I suppose, all things considered, I'm a fairly boring guy, but I like it that way. We have fun doing just about anything, my wife and I, and we make each other laugh hysterically. Occasionally, this happens at very inopportune moments, like while driving down the highway! We're trying to work on this, though, lest something terrible happen...
I have worked in the financial services industry for years, specializing in Insurance and Retirement Planning. I have designed employee benefits plans for companies ranging from 2 employees to 2,000 employees. Working in this field gives me a unique view of a variety of topics, though I admit, this can be a somewhat myopic view of the world. Seeing everything through the critical eye of an insurance agent tends to reduce a great many things to their component parts.
However, having said all of that, I still try to keep a balanced view on life, the universe, and everything...I just don't always succeed! But it's the thought that counts...or so I'm told.

J. R. Lindamood

Autos > Antique Cars Classic car reviews: 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster

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Whether you like the Mercedes- 300SL or not, you have to admit it's a classic. Designed by Mercedes-Benz after WW2, the 300SL was Mercedes' reintroduction to the racing circuit. Unusually enough, the designers at Mercedes-Benz didn't design the car first. Instead, they took the 300 engine that they already had and said, "Okay, now how do we get this engine in a small car?"

A follow-up to the venerable "Gullwing," the resulting SL coupe turned into a racing fiend after its introduction in 1957. Since the car was designed around a tubular steel frame, and a body that incorporated both ste...

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