Comments on: Same Owner… 59 Years & Counting…

By: dragon

dragon — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:31:00 +0000

Happy holidays MM from Manila!

I like gadgets – more of curious. My computers and cel phones last me years until they break down! My current Mac is now 3 years old. Prior Mac laptop was 6 years old (conked out); prior Mac desktop was 8 years old (conked out). Previous cel Nokia communicator was 6 years old (broken hinge but still working)…you get the picture.

Are you aware that Maytag is/was probably the only brand that really lasted a lifetime? Ironically the repair/maintenance section was non-existent. Familiar with the bored Maytag personnel ad? That’s sooo true.

By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:45:13 +0000

Couldn’t agree more on this. It’s really ironic that our generation had been taught to waste and waste and now that we’re finally feeling the effects of our “waste”, we’ve finally made the initiative to slowly start going back to everything green. Reconditioning something that had it been left as is, need not be reconditioned at all. :)

By: marilen

marilen — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 02:07:57 +0000

We need this reminder from time to time – because this throw-away consume consume society can be reined in if we only acted with more prudence and frugality.

By: joyce

joyce — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 02:14:47 +0000

kinda off-topic, but anyway: Sausalito = <3

By: scramoodles

scramoodles — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 06:12:41 +0000

I think I saw something like that car and it was blue. We were at Paseo de Santa Rosa intersection on our way to Tagaytay. If only I had the time to take a picture! A very old couple was driving the vehicle looking as though they were just going out on a date. Probably the same way they did 50 years ago. It’s vintage and romantic. How cool is that? But what’s more romantic is this really old couple, driving to the farm in their own kalesa along the national road of Ilocos Sur! GoshThat one I will never forget :)

By: shane

shane — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:57:35 +0000

We have a 1972 Ford truck that we use only to haul stuff to and fro. It was handed down from Grandpa Taylor about 20 years ago. He only used “Betzel” to haul logs within their farm in Tennessee. To date, the truck has about 88k miles. I love the “antique” status-yearly inspection only costs around $12. Can you believe she had a set of 10 year old tires and only recently did we get Betzel her new shoes? She is as good as new with those new tires!

We also have a 1977 Porsche 911 that we have been caring for for years! “Mary Jane” is well loved. If the weather is nice we drive her around town on the weekends. She doesn’t have power steering otherwise I’ll be driving her to work. I do have to refer to these vehicles in the third person as they have been part of our lives for so long-they are family indeed.

By: Thel from Florida

Thel from Florida — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 02:51:06 +0000

My super wonderful husband gifted me a C-220 Mercedes on my 45th birthday in 1995. I still have it in very good condition with only 18k miles after 15 years. I plan to take good care of it and keep it until the end of my day. I have a Chevy for everyday use that is why I didn’t put many miles on my Mercedes. My husband has a 26′ McGregor sailboat/motorboat combination, a real beauty. Please come and visit us MM and family and we would go sailing!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:46:20 +0000

bernice, yes, thanks, did a post on that a few days back… :) tonceq, it’s all about angles…I assure you my hair is less than 50% of what it used to be! Maybe that’s why I don’t care for photos from the front! :) And while my grandfather had a brilliant full crown of the whitest hair, I am simply losing hair…

By: bernice

bernice — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:49:39 +0000

marketman, i don’t know if you’re aware, but you’re on the wallstreet journal!

https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2010/11/30/bloggers-pick-the-best-asian-food/

By: EbbaBlue

EbbaBlue — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:20:35 +0000

My hubby wants a leasing program for a car for me, for he does not want to do maintenance on a 4-5 years oldcar; but when it comes to his own dream transportation, he is saving to buy a 1950 step-side Ford Chevy truck just like in your picture. He said he wanted one that the original owner had cared for and restored. In North Carolina (we stayed for some years) where life is slower pace than here in Houston, we saw a bunch of these trucks. He made offer and none would sell, and I told him that those folks love those trucks and stick to them like forever. My opinion, being a rural (mostly military retired folks) town, people in NC are more nostalgic than in this fast pace modern city who goes for newer gadgets. They don’t want to hang on things “Magpakailanman.