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     Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1587 Registered: 05-2005 |
You really must read this http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story /0,23739,22067633-5003421,00.html | ||
| Ted Member Username: Ted Post Number: 5 Registered: 01-2005 |
Thanks Padraig. Such good news to know that Robert is looking to the future armed not only with a pen, but also a guitar. And quite a month for him, what with competing in the Tour de France as well - http://www.tdfblog.com/2006/06/gerolstei ner_na.html (see reserves) | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1599 Registered: 05-2005 |
That fits in with his cricket mad youth I think Ted! | ||
| Andrew Kerr Member Username: Andrew_k Post Number: 276 Registered: 04-2005 |
Thanks for that Pádraig. Really excellent and informative read. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1658 Registered: 05-2005 |
Beautiful piece. Very evocative. Thanks. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 105 Registered: 01-2007 |
you were right about him driving round a big old volvo Spence | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1676 Registered: 05-2005 |
when did i say that, what a good memory for my sburditties jerry!! Mind you your are a GP, so I'd hope you had a good memory! I hope RF's volvo is a really reall old one, you know, estate type, say , lets think, erm, 1973. Now that looks like a good year, in type too! It sounds fantastic. | ||
| Peter_d Member Username: Peter_d Post Number: 28 Registered: 05-2005 |
Does Robert bowl finger or wrist spin ?! | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 107 Registered: 01-2007 |
You've a good memeory as well Spence, can't remember what thrad it was on but realted to Robert driving over to Grants to play,and sticking his guitar in the back of the car, and you said "you can imagine him driving around in and old Volvo" wander if he does have an old Volvo or may be a new 7 seater ( which would spoil the image) Why are Volvo estates more cool when I see them in the USA or Australia and so staid/conventional in the UK. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1680 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think its to wwith the plains Jerry! Whilst I adore some of the UK's Africa and and Europe's breathtaking scenery, US and OZ have to be the best looking places on the planet!!? I wonder what a Volvo would look like on Oz. My Volvo was 17or 18ft long. It was my first car when I started my design company 7 years ago. It was white, but it was really comfortable. Not very good for the carbon footprint. Now the ones you see on t he telly in US or Oz, they are always khaki, cream, yellow or brown, and are usually parked on a hilly driveway on the front of some house in SF or soemwhere, think Mrs Doubtfire or The nutty professor! | ||
| Catherine Vaughan Member Username: Catherine Post Number: 82 Registered: 05-2005 |
I couldn't imagine Robert driving one of those big planet-killing 7-seaters - unless he's got 5 kids and actually needs one.. | ||
| frank bascombe Member Username: Frankb Post Number: 108 Registered: 01-2007 |
No wouldn't fit Roberts image really, a large estate/station wagon would. Re the Environment one those would last many years so would be green that way. | ||
| Peter Collins Member Username: Tyroneshoelaces Post Number: 123 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thanks Padraig. Uplifting and sad at the same time. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1342 Registered: 03-2005 |
I never looked in on this thread after reading Robert's interview. It's very funny! Spence, I probably should devote a vacation to wandering around and taking pictures for you. Think of the scenes depicted on the "Warm Nights" cover. We do have some breathtaking places, especially the mountains. But, lordy, do we ever have vast stretches dreariness enlivened by desperate human visions of civilization. That does it; the next trip upstate to see my parents will have to be accompanied by my camera. You need some Highway 99 views! Those 70s Volvos. I remember driving a wagon (estate) that belonged to a friend. We'd all been doing a little drinking but I'd done the least. The owner of the Volvo told me to ignore the little red park brake light as it never goes out. As we careened around the curves of Sunset Boulevard I just kept saying "jeez, this thing is gutless!" After a couple of miles I smelled the familiar odor of burning brake lining. I'd left the park brake on. Most of the old Volvos you see here have loads of bumper stickers on the back, exceptionally dirty windows and are terribly driven. But you're right; they do tend to be yellow or brown or some other earthy tone. The one I drove was orange. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1502 Registered: 04-2005 |
Oh god, Randy, you just caused some horrible flashbacks for me when you mentioned Hwy 99. I made hundreds of work-related drives up and down that dreary Central Valley corridor when I lived in Fresno, rarely in an air-conditioned car. So ugly, so bleak, so hot. Never have I so wanted to drive at 100 mph just to be done with the drive sooner... | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 678 Registered: 10-2004 |
I picture Robert's Volvo as of the square, heavy, late 70s-early 80s variety. I was the proud owner of two different 60s Volvos, the venerable 122s (also known as the Volvo Amazon). Beautiful, beautiful car, the 122. Pretty reliable and sturdy too, for cars of that vintage. For sevreal years I owned a '62, and after that was totalled in a wreck with a particularly aggressive driver (a rather traumatic experience), I had a '65. I have really fond memories of those cars, particularly the first one. I'll never forget being on an early date with a girlfriend and having to push that thing across two lanes of busy Freeway when its timing gear went caput. But I had to give it up and I sold the '65 and now have to be content with my anonymous, economical Toyota; maintaining those old cars consumes too much time and money. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1688 Registered: 05-2005 |
Welcome back Peter! | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 1743 Registered: 05-2005 |
Cheers Randy, we must come and visit you one day! I have a friend who lives Scottsdale Arizona 85254 This nea ryou? | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 1343 Registered: 03-2005 |
Spence, I just checked on the web. Scottsdale is 374 miles (or 601 km) from Los Angeles. That's closer than I thought it would be, about the same distance as Los Angeles to San Francisco. I love the Amazon, Jeff! That's a well-balanced car body design, kind of like another good looker, the Rover P5. Those Volvos are now finally becoming pretty scarce on the roads down here. | ||
| Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 862 Registered: 08-2006 |
Scottsdale is only 374 miles from LA? That surprises me - seems like it'd be farther. Volvos are kind of the unofficial musicians' car here in Chicago. If you meet a guy in a band, chances are you'll see him driving away in some late-80s Volvo wagon. |