A few nice nice cars with girls images I found:
get out of the way before she can’t stop.
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About three months ago, my sister discovered this beautiful 1955 Dodge Jobline pick-up truck in a local Charleston newspaper. Knowing how much I’d always dreamed of owning a 1950′s red pick-up, she rang to tell me about the listing and I located it online. We talked about how beautiful it was and of all the things we’d love to do with the truck, but the price was simply too high and over time, we soon forgot about her.
Then, about two weeks ago, our Granny passed away and I found myself back in S.C. for her burial. One day shortly after, with emotions still at an all-time high, my sister and I decided we would go kayaking where our Granny and Grandpa were born and raised. It would’ve been a great trip, except none of the weather forecasters had predicted the severe thunderstorms that ensued and we quickly found ourselves in need of alternative plans. What better to do than shop, right?
With our trip canceled, we found ourselves riding around Mt. Pleasant with a ridiculously large two-person kayak on our roof and "nothing" to do. I mentioned thinking it would be nice to go back and check out this 1960′s "Endless Summer" type canary yellow station wagon we'd passed the day before, so we headed to the garage where it was parked. After perusing a wide array of vintage vehicles, we made out way to the garage and struck up a conversation with the mechanics. We inquired about some of the vintage vehicles and mentioned we'd found a red 1950's red pick-up a few months back and asked if they'd ever seen one. They mentioned knowing of both a black and a white 1950′s truck, but no red one. As the conversation neared the ½ hour mark, one of the mechanics remembered he'd seen a red 1950's pick-up parked at a law firm not far from the shop. As soon as he said this I thought (and my sister claims I said out loud), "That's it!".
After getting a few other places / people's names who might know where to find a 1950's pick-up, we took our chances and headed to see the truck the mechanic had mentioned seeing "a while back". We had nothing to lose by looking. As soon as we saw the vehicle and drove around the back-end, I knew it was the same one my sister had found three months prior. On the driver's door window hung a sign advertising a slashed price and a phone number. After taking some photos and checking out the vehicle, my sister rang the listed number. We'd both just assumed the truck belonged to a man, so when a woman answered, she was surprised. After speaking for a few minutes, it became clear the voice at the other end was not going to "hand the phone over" (to a man). So, my sister asked, "Are you the owner?", to which the woman replied, "Yes!".
Needless to say, I think we were all a little surprised. The owner – Christine – explained she’d moved to Charleston from NYC to get into the bakery business and had bought the truck to "pick up men" – yes, that's why she'd gotten it. At this juncture, my sister looked like she’d seen a ghost. There were several reasons for this "ook". One being, she'd been born in NY and two, her sister (that’d be me) currently lives there. Thirdly, she’d been trying to figure out how to transition out of a career in radio and was thinking of starting a baking business! I’m not kidding. When she asked Christine if owning the truck had indeed helped her meet any men, she said it hadn’t, but that the truck had been rented quite a few times for photo shoots and commercials. Gears in our heads quickly began turning. And Christine was so happy that women were calling about the truck because she specifically wanted to sell the truck to a female. She told us to go into the offices and get the keys to go for a spin.
She'd also mentioned the mechanic who'd worked on the truck was close by and told us where to find his garage. After going in and speaking with a lovely woman who had some problem locating the keys, we went back outside to wait. After a few minutes, the keys arrived and the girl mentioned if we could wait, that the mechanic who'd worked on the vehicle would be coming by to pick both she and her Mum in a few minutes. Huh? Why?!? Because the mechanic was her father! When we heard this, it was like a bolt of lightening had struck. How was it possible the mechanic we'd just been told about and whom we were going to go visit would be coming to us? Things were just getting too weird, so, of course, we waited. It seemed kizmit was taking over at this juncture.
It had been a while since I'd driven a standard, though it's been my main transmission for the majority of my driving years, so I wasn't too worried. And, my sister had learned how to drive a standard shift on a tractor on someone's farm, so between the two of us, we thought we'd be okay. Not long after, the mechanic arrived. If seemed the truck hadn't been started in a while, so he had to jump-start her and we all piled in. He took us to a nearby car park and we drove around back to an empty area. My sister decided to go first and we all had a really good laugh. Next, it was my turn and after the mechanic properly explained the H-gear pattern, I did an so-so job with the ½ ton, no power steering, no power breaks slant V6 badass – though this isn't to say it wasn't nerve-racking as hell! Not only was she extremely difficult to maneuver, but somehow driving her made one's hands completely black and at some point, we'd all touched our faces and had black marks all over ourselves and our clothing. We looked like Al Jolsen in his black-face – except, in reverse!
After returning to the law firm, we said we'd be back in a few days. We spent a day trying to figure out how we could make getting this truck happen and returned to take (what we'd already named) "Big Red" to a few mechanics shops and restoration experts the following day. Before getting out on crowded main roads, we decided to get some more practice driving the truck and so, after some quick cleaning of the windows and interior, we headed back to that nearby car park.
It's a good thing my sister had learned to drive on a tractor, because on this particular 97degree afternoon, "Big Red" was akin to driving around in a 1/2 ton tractor. Driving Red was roughly the equivalent to taking part in a triathlon in 105 degree temperatures. Because she's so hard to drive, on one occasion, I had to grab the giant wheel and help my sister make a turn! Yes, it took two of us and we're both over 5"10, with plenty of muscle. Oh how I was beginning to appreciate power steering!
Jerking in-and-out-of all three gears, my sister finally stalled Big Red for a second time – sending us to a halting stop. Sweating and dirty, she screamed out in frustration, "Oh my God, I can’t do this! We're crazy! This is never going to work!". Searching for the inspirational words an older sibling is supposed to have at the ready, I turned my head and spotted this white big rig parked just beside us and nearly fainted. For, it was a Cardinal line truck with no more than two cardinal emblems – one on the cab and one on the trailer – emblazoned upon it.
You see, our Grandfather, who had died when we were very small was a country boy (related to Swamp Fox – yeah!) and his favorite bird was the cardinal. We know anytime one crosses our paths, to pay close attention. Gasping, I directed her attention right toward the "cardinal spotting" and we both nearly lost it. Tears welled up in both our eyes. My sister then took a deep breath and said, "Did you see the pair of cardinals fly past us as we drove back here?". I hadn’t and said so, but quickly grabbed my camera to capture the rig carrying the cardinal message from our Gran.
While neither said so, in that moment, I think we both knew we’d buy the 1955 Dodge- even before we took her to get checked out. Can’t go against the elders, right? We offered nearly half the original price and Christine accepted. So, if for any reason, you're in need of a classic 1955 Dodge pick up truck in fire engine red, you know who to contact!
Photographer: A. Golden, eyewash design – Charleston, S.C., July, 2008
Teach Yourselves about Sociopaths …item 2.. ‘I did not kill Kathleen!’ Drew Peterson’s dramatic courtroom outburst as he is sentenced to 38 YEARS in prison for murdering his third wife’ (21 February 2013) …
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After being scolded by Judge Edward Burmila for making outbursts ‘designed to aggravate people,’ the convicted killer issued an apology.
‘I’m sorry, your honor. I must have been woozy,’ Peterson sai
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These people are sociopaths. They have no feelings of guilt or remorse. They can pass a polygraph, despite being guilty.
Sociopaths are not limited to killers. They can be your neighbors, your politicians, even your family members. They live a life of deception in order to achieve their goals, even if only for money and power. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to accept the imperfections of an imperfect world. That's certainly no consolation to the victims in Colorado, living or deceased.
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…..item 1)…. Florida Today … www.floridatoday.com … Guest column: Living in two worlds
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Mass killers’ normal public behavior masks dark side
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The best way to describe people like Colorado shooter James Holmes is they are actors. They are people with deep-seated disturbances who live in two worlds — the real world and their own world behind closed doors. They are able to fool us all.
In the real world, they go about work, school and play as though completely normal, one of us. They laugh, they strive, they love. Many times, during my 30 years on the job at Miami-Dade Police Department, I heard the words, "He seemed like such a nice boy!"
Serial killer Ted Bundy seemed like a nice boy.
But when the door closes behind them and the rest of the world is shut out, they wallow in fantasy. Some are sexually based. Some are hate or power based. A Jihad terrorist blows up innocent people based on a religious and/or political calling.
Others are inexplicable. Thus, the Colorado shooter.
James Holmes will become the subject of media pundits and experts across the country with every hypothesis imaginable trying to determine where the blame lies. What made him go crazy? What about parents? Drugs? Most of all, why didn't anyone see the signs?
The world has seven billion people, and the U.S. has 310 million of them. We cannot monitor every human being.
Holmes might have been a loner, a weirdo, a non-conformist, but none of these traits is illegal nor reason to bring someone in for psychiatric testing. Having never been arrested, he slipped through the proverbial cracks.
Ted Bundy, who did not always sexually assault his victims, was a bright law student with good looks and a mountain of charm. A typical Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, he lived a life fooling everyone, normal as apple pie. He used trust to accomplish his goals. When those doors closed behind him, he lived in fantasyland, pondering where and how to carry out the impulses that drove him to violent behavior.
These people are sociopaths. They have no feelings of guilt or remorse. They can pass a polygraph, despite being guilty.
Sociopaths are not limited to killers. They can be your neighbors, your politicians, even your family members. They live a life of deception in order to achieve their goals, even if only for money and power. Unfortunately, we have no choice but to accept the imperfections of an imperfect world. That's certainly no consolation to the victims in Colorado, living or deceased.
Pro- and anti-gun warriors are coming out to defend and/or to condemn guns in America. The Second Amendment is here to stay, though it's not impossible to pass laws that restrict the nature of guns people can buy and own. It isn't sensible that average citizens can own assault weapons of mass destruction that are intended for military conflict.
I came to know hundreds of violent criminals during my police career. Most had a conscience. The most dangerous were the ones without one, because they were just like you and me.
Frank is an author and retired Miami police detective who lives in Melbourne.
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…..item 2)…. ‘I did not kill Kathleen!’ Drew Peterson’s dramatic courtroom outburst as he is sentenced to 38 YEARS in prison for murdering his third wife’
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Drew Peterson shocked an Illinois courtroom Thursday, shouting ‘I did not kill Kathleen!’ before he was sentenced to 38 years in prison in the death of his third wife.
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Justice served: Former Illinois police officer Drew Peterson was sentenced to 38 years in prison for murdering his third wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004
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One of Kathleen’s Savio’s relatives in the court audience responded by shouting back, ‘Yes, you did.’ That person was then removed from the Joliet courtroom.
Peterson’s outburst came as a judge was preparing to sentence him for murdering Savio in 2004. Illinois does not have the death penalty, and the 59-year-old Peterson had faced a maximum of 60 years behind bars.
The dramatic moment followed emotional impact statements from the victim’s family, who spoke about the pain of their loss.
Savio's sister Anna Marie Savio-Doman told the judge: ‘My loss of my baby sister is beyond words.
‘There will be no more birthday parties, backyard gatherings, holiday celebrations or other family activities to share. The laughter, hugs, guidance, advice, sense of security and those opportunities to say, "I love you" are forever gone.’
Chicago Tribune reported that Peterson, who did not testify during the trial, addressed the judge by saying: ‘Good day, my name is Drew Peterson. I hope I don’t aggravate the situation here, but I have a lot of things to be said." Then he screamed, ‘I did not kill Kathleen!’
After being scolded by Judge Edward Burmila for making outbursts ‘designed to aggravate people,’ the convicted killer issued an apology.
‘I’m sorry, your honor. I must have been woozy,’ Peterson said.
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Doomed: Peterson was convicted of the murder of Kathleen Savio (left), which was only reopened after his fourth wife Stacy (right) went missing in 2007
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Doomed: Peterson was convicted of the murder of Kathleen Savio (left), which was only reopened after his fourth wife Stacy (right) went missing in 2007
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Cocky: Before his 2009 arrest, Peterson seemed to taunt authorities, suggesting a ‘Win a Date With Drew Contest’
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The disgraced police officer went on to accuse the state police of falsifying reports and ignoring or misplacing evidence that could have proved his innocence.
‘What they did uncover was rumors, gossip, outrageous lies and, most importantly, unreliable hearsay. Hearsay that pierced three privileges that have stood for centuries,’ Peterson lamented.
Earlier in the day, Peterson’s current legal team had argued for a new trial on grounds his former lead attorney, Joel Brodsky, botched the case, but Judge Burmila denied the motion.
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Jurors convicted Peterson in September in the death of Savio, whose body was found in a dry bathtub with a gash on her head. Peterson is also a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, but hasn’t been charged in that case.
Peterson’s current legal team had argued that Brodsky failed to adequately defend the former Bolingbrook police sergeant. Brodsky stepped down from the defense team in November as the lawyerly strife worsened.
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Legal feud: Former defense lawyer for Drew Peterson, Joel Brodsky, responds to allegations that he botched his case
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Failed attempt: In this sketch, Drew Peterson, left, listens as his attorney John Heiderscheidt addresses Will County Judge Edward Burmila as Peterson’s defense team sought to convince the judge to grant Peterson a new trial
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Among the accusations from Steve Greenberg, who was on the trial team and still represents Peterson, is that Brodsky forced Peterson to stage a pretrial media blitz that harmed the ex-officer’s cause.
Greenberg maintained that Brodsky made a decision on his own to call divorce lawyer Harry Smith as witness, a move that badly backfired on the defense. Brodsky has insisted the entire legal team agreed on trial strategy.
Smith told jurors that Stacy Peterson asked him just before she vanished about whether she could squeeze her husband for more money if she threatened to tell police he murder Savio three years earlier.
Brodsky wanted Smith to blunt Stacy Peterson’s credibility. Instead, he succeeded in stressing she sincerely thought her husband killed Savio. Several jurors said his testimony persuaded them to convict Peterson.
Drew Peterson’s 2012 trial was the first in Illinois history where prosecutors built their case on hearsay thanks in part to a new law, dubbed 'Drew’s Law,' tailored to the case. The hearsay, prosecutors said, let his wives 'speak from their graves' through family and friends.
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Mismatched: Stacy, who was 23 at the time of her disappearance and 19 when she married much-older Drew, told friends and her pastor that she was fearful for her life
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Mismatched: Stacy, who was 23 at the time of her disappearance and 19 when she married much-older Drew, told friends and her pastor that she was fearful for her life
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Missing: Peterson stands in the bedroom of the home from where his fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, disappeared in 2007
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The hearsay — any information reported by a witness not based on the witness’ direct knowledge — included a friend who said Savio told her Peterson once put a knife to her throat and warned her, 'I could kill you and make it look like an accident.'
Before his 2009 arrest, the glib, cocky Peterson seemed to taunt authorities, suggesting a 'Win a Date With Drew Contest' and then, after his arrest, 'Win a Conjugal Visit With Drew Contest.' More recently, his story inspired a TV movie starring Rob Lowe.
The case began with a gruesome discovery. A neighbor came across Savio’s body March 1, 2004. She was face down in her dry bathtub, her thick, black hair soaked in blood and a two-inch gash was on the back of her head.
The drowning death of the 40-year-old aspiring nurse was initially deemed an accident. After Peterson’s fourth wife, 23-year-old Stacy Peterson, vanished in 2007, Savio’s body was exhumed, re-examined and her death reclassified as a homicide.
Drew Peterson had divorced Savio a year before her death. His motive for killing her, prosecutors said, was fear that a pending settlement would wipe him out financially.
Fascination nationwide with the case arose from speculation that Peterson sought to parlay three decades of law enforcement.
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MURDER AND NOT AN ACCIDENT: THE CASE OF KATHLEEN’S DEATH
The biggest challenge facing prosecution attorneys was that because Peterson’s third wife’s death was originally deemed an accident, very scant evidence was ever collected let alone stored until they decided to reopen the case after his fourth wife Stacy disappeared.
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Murdered: Kathleen Savio’s case was originally deemed an accident and it was only investigated again after her husband’s fourth wife went missing
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As a result, much of the testimony in the case was hearsay.
A neighbor found Kathleen Savio’s body on March 1, 2004, face down in a dry bathtub of her suburban home outside Chicago.
Her thick black hair was blood-soaked and she had a 2-inch gash on the back of her head.
The drowning death of the 40-year-old aspiring nurse was initially deemed an accident – a freak slip in the tub.
Some of the testimony from Savio’s friends painted a grim portrait of her relationship with he husband.
Kristen Anderson testified that Savio told her Peterson once warned her at knife point, ‘I could kill you and make it look like an accident.’
Savio so feared for her life that she kept a knife under her mattress.
A former co-worker of Peterson’s, Jeff Pachter, testified that Peterson offered him ,000 to hire a hit man to kill Savio, though he never followed throu
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STACY IS STILL MISSING: HOW THE DISAPPEARANCE CAUSED THE TRIAL
Peterson was 26 years older than his fourth wife when they married, only eight days after his third divorce was finalized.
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Fourth time: Peterson married Stacy, who was 29 years his junior only eight days following his third divorce
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Four years later, the 23-year-old went missing in 2007.
This disappearance prompted Illinois State Police and the FBI to investigate, and they later had Savio’s body exhumed, re-examined and her death reclassified as a homicide.
When her sister called the police reporting Stacy’s disappearance, Peterson said that she had called him several days before and said that she left him for another man.
Her car was found at the International Airport.
One of the biggest aspects in the case of her disappearance was the issue of whether or not he disposed of her body in a large blue container, three of which he bought prior to when she went missing.
Stacy Peterson’s family hoped a conviction in Savio’s murder could lead to charges against Drew Peterson in Stacy’s disappearance.
Stacy’s pastor, Neil Schori, testified she told him that her husband got up from bed and left their house in the middle of the night around the time of Savio’s death.
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