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[tobydog]

ENO (English National Opera), a totally different genre of music.

Tell that to Jeff Lynne.

Yes, Jeff Lynne would be very upset. On the album A New World Record there is a song called Shangri-La. The piece you need to listen to starts at 3.49 and there is pure opera at 4.37, 4.56, and 5.17. A bit nerdy but I do like this song.

 

[Cubist]

I never did the calculation of how many Toyotas like ours one could have bought for the cost of the special edition RR, but I have a feeling it would have been more than several. Not my favorite car in there though, that was the orange Lambo, subtle it was not. As for the expat lifestyle it was a dangerous thing to get into, many people became a bit helpless because they were so used to asking the housekeeper/ rental agent/ whoever to deal with things for them it all became a terrible shock to return home. I didn’t have a housekeeper and always chatted to the workmen fixing things to learn the best way to bodge items together!

I suspected that something racier may be more in keeping but hesitated in favour of discretion. Personally I gave up all ambitions toward pocket rockets when I found that I needed to dis-articular my major limbs to get in, tyre levers to get out and a zimmer frame to walk afterwards. That said, my motoring tastes have, from a very early age, erred toward the more exotic and slightly flamboyant Panther De Ville I first saw at a motor show in Earls Court at a very tender age.

 

[LadyArowana]

my motoring tastes have, from a very early age, erred toward the more exotic and slightly flamboyant Panther De Ville I first saw at a motor show in Earls Court at a very tender age.

I would not kick that out of my garage

 

[Cubist]

Nor I. The only negative associated with it was that the Disney animators used it as the model for for the car driven by Cruella DeVille in 101 Dalmations.