Monday, August 23, 2010

Bon mot for the week

"No-one anywhere really knows what they are doing even 50% of the time."


'Northern Zephyr' (a blogger who dropped by with a comment on here a few weeks back)


The 'Zephyr' is a motor mechanic somewhere in the USA, who describes himself self-mockingly as "just a knuckle dragging, dead in the head, wrench turner" (I don't think he was in earnest; not about the middle bit anyway). This line is from his opening post, just over three weeks ago. I enjoyed his short piece on the frustrations of dealing with a mysterious, seemingly insoluble mechanical problem and his list of his 5 favourite cars (I can't pretend to have enough knowledge of cars to appreciate his selection, but it's always inspiring to find someone writing with such simple passion about something). Good luck with the blogging, Zeph.

4 comments:

The British Cowboy said...

He's right on the nose with the Dodge Charger 1970. I'm considering getting one to restore to go with my 2010 Challenger.

Froog said...

Really, Cowboy - you're getting a hotrod?! That Bruce Springsteen has a lot to answer for.

The British Cowboy said...

I already have a 2010 Challenger RT/J - the classic throwback muscle car, with a 5.7 liter Hemi, kicking out 375 horses.

I'm just considering adding a 70's version as well to tinker with and to piss of the environmentalists.

Froog said...

Well, so long as there's a good reason...