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Originally Posted by harit Hey Prabal!
Ofcourse you solved the mystery, but by your own admission, your post required filtering. |
Hey Harit!
Nope, you got that wrong. I didn't say, anywhere, that MY post required filtering. I was saying that if one were to filter back through ALL the posts on the pages in question . . . there's a difference, and a big one.
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Originally Posted by harit In fact I followed your post and googled, anyone could have done that, but didn't. |
Yes, you did well. In fact I was trying to get people to google since five days, with a hint the first time on. But you took it up immediately this time. Well done!
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Originally Posted by harit But is it not intriguing how the car was cut in the photo from a particular place to make the quest interesting. |
You mean now, that someone cut the photograph to make the car mysterious? Was it originally done when the pic was clicked? Wow - all those years back, so that a few decades later folks could have some entertainment. Or, was it done now - again a thoughtful gesture to give us some time-pass. That's an interesting angle indeed. I, in my mundane ways, wouldn't have given any thought to that possibility and would have just taken it as a period photo where the focus was simply more on the people. Wonderful thought!
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Originally Posted by harit Enough of banter, I hope you took it in good spirits, tomorrow some more pics. Cheers harit |
Of course I took it in good spirits (along with some spirited stuff of the unmentionable kinds here!!). And to keep matters flowing in good spirits here I did not respond to some of the other, earlier, posts, like # 1062, 1064, etc. since I would have only been misconstruing! You are a friend. Banter, light or heavy, between us is perfectly fine with me. In fact I was only kidding when earlier I'd said this:
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Originally Posted by Prabal . . . and also bring clarity on what is Off-Topic and what isn't - something I've been grappling with here for a while since signing up. |
Was kidding. Of course, I know the strokes . . . Ganguly's hard slash, even if deliberate, for a six over Deep backward point is a risky shot where as Tendulkar's mistimed slash over Slips is a master stroke from the little genius!!
Disclaimer: The above analogy is not about the cricketers. It was just to illustrate that a billion people can't be wrong if they treat Tendulkar like God. Lesser mortals have to accept and admit.
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Originally Posted by agspins Oh absolutely..Probably i was bit ignorant to that, as Harit sir posted the id with pics, i just followed it.Nevermind |
No problem at all. In fact I wouldn't even normally have pointed it out had a couple of posts after yours not kept quiet about the undue credit! By the way, I've seen advice given by some folks here in the past to take the trouble to read all the posts, especially the recent ones, before replying. I didn't say any of it.
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Originally Posted by V-16 Now this thread is all about nostalgia and trying to discover the roots of the pics. |
Sirjee Gogiji, I think barring some of the issue-related threads all the other threads in the vintage and classic section are about nostalgia and sentiments, some way or the other. The thread mentioned by 911987 and Karl, "Old Bollywood Movies Are Best Archives for Old Cars" is also very much so.
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Originally Posted by V-16 Its also called the Nostalgic Pictures of Our Family's Cars but most cars here are not even known, leave alone whom they belong to (definitely not family or relations but no ones complaining). What im saying is that this thread is all about history and a little deviation into trying to figure out who the persons with the cars are is inevitable. after all these pics are a part of history. |
The name of the thread, IMHO, ceased to be relevant a long time ago. I'm also guilty of one post in here of a non-car photo of a family member (although there're images in there of the para bikes in their canisters, but still I'll say it wasn't really on topic) but restricted myself to just that one transgression, if I remember right.
There's also a thread on unidentified vintage and classic automobiles, right?
Anyway, no offence meant to anyone. My test and one-day playing days wouldn't last long if I play too much, I'd long realised. So, I'll continue to restrict myself to an occasional T20 only!
I'll run now and go listen to
Nostalgie . . . on my neighbour's Becker!
Cheers to all.