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infrogmation ([personal profile] infrogmation) wrote2005-06-08 11:51 am
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Taxi! Cubans set sail in vintage cab



Okay, I admit it, I just think that an ocean-going 1949 Mercury station-wagon taxi is inherently cool.

Reuters story
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[personal profile] jecook 2005-06-08 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I was thinking the other way around:

http://ljplus.ru/img/dashing/050511_car.jpg

[identity profile] xflapperjanex.livejournal.com 2005-06-09 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
I thought this was so clever! Then the Coast Guard destroyed it.

Frankly, I think people who know how to build boats out of cars ought to be encouraged to enter the United States and take up residence.

Water taxi

[identity profile] infrogmation.livejournal.com 2005-06-12 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Agree!

If they'd towed it to shore, I'm sure the refugees could have sold the vintag boat-mobile for enough to get a good start at their new life in the USA.
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