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Old May 4th 2018 | 3:03 am
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Originally Posted by bats
or was it inside out?
Or was it something like this?

 
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or was it inside out?
Oh yes, if you put it on inside out and it was unidirectional that'd also be back to front. Wow!
 
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Co-workers lol. At least most of the mainline pilots are older which makes me feel not as old.

the regional pilotd are all very young though.
 
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Originally Posted by Jsmth321
Co-workers lol. At least most of the mainline pilots are older which makes me feel not as old. the regional pilotd are all very young though.
I'm 63 and when I saw my sister's neurologist he looked about 19. I thought "Oh God, it's Doogie Howser!" His partner in the practice was about the same; they were both great and probably just young-looking.
 
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...he looked about 19. I thought "Oh God, it's Doogie Howser!" His partner in the practice was about the same; they were both great and probably just young-looking.
A variation on the police looking younger.
 
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Oh yes, if you put it on inside out and it was unidirectional that'd also be back to front. Wow!
you could do that in olden days you see.
 
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you could do that in olden days you see.
I do see. And you could carry a basket of eggs on the passenger seat across a ploughed field at 20mph without breaking any.
 
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I've done that too! In the olden days, in France in a Citroen, of course but not a deux chevaux.
 
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I've done that too! In the olden days, in France in a Citroen, of course but not a deux chevaux.
aww. Deux chevaux ❤️ I learnt to drive on one of those. “Une deux pattes “!!
 
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Your about the same age as my dad.

I have not yet had a doctor who was younger yet. All have been over 40 and most over 60.

But the day will come when the doctor looks like doogie...lol


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I'm 63 and when I saw my sister's neurologist he looked about 19. I thought "Oh God, it's Doogie Howser!" His partner in the practice was about the same; they were both great and probably just young-looking.
 
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Your about the same age as my dad.
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aww. Deux chevaux ❤️ I learnt to drive on one of those. “Une deux pattes “!!
Ladies, your chariot awaits:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-citroen-2cv/
 
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I love it.

When they first brought the 2cv out they challenged the public to roll one over. They said they would pay 500 francs to anybody who could do so. Nobody ever did. The suspension was so soft!

I remember my Dad replacing the chassis on one of them in his barn. He loved those cars.
 
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When they first brought the 2cv out they challenged the public to roll one over. They said they would pay 500 francs to anybody who could do so. Nobody ever did. The suspension was so soft!.

What was the handbrake like?

A teacher at school had one and it was easy to push to a different place to where he left it.
 
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When they first brought the 2cv out they challenged the public to roll one over. They said they would pay 500 francs to anybody who could do so. Nobody ever did. The suspension was so soft!


I didn't know that, I remember the DS was supposed to be almost impossible to roll. The DS steering wheel impressed me when I was young, as well. In the days before safety belts they eliminated the steering column that would go through your chest in case of a head-on.
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