because I posted a photo 6 years ago, https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/12/logging-road-in-both-sense-of-word.html and it was the first Garford I'd ever seen or heard up until then.
So, I learned what a Garford was once, and it finally has become a useful piece of identification trivia.
I'd rather know the emails of any of the Grand Tour/Top Gear guys (Clarkson, May, and Hammond) and tell them thanks for all the shows they did that entertain me, or how to find that one perfect job where I get paid to blog and earn a living at it, or how to play the guitar, or how to win at casinos, but, I guess it's better to know something, than know nothing.
It's not going to solve any problem I'll ever have, nor one anyone else ever will either, except that it does allow me to be the only one to identify this ONE question another blogger had for some unknown reason today https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2021/01/what-brand-of-truck-do-you-think-that.html
I bet I've needed to know a million things in my life that I've forgotten (every wrong spelling, word, test question answer, US Navy quals, job knowledge, etc) when I needed it most.
Why? Probably because my brain was already full, of useless information from all the things I've seen, heard, learned, read, watched, etc... anyone else read all the Ripley's believe it or nots? All the good books they could ever find, all the good plays (Shakespeare was simply uniquely incredible that he could rhyme that well, write stories that good, and do both at the same time - iambic pentameter, who would guess right?) all the cool comics (Calvin and Hobbes, Far Side) learn just thousands of songs, characters in books, quotes, latin phrases, chemistry, tv shows, movies, streets and freeways, cities and landmarks, and all the car info I've learned and forgotten...
But just show me a damn Garford, and BINGO! One useless bit of identification trivia finally finds a use the only time in the world it will ever be asked for.
I'll take a guess and say it's Autocar.
ReplyDeleteIt's a Garford. I only knew that because I learned of 1 six years ago, and that bit of useless trivia stuck in my head https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/12/logging-road-in-both-sense-of-word.html
DeleteNO FAIR! You didn't give that as multiple choice answer.
ReplyDeleteI didn't do a good job communicating this one. The image is from Daily Time Waster who was asking with the multiple choice question. I think I explained the rest ok... but I really didn't explain where the image came from, I was focused on explaining what a useless memory I have - remembering useless stuff, not the useful stuff
DeleteOkay, I'm laughing at your reply here. You did a great job of explaining. You always do. And no, it's not useless stuff. In fact it can be very insightful. Again, thank you sir for such a great blog.
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