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Don't worry Rich. It is exactly the same as me suddenly after a long time, realising (incorrectly) the origin of your Redpants title.
What might have confused you, is that larf is how laugh is pronounced by Cockneys, who live in what you might call downtown east London.
By the way, after I mentioned Groucho Marx and his black and white TV quiz show (You Bet Your Life), did you look at any episodes?
There are scores of them on YouTube. It was an American TV show, I don't think they were broadcast in the UK. If you like humour, you can be 'avinalarf' at many of those shows. One that might amuse you, is where Jack Benny (you are too young to know - a world famous American comedian), went on the quiz show in disguise. Groucho pretended not to realise who he was.
Part of Jack Benny's act, was to appear very mean with money, and also pretend he was younger than reality. Knowing those points will help with the humour.
Edited by Jon39 on Monday 23 July 22:36
Jon39 said:
Don't worry Rich. It is exactly the same as me suddenly after a long time, realising (incorrectly) the origin of your Redpants title.
What might have confused you, is that larf is how laugh is pronounced by Cockneys, who live in what you might call downtown east London.
By the way, after I mentioned Groucho Marx and his black and white TV quiz show (You Bet Your Life), did you look at any episodes?
There are scores of them on YouTube. It was an American TV show, I don't think they were broadcast in the UK. If you like humour, you can be 'avinalarf' at many of those shows. One that might amuse you, is where Jack Benny (you are too young to know - a world famous American comedian), went on the quiz show in disguise. Groucho pretended not to realise who he was.
Part of Jack Benny's act, was to appear very mean with money, and also pretend he was younger than reality. Knowing those points will help with the humour.
I'm usually decent at keeping up with British accents. When the gents from Aston Installations were here a couple months ago, Clare told me I was starting to get an accent myself by the time they left!
avinalarf said:
Bet you voted Trump.....
Cheap shot .....I know .....couldn't resist....sorry.
Swing and a miss! I'm not in the Trump camp nor Clinton's. I'm just not one for politics, and not a fan of politicians telling me how I should live.Cheap shot .....I know .....couldn't resist....sorry.
AlexT said:
Never realised how similar the rear 3/4 was - wish they kept the front headlights though. That would have been sensational.
They did say at the time of the Spectre James Bond film, Mr Sam Mendes spotted a sketch in the Gaydon design department, and wanted that car for his film. The sketch was of an initial design idea for the replacement Vantage.
I expect that you already know Alex, there was no car at that time, so the DB10 was based on the existing manual 4.7 Vantage.
Jon39 said:
They did say at the time of the Spectre James Bond film, Mr Sam Mendes spotted a sketch in the Gaydon design department, and wanted that car for his film. The sketch was of an initial design idea for the replacement Vantage.
I expect that you already know Alex, there was no car at that time, so the DB10 was based on the existing manual 4.7 Vantage.
As you can see the grill on the DB10 is more traditional than that on the New Vantage and I wonder if it would have been better received.
I was at Grange when they showcased the DB10 and frankly I was underwhelmed.
I felt the styling lacked character and was rather too "feline" or even feminine, if you get what I mean.
The grill on the New Vantage, like it or loath it, is a bold statement .
No wish to reopen the grill debate but an interesting comparison.
Edited by avinalarf on Tuesday 24th July 13:16
avinalarf said:
For further comparison here's a front view of the DB10.
As you can see the grill on the DB10 is more traditional than that on the New Vantage and I wonder if it would have been better received.
I was at Grange when they showcased the DB10 and frankly I was underwhelmed.
I felt the styling lacked character and was rather too "feline" or even feminine, if you get what I mean.
The grill on the New Vantage, like it or loath it, is a bold statement .
No wish to reopen the grill debate but an interesting comparison.
I remember the abuse the DB10 got on here as well. I guess 3/4 of the battle/problem is when you've had the same looking product for 15 years, in (very) similar guises, people will have a strong opinion on what they think an Aston Martin should look like.As you can see the grill on the DB10 is more traditional than that on the New Vantage and I wonder if it would have been better received.
I was at Grange when they showcased the DB10 and frankly I was underwhelmed.
I felt the styling lacked character and was rather too "feline" or even feminine, if you get what I mean.
The grill on the New Vantage, like it or loath it, is a bold statement .
No wish to reopen the grill debate but an interesting comparison.
Edited by avinalarf on Tuesday 24th July 13:16
To dbs2000.
Going off topic briefly.
I recently looked on the Aston Martin Pre-owned listing for Netherlands, All models.
It showed hardly any cars. Then when I looked at one of the dealer websites, there were lots of Aston Martins for sale, both moderns and historics.
Most odd. Do you have any ideas David?
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