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PlbMak Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East Anglia, UK Posts: 2003 Good Answers: 3	Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/18/2009 8:57 AM
	During our usual lunch time ramblings today, someone spotted an add in the paper for a pair of sheep skin driving gloves, £177 a pair. This raised the question, why would you be wearing driving gloves in this day and age? I myself have been known to done a pair of Nomex race gloves, but that's slightly different. And before anyone says it's for convertible drivers, I mostly see drivers of tin top wearing them. So why, unless you have a classic MG or such like, (that's Morris Garages, by the way) would you wear driving gloves? I really wanna know! __________________ 'The truth is out there' The lies are in your head.
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#1 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 9:17 AM
	Possibles that come to mind: In Phoenix summer the under-windscreen temp runs in excess of 140F and the steering wheel does too. In Colorado winter the steering wheel for the first 20 minutes driving is uncomfortably cold. In my old Dodge truck, the imitation leather cover is disintigrating in this black crumbly mess that is very hard to get off your hands when taking the wife on a date But I generally under all these condition wear a pair of leather work gloves at $6.00. But if I had an MG, Austin-Healy, et. al I would not only wear gay little shoes and open-back driving gloves - but by golly a newsboys cap and a trailing white scarf! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Bricktop Guru Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The People's Republic of Massachusetts Posts: 1946 Good Answers: 73	#2 In reply to #1 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 9:36 AM
	"But if I had an MG, Austin-Healy, et. al I would not only wear gay little shoes and open-back driving gloves - but by golly a newsboys cap and a trailing white scarf!" A photo of that would be priceless! In fact, I'm sitting here giggling about that scene right now. All of the above with a cowboy hat. The girls of Exeter would be all over that like the cheapest of suites. Really, you buy $250 gloves because you can. __________________ I go into every human encounter expecting to be framed for a crime I didn't commit. Dilbert, 2013
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#3 In reply to #2 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 9:47 AM
	Hey now - I'm a multi-dimensional kinda guy I don't have an appropriate dimension for silly expensive accessories Had a pilot in the Navy that seriously thought about turning around and flying back because he left his Serengeti sunglasses behind Once the flight engineer told him how much fuel we would have to dump to get light enough to land, followed by refueling he reluctantly shut up. __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Anonymous Poster	#29 In reply to #2 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 11:35 AM
	"But if I had an MG, Austin-Healy, et. al I would not only wear gay little shoes and open-back driving gloves - but by golly a newsboys cap and a trailing white scarf!" You forgot the Tweed Sprots Jacket with the leather patched elbows and the Sherlock Holmes pipe. Speaking with a lisp might help also.
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#31 In reply to #29 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 11:55 AM
	Ahh anon comments about lisps - shame But I actually liked the long-stem clay pipes But given the US drive to non-smoking it probably doesn't matter I'll be sticking with an old Power Wagon with a gunrack, and boots and jeans __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Bricktop Guru Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The People's Republic of Massachusetts Posts: 1946 Good Answers: 73	#34 In reply to #31 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 2:39 PM
	Ya, an old Power Wagon, you'd look good in one like this: __________________ I go into every human encounter expecting to be framed for a crime I didn't commit. Dilbert, 2013
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#35 In reply to #34 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 2:42 PM
	Ahhh damned handsome. Love the color scheme - early Farm Impliment! Thanks! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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bob c Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 5708 Good Answers: 123	#36 In reply to #34 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 2:52 PM
	Nice looking truck. That series was very popular with fire departments years back. Probably the best of the 4x4 trucks of that era. I think every one of those trucks that I ever saw in the fire service had taken the "Power Wagon" emblem, and rearranged the letters to read Fire Wagon. They were not fast, but they would go where you wanted. __________________ Bob
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#37 In reply to #36 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 2:58 PM
	Top end (depending on specifics) right around 45 - 55 and loud if you don't change tire types Fire Departments (brush division), Forest Service, remote utility companies.... Not fast, not a lot in creature comfort, just a good honest truck __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Bricktop Guru Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The People's Republic of Massachusetts Posts: 1946 Good Answers: 73	#38 In reply to #37 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 3:04 PM
	That one is a 1963, that a google search turned up. http://www.dodgepowerwagon.com/classifieds/dunaway-061209-63.php When I retire, I'm going to buy one. However, since they took away over half my 401K, and reduced my property values to squat, that prospect looks far away. __________________ I go into every human encounter expecting to be framed for a crime I didn't commit. Dilbert, 2013
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#39 In reply to #38 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 3:19 PM
	Ah, fear not. I've lost my retirement fund several times! House is worth squat and I'm not only still paying, I'm moving yet another state away! Lalalalalala! There was the run on the Yen, then the crazed insane fiancee, any number of other bad choices Like letting the bankers off after the S&L debacle, letting them live after Enron, and we'll prolly let 'em live again. So years ago I settled on the idea of semi-retirement scrounging cans along the roadside when the youngsters won't tolerate me in the workplace anymore Stinky Pete has offered me a concession for the opposite side of his roads - you should join us - you can have medians! Or y'know - we'll go save the third world. __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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cwarner7_11 Guru Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Panama Posts: 4273 Good Answers: 213	#42 In reply to #39 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 6:48 PM
	edignan- Please, PLEASE no more saviours in the third world! We are already over-run with them- there's hardly enough room left for those of us in need of salvation...
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#43 In reply to #42 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 6:59 PM
	Hah! Taken in exactly the spirit intended Early novel I read in school - Henderson the Rain King is a 1959 novel by Saul Bellow. SERIOUSLY cured me. Later hanging around missionaries back from their travels, I was glad I read the book Don't mean to bag on all, of course. no offense intended, sure some good works are done, etc __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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scotchdrnkr Guru Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Latitude 38.701979 Longitude -90.439540 Coordinates 38.701979, -90.439540 N38°42.11874, W090°26.3724 Posts: 668 Good Answers: 15	#65 In reply to #34 Re: Gloves 06/22/2009 6:26 AM
	WOW thats a beauty. I recently placed a bid on one that was up for auction that my friend told me about that was being removed from his fire dept. truck pool. They had just last year rebuilt the engine and transmission. Then got an inflow of $$ to upgrade their equipment so they decided to sell it. They give preference to other fire depts. but i figured I'd put in my bid and hope for the best. __________________ scotchdrnkr
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#67 In reply to #65 Re: Gloves 06/22/2009 8:00 AM
	Good Luck! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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ZenZeddmore Commentator Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 75 Good Answers: 2	#4 In reply to #1 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:10 AM
	"and a trailing white scarf!" Don't do like Isadora Duncan.
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:22 AM
	Wow, I had no idea! OK, short scarf __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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PlbMak Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East Anglia, UK Posts: 2003 Good Answers: 3	#7 In reply to #1 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:35 AM
	Is this You! __________________ 'The truth is out there' The lies are in your head.
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PWSlack Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: In the bothy, 7 chains down the line from Dodman's Lane level crossing, in the nation formerly known as Great Britain. Kettle's on. Posts: 32175 Good Answers: 839	#9 In reply to #7 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:38 AM
	Was that the bloke that drove along the A4 between Twyford and Maidenhead last night diving a red Morgan 3-wheeler? __________________ "Did you get my e-mail?" - "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place" - George Bernard Shaw, 1856
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Tippycanoe Guru Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Halcottsville, NY Posts: 665 Good Answers: 16	#13 In reply to #9 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 2:06 PM
	Not if he didn't put enough termite traps in it! (How many will get this reference?) __________________ De gustibus non est dispudandum.
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#14 In reply to #13 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 2:21 PM
	One! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#47 In reply to #14 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 3:19 AM
	Maybe cos you're antequated. _{sneaky, yah ?} __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#49 In reply to #47 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 8:25 AM
	Yeah see comment on Sunbeams Time......does something - oh if only I could remember. But antequated - har! More addlepated __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#50 In reply to #49 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 8:58 AM
	Noo, Cornwall is pasties, not pate. Must be my spelling crimes that confuse __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#51 In reply to #50 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 9:13 AM
	I'll do ya better While polite dictionaries USED to tie me to pismires and pissants (which have their own LOVELY connotations) Apparently I'm being dragged through the mud in new and fascinating ways: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=emmet You'd think they'd have SOME respect http://www.robertemmet.org/ __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#53 In reply to #51 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 9:21 AM
	That Irish one's a new one on me ! You know, I was just listening to some BB King, and then this bloody awful sound came over the top of it Apparently I'm Indonesian __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#56 In reply to #53 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 9:45 AM
	You know, I was just listening to some BB King, and then this bloody awful sound came over the top of it ? __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#57 In reply to #56 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 1:25 PM
	I had BB King and some chums playing on youtube, and I clicked on this. The combination doesn't exactly work. It's not too awful a tune in itself, but playing alongside "Rock me Baby" ? __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#59 In reply to #57 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 1:43 PM
	Ah, doesn't come up for me so didn't notice __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#61 In reply to #59 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 2:05 PM
	? There's a related story mentioned in another thread. __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#52 In reply to #50 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 9:18 AM
	Ahh, I see pasTIES not pasTYS very different results! And the wife got so excited by seeing pies on the idiot box, she is headed off to the kitchen today She laments to lack of liquor, but fortunately brown sauce is available locally. Limited ability to steam in quantity, so (swoop!) more Cornwall than East End. __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#54 In reply to #52 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 9:26 AM
	Pastsy's are just the older ones To get Brits really going, just mention how to pronounce it. Nearly as bad as 'scones'. __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#55 In reply to #54 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 9:37 AM
	Paisty paasty - lets call the whole thing off! how many choices are there for scone? And if you want to get wife rolfing talk to her about Scotch Eggs hork! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#58 In reply to #55 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 1:31 PM
	Scone to rhyme with cone, scone to rhyme with con. Scotch Eggs are fine - slathered in Salad Cream, though mayo will do at a pinch. I will not discuss Iron Bru !yuuuuuuuuuuck. Driving gloves might come in handy if you accidentally drank some. __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#60 In reply to #58 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 1:45 PM
	Scotch Eggs are fine - slathered in Salad Cream, though mayo will do at a pinch. The wife (an American) refers to them as icy cold lard balls - don't know where she stands on Mayo vs Salad Cream since once you start with a lard ball..... __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#62 In reply to #60 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 2:16 PM
	If she's not keen on the eggs, why not surprise her by bringing home some faggots one day ? I'm sure they must be available over there, but you can always ask in a bar or something. 4 might be a bit much to start with, so just look for a 2-pack. The ambulance will probably give you a ride home. __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#63 In reply to #62 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 2:24 PM
	Looks like unstuffed sausage - I can deal But the wife does HATE a pea so some variation is called for A local equivalent would be Menudo Best hangover food on the planet - but one should be drunk to get past the smell But the broth is wonderful __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#64 In reply to #63 Re: Gloves 06/22/2009 1:31 AM
	Best hangover food on the planet Spicy Tripe ? __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#66 In reply to #64 Re: Gloves 06/22/2009 7:59 AM
	Good description __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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user-deleted-1105 Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: Harlow England Posts: 16512 Good Answers: 670	#70 In reply to #54 Re: Gloves 06/24/2009 4:53 AM
	Pasty Kensit... __________________ health warning: These posts may contain traces of nut.
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#71 In reply to #70 Re: Gloves 06/24/2009 6:58 AM
	Well if we're going up down that root, what about Pasty~~-face~~ Palmer ? tRICKAYYY ! __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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msm98lw Power-User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Danbury, CT, USA Posts: 103 Good Answers: 2	#23 In reply to #13 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 8:32 AM
	You would also need termite traps for a Marcos. Ah, for the good old days when an Elva Courier could out run a Corvette. At least once the Vette's drum brakes went away. Am I really that old? __________________ 6 * 9 = 42 in base 13
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#32 In reply to #23 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 11:56 AM
	You are not alone! I was thinking of the Sunbeam Tiger __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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PlbMak Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East Anglia, UK Posts: 2003 Good Answers: 3	#33 In reply to #32 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 1:22 PM
	Ohh Yeah! For a pic of a Tiger see here! __________________ 'The truth is out there' The lies are in your head.
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Ron Guru Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Wisconsin USA Posts: 824 Good Answers: 37	#40 In reply to #32 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 4:46 PM
	My first car was a 1960 Sunbeam Alpine. Couldn't afford a Tiger when they came along later, but traded the Alpine in on a brand-new TR-4 in '64. Truly fun car - but things have changed: my current Jetta with stick & 1.8T will beat it in every reasonable test except for turning circle and time to remove the hood and fold away the hood sticks... [= take the cloth top off and put it into the boot (trunk), fold the support mechanism down under its cover, and snap the Lift-The-Dots onto their posts]. A friend and I could take the top down during a red light - and did so every chance we got. __________________ " Ignorance and arrogance have more in common than their last four letters. "
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#41 In reply to #40 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 5:58 PM
	Seriously tried to figure out how to get a family of four into the TR-6 when it came out, but settled on the minivan instead. __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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bob c Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 5708 Good Answers: 123	#46 In reply to #40 Re: Gloves 06/20/2009 10:31 PM
	Early on I had a Hillman Husky that was a station wagon that had the same series motor as the Alpine. I had dreams of a Hillman Husky with a 289 or 302 Ford in it. A friend had done a 302 Sprite. Fun in the sun. __________________ Bob
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#48 In reply to #46 Re: Gloves 06/21/2009 8:24 AM
	Late '70s I was leaning on a sports I didn't know (and time ...something) was a Sunbeam with enormous wheel wells grafted on? __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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Anonymous Poster	#30 In reply to #13 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 11:41 AM
	I did - wood frame
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#10 In reply to #7 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 11:02 AM
	Nah, more Will Geer, Robert Redfordish __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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ky Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Magnetic Island, Queensland, Australia Posts: 3721 Good Answers: 74	#44 In reply to #7 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 7:28 PM
	Full body glove would be a good idea. But were would we get the trace elements from? __________________ The Twain Has Met
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#45 In reply to #44 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 8:12 PM
	Hah! Me before I gave up motorcycles! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#16 In reply to #1 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 5:42 PM
	so your the one I see that drives around town in your ensemble. " Oh, Behave" __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#18 In reply to #16 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 6:07 PM
	Hey now, you watch what you call the girls. you'll hurt their feelings. And I'm told the proper term now is "crew" __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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bob c Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 5708 Good Answers: 123	#20 In reply to #1 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:08 PM
	*"But if I had an MG, Austin-Healy, et. al I would not only wear gay little shoes and open-back driving gloves - but by golly a newsboys cap and a trailing white scarf!"* And you would have a garage full of Lucas parts. __________________ Bob
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#22 In reply to #20 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 7:39 AM
	Or a car full of Delco parts Not great for it's historical authenticity, but way better for reliability 'Course not sure those old shoes still fit Lucas, they are the electrical system for Gulfstream aircraft now __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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bob c Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 5708 Good Answers: 123	#27 In reply to #22 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 9:13 AM
	Oh no. Now I have to change my flight plans for Monday. __________________ Bob
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#28 In reply to #27 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 10:56 AM
	Well Gulfstream also spends a bit more than Austin, Morris, et. al. Haven't heard any quality complaints __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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JLMEALER Commentator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arizona at the present Posts: 69 Good Answers: 1	#72 In reply to #1 Re: Gloves 06/24/2009 12:23 PM
	Leather gloves that double as work gloves whether in or out of a vehicle is cool. You can wear gloves (any gloves) while driving a truck. Scarfs... well... as long as they are earth tones and don't clash other accessories, gof or it. I grew up with the Phoenix (Mesa) interior car warmth... refreshing and relaxing, but bad on bare fllesh covering the hands. Also, I learned then and there, that real men do not wear shorts, esp when sliding into a car in July at Alma School and Southern... But that's for another question by someone else who needs to meet the macho-hetero male dress code standards. JL Mealer http://mealercompanies.com __________________ Mealer Companies LLC
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#73 In reply to #72 Re: Gloves 06/24/2009 12:34 PM
	Yeah, pretty hard to describe bare thighs and triple digit vinyl! Although the contortions necessary to get back off the seat are probably good exercise! __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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HUX Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK S.Northants Posts: 485 Good Answers: 19	#6 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:26 AM
	Perhaps this is the wrong forum for such a question? Engineers tend not to be victims of fashion which deems something to be "so last year" before you have got your use out of it, but some people have so much money to spend they would consider such fripperies cheap. Vanity probably. I will never understand why people do half the things they do.
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PlbMak Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East Anglia, UK Posts: 2003 Good Answers: 3	#8 In reply to #6 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 10:38 AM
	Probably not, but then again..... I am expecting answers relating to steering wheel design, ergonomics, types of surfaces/coatings, anti vibration design... __________________ 'The truth is out there' The lies are in your head.
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HUX Power-User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: UK S.Northants Posts: 485 Good Answers: 19	#11 In reply to #8 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 11:08 AM
	you mean marketing material as opposed to needs?
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#17 In reply to #6 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 5:48 PM
	Engineers tend not to be victims of fashion which deems something to be "so last year" before you have got your use out of it, I was looking over some pictures on a project with some engineers I had did some 10 years prior......, I noticed and pointed out I was wearing the same shirt. Took a while for the laughter stop. __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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edignan Guru Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Borrego Springs Posts: 2636 Good Answers: 62	#19 In reply to #17 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 6:08 PM
	No holes? Whats so funny? __________________ "If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!"
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scotchdrnkr Guru Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Latitude 38.701979 Longitude -90.439540 Coordinates 38.701979, -90.439540 N38°42.11874, W090°26.3724 Posts: 668 Good Answers: 15	#24 In reply to #17 Re: Gloves 06/19/2009 8:37 AM
	Hey at least you could fit in the same shirt after 10 years. How many of the others could say that. I went to my 25th year high school Reunion BBQ and wore the t-shirt that had all our names printed on it that we had made for our class in 1982. We had a small graduating class. Some thought I had it remade but most remembered me as a skinny dude even back then. As far as wearing driving gloves. I wear a pair of rubber coated gardening gloves to help keep my hands from sliding on the steering wheel. $6.95 a pair at the hardware store. I tend to lose them on a regular basis. So theres no way I'm going to pay much for a pair of gloves. __________________ scotchdrnkr
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ahuha Power-User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: united states, california san francisco bay area native Posts: 382 Good Answers: 8	#12 Re: Gloves 06/18/2009 12:38 PM
	besides some of the already good reasons : there is of course, i like the way my hands look w/ the gloves on. __________________ give the hardest job to the laziest person & they'll find the easiest way to do it
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phoenix911 Guru Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 23647 Good Answers: 420	#15 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/18/2009 5:40 PM
	PbMak, This raised the question, why would you be wearing driving gloves in this day and age? I don't think I would ever go with driving gloves.....(never say never). But when I drive my first 911 (which I still have. after awhile I did install a steering wheel glove/cover/condom on it (on the steering wheel) ......The sweat from my hands does deteriorate the leather. the glove also keeps it in like new condition.....like the rest of the car. I didn't care for the cleaning or conditioning solution for the leather on my steering wheel because it makes it slippery, plus made my hands sweat even more...........Slowing down.......well I at least like to stay with the traffic. As far as who would were a driving glove.....well when I got pulled over in the village of Allouez, a suburb of Green Bay, Wisconsin......I watched in my rear view mirror of the pimply face, reflective sunglassed wearing cop get out of his car, and I noticed him clinching and releasing his driving leather gloved hands as he approached the car........and hearing him ask in a breaking adolescent sqeaky voice say..."Sir, do know the reason why I stopped you?..... So yes, there are people who would buy such a item. phoenix911 __________________ “ When people get what they want, they are often surprised when they get what they deserve " - James Wood
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PlbMak Guru Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: East Anglia, UK Posts: 2003 Good Answers: 3	#21 In reply to #15 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/19/2009 4:10 AM
	OK, I concede a point here! My hands would sweat if I was driving one of those! __________________ 'The truth is out there' The lies are in your head.
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jconn_ETEC_05 Associate Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 52	#25 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/19/2009 8:51 AM
	Last week I drove in a caravan across the great state of Texas, 11.5 hours of driving there on Sunday and 11.5 hours of driving back on Friday, plus stops. The vehicles of choice were a '98 Ram 3500 van and an '01 F-350 van. After fighting a cross wind for the first three hours I donned a pair of deer skin work gloves because my hands we getting raw. The gloves really made a huge difference in reducing fatigue, I found myself gripping the wheel and more relaxed in the shoulders and back.
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The Jackal Active Contributor Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Alberta Posts: 18	#26 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/19/2009 9:01 AM
	I only wear driving gloves in the winter here so that my fingers don't freeze and snap-off in -40C sunshine. __________________ -- The Jackal
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JLMEALER Commentator Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arizona at the present Posts: 69 Good Answers: 1	#68 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/23/2009 12:58 AM
	It's either pip pip and cheerio in pre-1940's England or very simply GAY. JL Mealer Mealer Companies LLC http://mealercompanies.com __________________ Mealer Companies LLC
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Kris Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Etherville Posts: 12362 Good Answers: 115	#69 In reply to #68 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 06/23/2009 2:48 AM
	You can't go around saying things like that. - It's 'tootle pip' ! __________________ For sale - Signature space. Apply on self addressed postcard..
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Anonymous Poster	#74 Re: Driving Gloves, Anyone? 07/11/2009 3:44 AM
	Not sure what the official answer should be, but based on experience... If you've ever steered a leather wheel, you'd know how slippery that skin-to-leather grip can be; but leather glove on hand seems to afford a driver an excellent, non-slip purchase on a leather steering wheel, regardless of ambient (temp/humidity) or physiological (hand skin temp and perspiration) conditions.
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