making the opposite point.  that's why it is called
sardonic humor.   If you heard that line when he was performing you
would miss the "just kidding' aspect I think.
I only have his records and seen tv recording of his live performances..
sorry I never saw him in person.

ann

On 8/1/2025 7:07 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

Am 01.08.25 um 12:51 schrieb mike wilson:

My favourite Lehrer quote:
"If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say
something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it
will all have been worth the while."

Wich is exactly why I've never liked him.

But Ralf, he was making the opposite point.  that's why it is called sardonic humor.   If you heard that line when he was performing you would miss the "just kidding' aspect I think. I only have his records and seen tv recording of his live performances.. sorry I never saw him in person. ann On 8/1/2025 7:07 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > Am 01.08.25 um 12:51 schrieb mike wilson: >> My favourite Lehrer quote: >> "If, after hearing my songs, just one human being is inspired to say >> something nasty to a friend, or perhaps to strike a loved one, it >> will all have been worth the while." > > Wich is exactly why I've never liked him. > -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks
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Ralf R Radermacher
Fri, Aug 1, 2025 11:51 AM

Am 01.08.25 um 13:41 schrieb ann sanfedele:

But Ralf, he was making the opposite point

Might well be. Then again, i never liked math teachers either. Hated the
lot of them tbh.

Ralf

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Am 01.08.25 um 13:41 schrieb ann sanfedele: > But Ralf, he was making the opposite point Might well be. Then again, i never liked math teachers either. Hated the lot of them tbh. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012
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