FJnotCJ said:
It's hard for me to have sympathy for murderous dictators even if they drive Cruisers.
Fidel Castro's FJ25
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It's hard for me to have sympathy for murderous dictators even if they drive Cruisers.
FJnotCJ said:
A black hawk, by any chance?
Besides, now that we know there's TWO of 'em (a hard top and a soft top), unless your chopper is a chinook, it can't pick up both cruisers.
Cruiser_Nerd said:I'm going to be in Florida late December, I'll rideshotgun.
I, on the other hand, have access to a chinook...
(does that get me the shotgun seat?
)¡Viva la liberación de los FJ25s!
Btw, the rest of you can come along, those who want to. God knows, there's plenty of room in the chinook! Couple dozen men (or women) & two FJ25s, no problem.
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I can't wait to hear FJ not CJ's reply-----John#3
92LC_good2go said:(does that get me the shotgun seat?
I suppose I wouldn't be of much use there anyhow..............in the door would be a different story though.
pardion said:
I just want a ride someday.
Cruiser_Nerd said:I suppose I wouldn't be of much use there anyhow..............in the door would be a different story though.
PLEASE don't let me push you out! (now I feel bad)
I DID say: "you can come along ... there's plenty of room in the chinook! Couple dozen men (or women) & two FJ25s, no problem".
Have you ANY IDEA just how freakin' BIG a chinook's cargo area is?!!
Holy <!> With a little creative seating chart planning (like 4 people sit IN each of the liberated cruisers, making room for 8 extras), and with 2 dozen (a dozen people on each side) placed properly (seated in harness), and with pilot and co-pilot... we could take 34 members of the Ejército de Liberación Land Cruisers Cubano, or in English, the Cuban Land Cruisers Liberation Army.
I think, as a team, we can do it.
Who's game?
LOLI'll get the chinook and the pilot.
And, unless another of you mudders makes a better co-pilot by way of more flying knowledge/skills than me (and I certainly will step aside for a 'better', as should be expected from any team member in any kind of team effort), I shall take shotgun seat/co-pilot seat.
Presumably, we will need - first and foremost - drivers who can get those rigs into the chopper faster than one can say "Let's go!"
Or, in the event we need to go with Plan B: We'll need enough strong msucles to lift & carry the pair of rigs - could be at a dead run, if we're not lucky - into the chopper.
Let's don't go into the next thing we need. (the word "marksmanship" comes to mind...)
You guys might start taking me seriously, and I might scare the hell out of you.
Um, you DO know I'm only joking. Right?
I just re-read something; I'd like to confirm what you meant.
You just want a ride in Castro's FJ25? Or you just want a ride in an old chinook? Which??
Dunno about the chinook (they are FRIGHTFULLY EXPENSIVE to run, given the cost of fuel, these days... would a black hawk - which might be a bit likelier -suffice?)
Or did you just want the thrill of a ride in Castro's LC?
edited to fix a silly blunder; I accidentally posted "40", making the FJ24s ionto FJ40s
whaddaya expect from me, I'm a newbie!
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Ready whenever you are, honey.
Don't think I wouldn't do something like this...
I have a bonus piece of info for you: Have a friend in the Habana police dept. She's likely to co-operate if the rewards (for her) are right.
Shall I meet you (and her) in Jamaica?
(Pick your fave place in JA; There's no place on the island I haven't got a place to stay, or to have a guest. Need a ride from Sangster?)
Or can you get your own way into Habana?
Don't think I wouldn't do something like this...
I have a bonus piece of info for you: Have a friend in the Habana police dept. She's likely to co-operate if the rewards (for her) are right.
Shall I meet you (and her) in Jamaica?
(Pick your fave place in JA; There's no place on the island I haven't got a place to stay, or to have a guest. Need a ride from Sangster?)
Or can you get your own way into Habana?
Well we only have an approximate location on one, and it's got it's own concrete foundations and a roof overhead.
Helicopter ride, any kind..............25's are old hat.
Helicopter ride, any kind..............25's are old hat.
Didn't I tell you all yet what it is that my husband is doing for the Air Force? Why they called him back, at the age of 60, this year?
He writes GIS software.
If you have an approximate as to location of the rigs... he can find 'em.
(So can anybody else who's got access to google earth, etc)
Now, this isn't my forte, but --- there MUST be some kind of concrete saw that'll do the job on those pillars... (kinda ugly way to do it, for sure, but it's not the kind of thig I know about; maybe somebody else has knowledge/skills that lend themselves to freeing the rig from those concrete pillars?)
What else do we still need?
As to retirement in JA: That's what *I* was going for when 9/11/01 hit. I was so close to getting Residency in JA. Our company (writes custom software) was doing quite well, as were our investments. We were then looking at another 5 to 8 years of hubby working... and then retiring to Jamaica. As you can plainly see from my profile, I am still in NJ. Finances were quite bad 'round here (the metro-NYC area) & business nosedived, and we, personally, never recovered, financially. So now he's away, working, and I'm stuck here in NJ. *sigh* Ah so it go. (a common Jamaican saying)
I can certainly show you parts of the island (JA) that most Americans - tourists - never see. And I still have a few friends left in governmental positions in Kingston. Just so long as you don't mind living rather third-world; I don't pay good money for tourist-traps, but prefer to live with (and like) the average Jamaican "in the bush". (meaning rural)
And, like most parts of the world, life there's easier for men than for women.
He writes GIS software.
If you have an approximate as to location of the rigs... he can find 'em.
(So can anybody else who's got access to google earth, etc)
Now, this isn't my forte, but --- there MUST be some kind of concrete saw that'll do the job on those pillars... (kinda ugly way to do it, for sure, but it's not the kind of thig I know about; maybe somebody else has knowledge/skills that lend themselves to freeing the rig from those concrete pillars?)
What else do we still need?
As to retirement in JA: That's what *I* was going for when 9/11/01 hit. I was so close to getting Residency in JA. Our company (writes custom software) was doing quite well, as were our investments. We were then looking at another 5 to 8 years of hubby working... and then retiring to Jamaica. As you can plainly see from my profile, I am still in NJ. Finances were quite bad 'round here (the metro-NYC area) & business nosedived, and we, personally, never recovered, financially. So now he's away, working, and I'm stuck here in NJ. *sigh* Ah so it go. (a common Jamaican saying)
I can certainly show you parts of the island (JA) that most Americans - tourists - never see. And I still have a few friends left in governmental positions in Kingston. Just so long as you don't mind living rather third-world; I don't pay good money for tourist-traps, but prefer to live with (and like) the average Jamaican "in the bush". (meaning rural)
And, like most parts of the world, life there's easier for men than for women.
Cruiser_Nerd said:Helicopter ride, any kind..............25's are old hat.
That's easy.
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You can't fit a 25 into a Chinook....
You guys are crazy!!!!! In the best of ways. Let us kow how things go "down there". If you know what I mean.
You guys are crazy!!!!!
In the best of ways. Let us kow how things go "down there". If you know what I mean.
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I know, I was just messin' with you. Cool chopper!
Oh, good grief!
Not THAT Chinook, 2ndGen, the flyinng bathtub with a rotor at each end; THAT's they kind I'm talking about!
How can you *possibly* be a second-genner Toyota fan if you're not old 'nuff to know about the USAF chinooks?
Now, I wish *I* could call myself a second-generation Toyota fan, but I'd have to lie to say it.
MY first Toyota experience was back in... think it was... DAMN! Can't recall, exactly. I think it was around 1970, perhaps??? I was still a kid, and my father bought one of the first Toyota Corollas that came into either this country... or, at least, into Philadelphia.
His new 1969 Chevy Impala was taken back by Roerig Pharmaceuticals (then a division of Pfizer Pharmeceuticals) when they "cleaned house" of all the 40+year-old salesmen. Dad had just turned 40. He got a fat severance package, since he was smart enough to lever it from them with legal threats.
Dad bought the new Corolla (I do think it was 1970?) at that time, and put the rest of his money into pre-paying the mortgage and other bills. (Plus Mother worked full-time as a cytotechnologist, too.)
He proudly drove home the Corolla. He had it all of 3 days before the engine threw a rod. They told him he had to send it back to Japan!
So, he did... and, almost 8 months later, his new car was STILL in Japan. (this was a *very* rough year for Dad -- he still shudders when he recalls it or talks about it)
Down on his luck, Dad had taken a job he hated, working for his ex-best friend, whom he hated (having nothing to do with the job, but that his friend physically abused me, and, at that time, I was 9 or 10 - depending upon whether it was '69 or '70.
Anyway... Dad finally paid a lawyer, and went after Toyota in Court.
Almost a year after he'd paid for it, his Corolla was back from Japan. He took it, plus a large amount of the purchase price back, as well.
I'll NEVER forget that Corolla! It was (I *swear* this) LEMON YELLOW. Anyway, he had had the Corolla back for less than 2 weeks...
when...
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...
...
...
...
Yup. It threw another rod. This resulted in Dad losing control and we had an accident. That was when a pencil (that I had been doodling with, in the back seat) went thru my throat. Right thru the soft tissues, up into my mouth, and thru my tongue.
That was the LAST TIME we were ever allowed to draw while in a moving car. Not even Crayolas.
Still have faint scar under my chin. And still have some (muscular) speech issues when I get very tired.
And the people whom Dad's car hit sued him, too. They tried to get our house.
Toyota paid every last penny of all damages accrued, all the way 'round. Even Dad's legal bills. no argument, they just asked where they signed. They never even tried to fight it.
"Toyota" has, ever since, been the dirtiest word you can say to any of my family!
Until last August. When I came home (went down to Philly) with my free Land Cruiser.
Dad spat on it.
Literally. My uncle (Dad's brother) was kinder, and he & my aunt & Mother got in for a ride.
Although, a few months ago, Dad finally got in and took a ride in it. he he he
I took it as off-road as I could in northeast Philadelphia... I drove thru the remaining wooded areas of Pennypack Park. Dad was impressed. ("Very good, hon." --- that's *good*, coming from my father, especially regarding a Toyota!)
Not THAT Chinook, 2ndGen, the flyinng bathtub with a rotor at each end; THAT's they kind I'm talking about!
How can you *possibly* be a second-genner Toyota fan if you're not old 'nuff to know about the USAF chinooks?
Now, I wish *I* could call myself a second-generation Toyota fan, but I'd have to lie to say it.
MY first Toyota experience was back in... think it was... DAMN! Can't recall, exactly. I think it was around 1970, perhaps??? I was still a kid, and my father bought one of the first Toyota Corollas that came into either this country... or, at least, into Philadelphia.
His new 1969 Chevy Impala was taken back by Roerig Pharmaceuticals (then a division of Pfizer Pharmeceuticals) when they "cleaned house" of all the 40+year-old salesmen. Dad had just turned 40. He got a fat severance package, since he was smart enough to lever it from them with legal threats.
Dad bought the new Corolla (I do think it was 1970?) at that time, and put the rest of his money into pre-paying the mortgage and other bills. (Plus Mother worked full-time as a cytotechnologist, too.)
He proudly drove home the Corolla. He had it all of 3 days before the engine threw a rod. They told him he had to send it back to Japan!
So, he did... and, almost 8 months later, his new car was STILL in Japan. (this was a *very* rough year for Dad -- he still shudders when he recalls it or talks about it)
Down on his luck, Dad had taken a job he hated, working for his ex-best friend, whom he hated (having nothing to do with the job, but that his friend physically abused me, and, at that time, I was 9 or 10 - depending upon whether it was '69 or '70.
Anyway... Dad finally paid a lawyer, and went after Toyota in Court.
Almost a year after he'd paid for it, his Corolla was back from Japan. He took it, plus a large amount of the purchase price back, as well.
I'll NEVER forget that Corolla! It was (I *swear* this) LEMON YELLOW.
Anyway, he had had the Corolla back for less than 2 weeks...when...
...
...
...
...
...
Yup. It threw another rod. This resulted in Dad losing control and we had an accident. That was when a pencil (that I had been doodling with, in the back seat) went thru my throat. Right thru the soft tissues, up into my mouth, and thru my tongue.
That was the LAST TIME we were ever allowed to draw while in a moving car. Not even Crayolas.
Still have faint scar under my chin. And still have some (muscular) speech issues when I get very tired.
And the people whom Dad's car hit sued him, too. They tried to get our house.
Toyota paid every last penny of all damages accrued, all the way 'round. Even Dad's legal bills. no argument, they just asked where they signed. They never even tried to fight it.
"Toyota" has, ever since, been the dirtiest word you can say to any of my family!
Until last August. When I came home (went down to Philly) with my free Land Cruiser.
Dad spat on it.
Literally. My uncle (Dad's brother) was kinder, and he & my aunt & Mother got in for a ride. Although, a few months ago, Dad finally got in and took a ride in it. he he he
I took it as off-road as I could in northeast Philadelphia... I drove thru the remaining wooded areas of Pennypack Park. Dad was impressed. ("Very good, hon." --- that's *good*, coming from my father, especially regarding a Toyota!)
Oh, FJnotCJ, I meant to ask.
I'm sure this is going to be av very DUMB question, and/or that it's an "in-joke" or something.
I know what "FJ is (the designation of Land Cruiser model numbers) --- but what's "CJ" about?
Please don't laugh at me. (Remember, I'm a relatively new Land Cruiser owner, and a very new [semi?] Informed Owner.)
Thanks.
I'm sure this is going to be av very DUMB question, and/or that it's an "in-joke" or something.
I know what "FJ is (the designation of Land Cruiser model numbers) --- but what's "CJ" about?
Please don't laugh at me. (Remember, I'm a relatively new Land Cruiser owner, and a very new [semi?] Informed Owner.)
Thanks.
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CJ is a jeep thing....
My dad had a sort of similar experience with his first Toy, only it was my fault
He got a pretty nice 4wd 84' longbed pickup in 96 and about 2 weeks later I ran it into a tree and cracked the radiator and smashed the grill up and bent the bumper...... I was 14, and felt prety bad till he hit a few things with it, now there isn't a straight panel on the truck and it's sitting out back in pieces, because he got a nicer 84 and it's still kickin with donor parts.
So when it came time for me to buy a vehicle..... after going through 2 gift vehicles, I knew I had to get a toy truck, so I ended up with an 86 shortbed 4x4 and joined off-road.com and learned a whole &#*$load of stuff. I also found out about 4Runners and the TLCA! Now I have an 89 4Runner and will probably have it for a long time!
I'm only 25 now, but thanks to this thread will probably remember what (your kind of) Chinook is for a long time!
My dad had a sort of similar experience with his first Toy, only it was my fault
He got a pretty nice 4wd 84' longbed pickup in 96 and about 2 weeks later I ran it into a tree and cracked the radiator and smashed the grill up and bent the bumper...... I was 14, and felt prety bad till he hit a few things with it, now there isn't a straight panel on the truck and it's sitting out back in pieces, because he got a nicer 84 and it's still kickin with donor parts.
So when it came time for me to buy a vehicle..... after going through 2 gift vehicles, I knew I had to get a toy truck, so I ended up with an 86 shortbed 4x4 and joined off-road.com and learned a whole &#*$load of stuff. I also found out about 4Runners and the TLCA!
Now I have an 89 4Runner and will probably have it for a long time!I'm only 25 now, but thanks to this thread will probably remember what (your kind of) Chinook is for a long time!
