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1958. Frank Sinatra once asked Dean Martin to come up to Lake Tahoe and work for a week. That was the arrangement: no talk of money, contracts, etc.
After the date, both men were due in Las Vegas.
Martin, known to be nervous about flying, asked, approaching the airport, “What kind of plane you got now?” Sinatra said, “See that big white plane there?” Martin nodded and Sinatra said, “That's not it.” Instead, Sinatra’s plane was “the little red French fighter jet” he had named the Interim (while he waited for a bigger plane on order). In addition to making a marvelous contribution to Martin's fear of flying, it added to his intense claustrophobia. The cockpit of the Interim was tiny.
Dean Martin: “The pilot presses a button and this top glass slides over my head… Here's the pilot in front of me this far. I said, 'Where's the bar?' and Frank reaches down, gets a bottle of J&B, says, 'Here.'
We're up about thirty-five thousand feet and Frank hands me a cheque. for a lot of money.
'Why didn't you give me this cheque down on the ground Frank?'
'Because,' he said, 'you wouldn't have gotten on the plane, that's why.'”
The plane below isn't the plane in question- it's Sinatra's Lear Jet in 1965.
After the date, both men were due in Las Vegas.
Martin, known to be nervous about flying, asked, approaching the airport, “What kind of plane you got now?” Sinatra said, “See that big white plane there?” Martin nodded and Sinatra said, “That's not it.” Instead, Sinatra’s plane was “the little red French fighter jet” he had named the Interim (while he waited for a bigger plane on order). In addition to making a marvelous contribution to Martin's fear of flying, it added to his intense claustrophobia. The cockpit of the Interim was tiny.
Dean Martin: “The pilot presses a button and this top glass slides over my head… Here's the pilot in front of me this far. I said, 'Where's the bar?' and Frank reaches down, gets a bottle of J&B, says, 'Here.'
We're up about thirty-five thousand feet and Frank hands me a cheque. for a lot of money.
'Why didn't you give me this cheque down on the ground Frank?'
'Because,' he said, 'you wouldn't have gotten on the plane, that's why.'”
The plane below isn't the plane in question- it's Sinatra's Lear Jet in 1965.
1936 Böhmerland 600cc
If you’ve ever wanted to be that guy who everyone at the motorcycle rally walks over to and says “what the hell is that?”, this may just be your ride.
Built by Böhmerland in 1936 this very rare and decidedly odd looking bike has a 600cc single cylinder engine.
The Böhmerland Motorcycle Company was established in 1924 in Czechoslovakia and produced a series of rather oddball machines (including the longest-wheelbase production-motorcycle ever, at 10.5 foot) up until the Germans invaded at the beginning of World War II.
If you’ve ever wanted to be that guy who everyone at the motorcycle rally walks over to and says “what the hell is that?”, this may just be your ride.
Built by Böhmerland in 1936 this very rare and decidedly odd looking bike has a 600cc single cylinder engine.
The Böhmerland Motorcycle Company was established in 1924 in Czechoslovakia and produced a series of rather oddball machines (including the longest-wheelbase production-motorcycle ever, at 10.5 foot) up until the Germans invaded at the beginning of World War II.
That's just a fugley with the fairing removed and a side car added
errr, so how come mine doesn't look that good?That's just a fugley with the fairing removed and a side car added
Now I see where Bimota got their inspiration from!
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errr, so how come mine doesn't look that good?
Now I see where Bimota got their inspiration from!
It has forks you nutter, you're getting more and more like Noobie every day
More like “sweet Jesus”, when he sees thon thing!
He was black you racist
Oh yes, I see what you mean!He was black you racist
White Jesus was a different kind of "well hung"
Are you sure he wasn’t Batman?He was black you racist
It looks like the inside of a super charger
