Truth is an elusive quality.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

I saw J. Edgar last night. I liked it a lot, but I find it hard to believe that Hoover was really that much of a whack job. The character depicted in that movie was one sick SOB. Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor.

Hoover was truly a strange man. He had his agents dig up dirt on all the Politicians (and other folks) so he could blackmail them to keep his job forever.

As for the cross dressing thing I suppose nobody knows for sure but I have read a lot of speculation about it.

It matters not to me his sexual preferences but he had many other things to detract from liking him.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

My Mom worked for him back in the late 40's or mid 50's or so. She was known as a real looker and was used to handsy men. Said he was pretty strange.

handsy?

Out of respect I will not speculate what that means. Aklim might though!

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

J. Edgar loved the ponies......race horses, that is. He would come to Pimlico in Baltimore for the spring meet several times a week with Clyde. As a big city motor cop, I would often get the escort duty. He never, even once, acknowledge us or thanked us.

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"Life is tough...it's even tougher if you're stupid." John Wayne


Dave
Pawleys Island, SC

'79 300CD

Daman....

I once read a book about Hoover titled 'No Left Turns'. Hoover never wanted his driver to make a left turn since that would leave the person sitting in the rear on the passengers side, where Hoover is said to have always sat, in the worst place to be if the car was hit while taking a corner.

Do you remember anything like this?

By the way, the book was written by a retired FBI guy who said Hoover had a lot of weirdness about him. He says Hoover also did not like to be touched and this led to a problem in Austin when LBJ, who was President at the time, walked up and put his arm around Hoover as they walked and talked. Hoover was supposed to be freaked out, but the Press was there. I think the speculation was that LBJ only did it to show Hoover that he could.