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Swedish Cossie Graveyard
January 27, 2014 12:29PM
A lotta youse guys know that I lived in Sweden around 8 years and that I seriously mean it when I say the mental illness we call "OCD--Obessive-Compulsive Disorder" is actually a normal everyday character trait in all the Nordic countries......and that that goes a long way in understanding how these little frozen contries a) make such good stuff and b) how they make good power when they mod stuff and in motorsport context c) how they prodiced battalions of International caliber drivers or riders in rally and moto-cross---the 2 motorsports that I have given a shit about..

Well here is a very sad example of what it also leads to:
http://forums.finalgear.com/general-automotive/cosworth-graveyard-dont-click-posmo-you-might-cry-42576/














http://www.google.no/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=no&geocode=&q=rimbo&sll=61.143235,9.09668&sspn=10.553257,28.081055&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rimbo,+Norrt%C3%A4lje+kommune,+Stockholm,+Sverige&ll=59.751942,18.386521&spn=0,359.972577&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=59.75206,18.386585&panoid=qNCCDYeAdzw4wLUVOtlRSQ&cbp=12,250.94,,0,5

Madness. Waste. Such a pity. Dumb Swede.



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Re: Swedish Cossie Graveyard
January 27, 2014 04:18PM
Holy crap, I ain't seen anything like that since I saw Ross Foster's GTX collection. This puts that to shame. Or something.



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Re: Swedish Cossie Graveyard
January 27, 2014 04:37PM
I figured the photos were of John's backyard. thumbs up smiley



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Re: Swedish Cossie Graveyard
January 27, 2014 06:13PM
One stipulation on his trust fund was that he had to start his own business. He kinda got into cars during his akward early 20s when he was trying to find someway to interact with real people and have sexual relations maybe so he figured becoming an auto mechanic and import investor would be a great business to start. He had a pretty large initial investment but it will probably pay back sometime in the future. And he now has a job where he gets to work on cars occasionally (almost never) and has gone back to the world of online gaming now that he's a bit older and gotten over the whole need for person to person interaction and trying to get laid.



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Re: Swedish Cossie Graveyard
January 27, 2014 10:02PM
Cossie hoarder!!! OCD is right
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Re: Swedish Cossie Graveyard
February 19, 2014 08:25PM
and none of those are for sale ??? ever????

someone needs to have this man meet an untimely end.



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Re: Swedish Cossie Graveyard
February 19, 2014 08:39PM
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and none of those are for sale ??? ever????

someone needs to have this man meet an untimely end.

Over on the Sweedish forum I found, they were all openly plotting something.."Lets see, 4 trucks 5 men per truck xx minutes each car...we could do it. Cossie Liberation Front!"
Those fawkers are as loony as me.



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