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Chris Nelson

@chrisnelsonsdog@mstdn.social

1,013 Followers

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452 Posts

Socially awkward penguin, rollin' hard in the land of fediverse chicks and reply guys.

Chris Nelson 5h ago

armadillosoft 6h ago

#OTD 6/28/20 #birds #birding #birdsOfMastodon #aBirdAday (or more) Red-tailed hawk shrouded in pine branches

https://www.flickr.com/photos/armadillosoft/50084059181/in/album-72157714994861236/

Chris Nelson 5h ago

KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)6h ago

May you find rest tonight

Chris Nelson 5h ago

Neballer 6h ago

Chris Nelson 5h ago

KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)6h ago

Remember there are many seeds of hope out here in the world, ready to be cast. Please don't feel alone

Chris Nelson 5h ago

Wholesomememes 6h ago

A Language everyone understands (by u/HavingLastLaugh)
(AI Alt-Text)

Chris Nelson 5h ago

Mark McCaughrean 12h ago

I don't take many macro photos of bees – they're big & fuzzy, so hard to get much depth of focus, & they dash around madly, making it hard to grab a sharp picture 😬

And when it comes to huge carpenter bees, I also get nervous, scared I'm going to fluff the moment before they bomb off next door 🙀

Still, these shots of (I think) a pollen-covered female splay-footed carpenter (Xylocopa valga) aren't horrible 🙂🤷‍♂️

#Insects 🪳
#Photography 📷
#BugOfTheDay 🪰
#MacroPhotography 🔬
#BackGardenEntomology 🪲

Chris Nelson 5h ago

Lyrical Garfield 🎶

#Garfield #music #NeverGonnaGiveYouUp
#bot #lyrics

Chris Nelson 5h ago

Tanya McGee Wheatley 💜🥰7h ago

Good night! #3GoodThings
1. Finished another chapter in Braille. Only 19 more to go!
2. Downloaded Confess, the Autobiography by Rob Halford and am looking forward to listening to it. Not a fan of Judas Priest but I do enjoy autobiographies of musicians when they read the books themselves. 😁
3. My USB C charging blocks arrived today so I will no longer have trouble charging things now that so many cables are USB C.
Sleep well and may your dreams take you to the stars! 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodNight #Braille #Autobiographies

Chris Nelson 6h ago

Ride Theory 7h ago

@onmywalk @pluralistic

"If you're doing business with a religious son-of-a-bitch, get it in writing. His word isn't worth shit, not with the good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal."

-- WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS

Chris Nelson 6h ago

SunnJax 🌞🏳️‍🌈

Denver Pride scenery. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

#pride #lgbtq #Colorado

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And they just kept on coming in! Was a great turnout.

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This Morris Marina was in great shape

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I like an event where you get a good mix of makes and models

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The world needs more purple cars

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This Buckler was an interesting sight

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The Karmann Ghia was a US car, recently imported.

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Damnn those LTDs are long

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I love to see an eighties Datto turning up, someone loves their Stanza.

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Always people staring at Harry

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This Karmann was lovely. Also this splitty Beetle.

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This rare as unicorn shit 4 Cylinder Holden Commodore arrived. We saw this at a petrol station last year or so, my eyes popped out of my head. Completely original, when Holden tried to sell a more efficient model. Didn't sell well.

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This hot rodded Morris van was so cute

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This gorgeous 61(?) Chrysler was stunning inside and out. Would have been a car for someone rich, with all the mod cons at the time. And those fins are spectacular.

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For a crisp Spring morning, it was a big turnout! Cars just kept on rolling in.

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Hey I thought Austins were meant be teeny and cute?

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This gorgeous Bristol arrived, a rarity here.

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Onto the mature motors that arrived. This Chev

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And this Morris

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Rovers come in many shapes and sizes

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I think that Holden was a rebadged Isuzu?

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Nice to see some Daihatsus, there's a brand rarely seen at shows.

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Nathan Avots-Smith 3d ago

@vwdasher Suzuki Jimny! Though there were also Holden-badged Isuzus in the early ’90s.

Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿5d ago

@vwdasher Looks like a '61. Nice car!

@Doppelganger75 I honestly can't remember, the owner told me but that was weeks ago 😆 Possibly one of two in Australia? Just gorgeous.

Scooter8647 🇺🇦 🇳🇿5d ago

@vwdasher Last year of the fins in Chryslers.

@Doppelganger75 definitely sticks out from all the later sixties and seventies Chryslers here.

Eobard Toyotathon 4d ago

@vwdasher Virgil Exner's work is always 🤌🤌🤌

thefathippy 4d ago

Fins are completely ridiculous, but so cool! 😎 I love 'em!

Michael Carroll 5d ago

@vwdasher Starfire engine wasn't it? I6 chopped down but presumably not much in the way of balancing.

@vwdasher love that looooooong fan shroud.

And the whole concept of someone lovingly maintaining this car because it's rare, because no-one wanted it, because it was crap.

@nickzoic exactly. Luckily his daughter loves it so it will live on, completely stock. Anyone can have a V8 one, meh, that's easy. But one of these? I bet there's less than a handful left.

mcSlibinas 5d ago

@vwdasher it's opel rekord! It feels nice to ride. One of the best seats, you don't get tired, almost good as opel senator mk1.

@mcSlibinas no it's a Holden Commodore. Australian built version.

mcSlibinas 5d ago

@vwdasher i know. What i doesn't know - is there any bigger differencies between Opel Rekord and Holden Commodore? I guess there only driver position is different.

@mcSlibinas I would imagine there's a lot to do with cooling the engine for one thing. Much hotter climate here. The V6 and V8 were big sellers here for decades, this one is a very weird and unloved model, being so under powered. I imagine there's probably suspension changes too, to deal with our road surfaces.

mcSlibinas 5d ago

@vwdasher oh, now i have unsolved mystery 🤔

Your words sounds very reasonably; i just never compared EU and AUS cars. Their part numbers should be different.
In some cases, at least.
I never ever saw any part like "this radiator is bigger because Australia (or Africa)".

@mcSlibinas some people have discussed the differences in old forums

https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/opel-senator-vs-holden-commodore.138743/

This article has more details too

https://www.whichcar.com.au/news/when-commodore-started-life-as-an-opel

mcSlibinas 5d ago

@vwdasher thank you!

thefathippy 4d ago

We rented a green 4 cylinder Commodore for a few days in Adelaide, when my moto was getting repaired on the way back from Perth. I remember a bright green, but it was a loooong time ago.

I also remember it being particularly *underwhelming* to drive. It handled ok, but had no get up and go. My wife's Gemini was more fun. 🤷‍♂️ Later, while they were away, our neighbours lent us their similar vintage six in that exact brown - it was much better.

@thefathippy Oh they were renowned for being gutless. I just love that this chap has kept it bone stock and adores it. And his daughter does too. It's such a rare one now.

Basmitharts 5d ago

@vwdasher How common are Vettes over there?

@Basmitharts not very, all imports basically. So they're an odd one out here.

Arapalla 5d ago

Rally legend, right there.

Arapalla Jun 22

Some very tidy and delightful beasts in there.

@Arapalla it was a great turnout, lots of interesting cars came along. I have some excellent surprises coming up.

thefathippy Jun 22

So, better than new? 😉

I liked the looks of the Leyland Marina, but they certainly developed *a reputation*. 😳

@thefathippy They are a model you just don't see at shows, they were not exactly treasured back in the day! Nice to see something different, not just a sea of Holdens and Fords. Plus the owner of this really loved his car.

@vwdasher omg I had a Marina when I was young! Slammed on the bump-stops with a flipped leaf spring and wound down torsion bars hahaha 😆 it was super tidy too in crisp white with brown vinyl interior. Did not miss the constant blown head baskets and cracked head. Ended up changing the 1800 for a 1750 OHC with twin SU from a donor car.

@nigel they're a real rarity at shows here, nice to see one so loved!