lady bird RIP.

I was going to make a joke about hank hills dog.
but could not do it, lady bird Johnson was a big part of Texas, and she lived for 95 years . what a life she must have lived. RIP ! lady bird

 

Must have been somethin' being 95, to be able to say, ya I saw that deuce when it was new.

 

she is the reason the highways are somewhat not cluttere d wth all those billboards

 

I thought the lady bird was a chick giving me the finger.

 

I came back and edited my post as this could turn into a political argument.Just think about "fences to hide those ugly cars"...

 

she was also instrumental in tall fencing around all auto parts yards keeping those nasty old fords from view.....

 

I liked seeing what there was to find when p***ing junkyards. Lots of intertainment for a bored car kid. She screwed all that up.

 

What's it gotta do with hot rods?

 

Yup, she was a proponent of crushing old junk ugly cars.............like the tin we covet.

 

Fences around junkyards so we can't see in and go "OOH I need that!" and pull in and buy it.

 

Yeah, she got a lot of old cars crushed. One guy told me a story how back in the day he had a '57 Chevy 2dr ht powerpak stashed behind the house, and they found it by plane. Had to drive it into the dump because he couldn't afford to put plates on it. How that's any better than keeping it in the back 40, beats me. But I'd feel worse if Hank Hill's dog in fact died.

 

damit boomhower ? ok I was thinking more of the wife that watched her husband drinking beer and shooting out of his lincon with skid plates on it hunting, and when he killed that one the secret service that were folowing him had another lincon ready!
I hope hank`s dog is okay

 

when LBJ was vice-president my Dad was his pilot..they flew a Lockheed Lodestar, Pedernales Gold, that was customized by Dee Howard in San Antonio, tricycle gear, bigger supercharged engines, the works..I tagged along as much as I could..I remember a trip to the ranch on the Pedernales River and LBJ had a big white Lincoln convertable he liked to pile people in and show off the ranch, he and Lady Bird in the front seat..He wanted to get from one pasture to another to show off a prize bull but couldn't because they were burning off some brush and gr***..LBJ wasn't much for patience so he just drove the Lincoln through the gr*** fire. I remember lookin over the door at the burning gr***, and hearing my Dad comment later he was glad that car didn't have any gas leaks, he might of used the words "damned fool"

 

When I first saw it I thought it said Larry Bird

 

Well then, that would truly be a cause for rememberance

 

Remember that scene in "It's a Mad Mad Mad World" when Ethel Merman slips on a banana and the whole hospital ward laughs their *** off? My neighbor told me a story about her.

Lady Bird went to Walter Reed to visit the wounded, and asked this one man where he was wounded, and he said "I lost my right testicle, and had to have my ***** reconstructed." "Oh My!" She said, and her handlers tried to drag her away, but she leaned-over and gave the guy a big hug, and said "Well I see you are a big man, and look hard and tough enough to get through this."

There was a short pause, and then the whole ward errupted in laughter, but she got really red in the face, which caused the laughter to stop, and they all applauded her as she left. Which you could tell she appreciated.

 

She was a true texan. Stood by her man and did all she could to make the world a better place. Our flag is at half mast.

 

Politics aside, she was a cl***y lady and much more down to earth than Jackie O. I remember when blushing was an admirable attribute in ladies.

 

R.I.P. They don't make women like that anymore

 

I think she was the backing of the bill boards that said"beautify america: get a hair cut"!!lol.It had some "hippie" with a jewish afro on the billboard!
Heres another old hippie saying from Lydon & Lady bird era" Draft George Hamilton".
ya gotta be a real Die hard hippie to relate to that!!
She was a good first lady.To be truthful I thought she was long gone.
JimV

 

One question... W.T.F.????

 

I always have admired people who say what they think, if i agree with them or not. Nothing worse than "ya, I think that way too, ya, and that way". The Johnsons were known for giving it straight.

 

she didnt have anything to do with the Gulf of Tonkin lie her husband created to start the Vietnam Conflict and make all his friends rich. Thank god that doesnt happen anymore.

She was a cl***y lady.

Perhaps if she had tattoos and carried a stupid umbrella at car shows you guys would know who she was.

RIP

 

The Beautify America Campaign did wonders for this country even if our little clique still wants to see s****yards in all their glory and billboards 100 feet wide and 40 feet tall on masts 200 feet high lit with carbon arc lights every 100 feet down every road in the country.
As history have proven, the s****yards and old cars survived in great numbers, but the billboards thankfully did not. If a guy wants to find old cars and parts, he WILL find them no matter where they are hiding. We obviously don't need to burden the rest of the population with junkyards on all our major and minor roads, things had gotten out of hand and we know that whether we want to admit it or not.
God bless her, she did us all a service!