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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 345207" data-attributes="member: 16749">Re: Weekly challenge aug 13 -20&nbsp; If I were looking for something to combine the “abandoned” and “cars” themes, I know just the place.&nbsp; There's a field not far from where I live, filled with old, rusting Edsels.&nbsp; You can see a panorama that I previously took there at <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_blaylock/13416593825/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_blaylock/13416593825/</a>.&nbsp; A caretaker told me that those Edsels all arrived in that field in good, roadworthy condition, and once there, fell victim to neglect and vandalism, decaying into the condition in which they now are.&nbsp; Very tragic, in my opinion.&nbsp; I am given to understand that these days, an Edsel in good condition can be worth the far side of a hundred thousand dollars; so this field really represents a waste of what could have been millions of dollars worth of valuable classic cars, if they had been cared for.&nbsp; On another note, one of the pictures in the OP is of an early-model Falcon.&nbsp; My very first car was a Falcon, albeit of a much later model.&nbsp; It was well past its prime when my parents gave it to me.&nbsp; It broke down a lot, but I could usually fix it then and there, with whatever tools I happened to have in my pockets at the time.&nbsp; Alas, the day came when I was unable to repair it.&nbsp; After several months of trying in vain to diagnose why it wouldn't run, I had to give up.&nbsp; The day we hauled it to the junkyard, my wife, rather irritated, said, “You wouldn't cry that much over me!”&nbsp; I guess there are some things that women just don't get.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 345207, member: 16749"] [b]Re: Weekly challenge aug 13 -20[/b] If I were looking for something to combine the “abandoned” and “cars” themes, I know just the place. There's a field not far from where I live, filled with old, rusting Edsels. You can see a panorama that I previously took there at [url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/bob_blaylock/13416593825/[/url]. A caretaker told me that those Edsels all arrived in that field in good, roadworthy condition, and once there, fell victim to neglect and vandalism, decaying into the condition in which they now are. Very tragic, in my opinion. I am given to understand that these days, an Edsel in good condition can be worth the far side of a hundred thousand dollars; so this field really represents a waste of what could have been millions of dollars worth of valuable classic cars, if they had been cared for. On another note, one of the pictures in the OP is of an early-model Falcon. My very first car was a Falcon, albeit of a much later model. It was well past its prime when my parents gave it to me. It broke down a lot, but I could usually fix it then and there, with whatever tools I happened to have in my pockets at the time. Alas, the day came when I was unable to repair it. After several months of trying in vain to diagnose why it wouldn't run, I had to give up. The day we hauled it to the junkyard, my wife, rather irritated, said, [i]“You wouldn't cry that much over me!”[/i] I guess there are some things that women just don't get. [/QUOTE]

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