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My first engineering job out of college was for a 25 person combustion engineering company. The owner was a snooty New England to LA transplant who was a dual PhD, brilliant but zero EQ. He could never remember my name and always called my Paul Swagelock, which only shares the initials with my actual name. So I adopted that alias and use it everywhere. Fast forward 30 years later, after fortunate successes, I bought his company from under him…. He remembered my name at that point.
 
My name is Frank and org from Staten Island,NY.... Now in NJ. And I've been boating since I was 17...
 
Y'all might think mine is related to boating.... It is on the surface but not started that way.

Back in the late 80's, I had some barely legal street cars that were really a handful trying to actually drive on the street. I bought a 1967 Fairlane and vowed to keep it mild and make it just a cruiser. I actually put it in the Detroit Autorama and had the display plaque painted with "Jus Cruisin" as the car name. Anyway, I've used it on forums (cars, trucks and boats and car tags) ever since.
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Jus Cruisin said:
That was the last specialty car I sold. I'm now completely out of the "car hobby". I miss it a little. I attended the Daytona Turkey Run for about 20 years straight.
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Nice. My Dad and Mom used to go to that every year also. It was never going on when I'd visit. Life is short. If you miss it, pick up something you can play with. It doesn't have to be a collector car.
 
Siboatguy said:
My name is Frank and org from Staten Island,NY.... Now in NJ. And I've been boating since I was 17...
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:) Love Staten Island, or at least the little part of it we know. We stay at Greatkills YC when we are there. The guys there are just the greatest. Hard to keep track of everyone though, everyone's name is Frank or John.:) Members there always offer to let us use their personal vehicles to run around or go to the grocery. We usually just walk to Frank and Sal's and load up our fridge before leaving. It's close to our daughter, she lives in Fanwood.
 
For the car guys, I grew up with American Muscle cars, well my buddies owned them. Dream car was always a 1969 Midnight Blue Dodge Charger 440 6 pack. I never had the funds to buy one though as a teenager.

Now that I do I thought hard about buying one. My garage is too narrow/small though. So I recently bought a 2008 BMW 335i N54 E93 that I have been tuning/modifying. Got her up to 400 HP from 300. It's just a hobby that will probably be replaced when I buy the next boat. I do love American Muscle though, sadly it seems to be going away.
 
Our boat was named Cocktail Time when I joined CSR back in 2007. Great idea for a thread. (Love Hawk's X66!) You guys have some awesome toys, I barely have time for a freshwater boat!
 
mrsrobinson said:
For the car guys, I grew up with American Muscle cars, well my buddies owned them. Dream car was always a 1969 Midnight Blue Dodge Charger 440 6 pack. I never had the funds to buy one though as a teenager.

Now that I do I thought hard about buying one. My garage is too narrow/small though. So I recently bought a 2008 BMW 335i N54 E93 that I have been tuning/modifying. Got her up to 400 HP from 300. It's just a hobby that will probably be replaced when I buy the next boat. I do love American Muscle though, sadly it seems to be going away.
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American Muscle is at its peak right now. The car companies are building rocket ships. Gt500's, Hellcats, Demons, Trackhawks, ZL1's.... They all are lethal. ;)
 
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