bargain

my latest acquisition - a reference book on american cars from 1920 to 1980, with lots of black-and-white pictures, covering every single brand and model (!) put on the market in the respective period.
yehaaa....!

just a short remark

it's good i don't have any psII, x-box or wii.
if so, i'd spend one half of my life on playing games such as "resident evil", "grand theft auto", "need for speed", and the rest with cars (and CARS).
i'd not only be a cars (and a CARS) addict, i'd also be a videogame addict.

ever read about "better than life" (a game described in the novel "red dwarf" by grant naylor*)? it's not the question whether you like this story or not, it's that weird scenario that comes so close to reality. or let's say "would come close to reality", at least in my case.
it's a little bit frightening.

thanx god it's just a story.
;-)

*"grant naylor" is a collective pseudonym made up of the two writers rob grant and doug naylor

can't wait for the summer

in the "chrome and flames" magazine, i found the following dates for us-car (and bike) meetings and cruises in the rhein-main area:

• at the "harley garage" in hofheim/wallau, every monday and friday, starting at 19.00 hrs,
  
  
• at "wal mart"/"pizza hut" in darmstadt, every friday starting at 20.30 hrs,
  
  
• at the v8 drivers' club home in flörsheim-weilbach (industriestr. 19), every monday and friday, starting at 19.00 hrs,
  
  
• at werner-von-siemens-street in hofheim/wallau, every first sunday a month from may to september, starting at 12.00 hrs,
  
  
• and, not to forget, the "corvette forum meeting" in flörsheim ("boat house" restaurant) on every first friday a month, starting at 19.00 hrs.

plenty of ideas...
and it's still january...
*sigh*

my favourite...

...tv trash - more non-vette stuff.
sorry!
it's a german scifi series called "spaceship orion", broadcasted in 1965 (one year before star trek). and since i can't drive my baby at the moment, i have to take such desperate measures ;-)

normally, this tv show is in black-and-white, but i didn't find any decent version of the original tv trailer on youtube, only this badly coloured one.
well, so watch and despair...

yehaaa - slalom time!

yeah, you're right. this is no vette ;-)
this is me in my old beemer, on the 2007 solms slalom. i got this picture last week, and since it is good, i'd like to show it to you folks...

pic was taken by sm-sport-promotion, wettenstein

welcome 2008

happy new year, folks! hope you all had a wonderful start into the brand new year 2008...

as for me... well, things weren't the way i expected them to be, starting with the fact that i caught a really nasty cold during xmas and had to stay in bed with fever and that kind of stuff, feeling as if i had been hit by a truck. but that leaves much room for improvement.
examples...:

• i didn't do much writing during my holidays. dunno why - just wasn't in the right mood. so, with severals chapters still to be written and translated, there is much left to do for me.
• also didn't succeed in finding a slalom vehicle. until now, i found nothing. nada. my club urged me to look for a front-wheel driven one - much to my dismay, but, to be honest, they are right, because in case of rain, front-wheel traction is better than everything else. at least i payed the fees for my license today, hoping that everything will be o.k. and settled on that side.
• since i still can't drive, i'm counting days as i look on my corvette calendar made by one of the forum members, longing to shoot pictures of my own. half-time! at least my baby seems to be quite well, and i look after him as often as i can.

there is other stuff i need to get done, including some private trouble to be settled, since things are becoming more and more unpleasant. well... shit happens.
so this is the beginning.
nevetheless, i hope that it's gonna be a good year. if you feel the urge to stand up and fight, if you feel the necessity to move your ass and do something, then this normally is a good sign.
welcome, 2008!
welcome, corvette year.