Running Bear's June 2026 Coffee Shop

[KriegslokBR52]

I love 80s German automotive styling.

I agree, some of the best looking car designs.

 

[DeaconKC]

@KriegslokBR52 congrats! Hope it gives you many years of good service.

 

[Boris]

I believe AH-1 refers to the Apache

Na, AH-1 is a Marine designation for the air frame. The army phased out their single turbo Cobras when the Apache AH-64 was introduced. AH = Attack Helicopter. The AH-1 aircraft is a Bell Product, the AH-64, is a Boeing Product.

 

[Kusojiji]

Well, it rained as I was driving to my buddy's storage locker, so we didn't do anything there. Just shot the breeze about everything going on for a couple of hours under his van's back hatch. I should check to see if the rain scrubbed off Snoopy's bombing run hit on the roof of my microvan.

 

[JimKrol]

Na, AH-1 is a Marine designation for the air frame. The army phased out their single turbo Cobras when the Apache AH-64 was introduced. AH = Attack Helicopter. The AH-1 aircraft is a Bell Product, the AH-64, is a Boeing Product.

I worked at Boeing. They did a lot of Longbows, and a few Shortbows.

 

[Bruette]

I got a calzone.

Isn't that more or less an outside in pizza?

havent checked in for a yr or so but I am always looking

I'm glad to see you back!

It's not often that we get 3"+ rain in 24 hours that all soaks in and doesn't puddle.

You knew it was coming when you topped off the pool.

I love 80s German automotive styling.

I think you and Mack @KriegslokBR52 would both enjoy a Lada. Anything European? Parts of Russia are in Europe, The AvtoVaz factory is in Europe.

I'm a Chevy man myself!

 

[bnsf971]

Ladas are as reliable and stylish as a 1979 Fiat.

 

[bnsf971]

Good morning. It's cloudy and 70.

 

[Bruette]

Ladas are as reliable and stylish as a 1979 Fiat.

1979 Lada

1979 Fiat

They both remind me of the BWM 528e I had. A great car, it had over 300000 miles on it when i got rid of it. It was the definition of reliable, but not stylish at all.

Many European cars look alike to me.

 

[bnsf971]

 

[Kusojiji]

These guys are pretty funny.

 

[Bill Tidler Jr.]

Good morning Coffee Shop! It's Sunday, 70°F (21°C) and chance of rain.

Weather:
Mostly cloudy with numerous showers with isolated thunderstorms toward daybreak then partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds around 5 mph becoming southeast. Chance of rain 60 percent.

Have a great day!

 

[troyphoto]

Well, howdy there internet peeps and those with 1972 Fiats

Like my old one

Came with a broomstick to prop the hood open, a toggle switch and push button for the ignition, and points that had to be cleaned every 200 miles. I was happy when they towed it off the street.

It's Troy again.

Seems like the storms last night, which I slept through, gave my Bambu 3D printer a panic attack - halfway through an ~11-hour print job. It does have power outage protection, but this one got stuck in the memory real good. I tried using the app on the phone to resume... tracked down a loose cable in the print head, nope. Still stuck after re-seating the cable.

Got the app to accept the resume, but the printer kept spinning it's little loading icon. Normally it takes a minute or less to send a print job. This went for 10 minutes.

Computer app wouldn't communicate while the little icon was spinning. Tried power off, power on.... another five minutes wasted. Still spinning.

Used the little LCD display on the printer. Can't resume. Finally dumped the print job via the LCD panel.

one half-printed roof section for the Midnight Abbey hit the trash bin.

Start over. If it works this time, I can start another print job around 5:30 pm...

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Good morning. It's cloudy and 70.

They are actually Fiat 124 i think, built on a license. As the matter of fact many eastern European countries were offering Fiat designs back during communist era. Rumanian Zastava is a Fiat, as was Polish FSO 125.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

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They both remind me of the BWM 528e I had. A great car, it had over 300000 miles on it when i got rid of it. It was the definition of reliable, but not stylish at all.

Many European cars look alike to me.

The Lada was a licence built Fiat 124, the yellow Fiat is 128 model, which was also built in Rumania as a Zastava..

 

[bnsf971]

The Lada was a licence built Fiat 124, the yellow Fiat is 128 model, which was also built in Rumania as a Zastava..

The US version of the 124 and 128 are vastly different from those cars. I owned a 1974 124 coupe, and it was what amounted to an early model Spider. It was fun to drive—when it ran. I briefly had a 128, which wasn’t so much fun to drive, and was even less reliable than the 124.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Isn't that more or less an outside in pizza?

I'm glad to see you back!

You knew it was coming when you topped off the pool.

I think you and Mack @KriegslokBR52 would both enjoy a Lada. Anything European? Parts of Russia are in Europe, The AvtoVaz factory is in Europe.

I'm a Chevy man myself!
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The first car i have actually driven still as a kid (maybe 11 years old), was a Fiat 126. Which was also built in Poland starting in 1973 on a license.

Picture taken from Wikipedia. This vehicle basically motorized Poland and was one of the "gifts" you could say by a very forward thinking Edward Gierek, who was the leader of Poland from late 1960s to about early 1980, when he was outsted by new leadership. These are now considered a "cult car" in Poland and the prices for a good condition examples can be very high.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

The US version of the 124 and 128 are vastly different from those cars. I owned a 1974 124 coupe, and it was what amounted to an early model Spider. It was fun to drive—when it ran. I briefly had a 128, which wasn’t so much fun to drive, and was even less reliable than the 124.

I almost bought a 128 project last year, maybe it's a good thing i didn't, but all the parts were there to finish it. Surprisingly from what I've heard from owners of older Fiats here, the parts are still being made for these older Fiats, but they need to be imported from Europe.

 

[bnsf971]

I almost bought a 128 project last year, maybe it's a good thing i didn't, but all the parts were there to finish it. Surprisingly from what I've heard from owners of older Fiats here, the parts are still being made for these older Fiats, but they need to be imported from Europe.

The 128 I had pretty much proved the nickname of Fix It Again Tomorrow.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

The 128 I had pretty much proved the nickname of Fix It Again Tomorrow.

I think the whole problem was the emissions which were imposed by American authorities...oh and also a horrible metal work, because in Europe those cars served a long time. Back when i was in Italy in 1990s, one could still see the 1960s Fiats on the streets. Conversly in Poland, the problem was a very poor quality parts made in Poland for their products.