I don't get this.......
I see it A LOT - it's crystals that'll blind you, ribbons flowers, beads etc., etc., etc.
I admit in 1969 I had a headband hanging from my Beetles rear view - but I was a dumb hippie ;)
Nowadays I see things hanging in cars driven by all ages and sexes
WTF [evil]
Just a parking permit.
Don't forget the CDs.. the big reflective CDs...
Nothing on my at the mo. years back I had my GFs of the time thong on there for two weeks. I bet her that I could have it up there and no one would comment/notice. I actually won the bet, to my shock.. I did fold them up a bit so they were not in my way, but it was still pretty obvious what they where. I have some really unobservant friends...
Like 99% of the H.S. grads of the day (early 90's), I hung my graduation tassle from the rear-view for about the entire summer of that year.
After that? Only what's necessary (like a parking permit).
Oh, and I don't get it either. [roll]
Hehehe.... You only *think* that you were a dumb hippie! [laugh]
Quote from: Duck-Stew on March 08, 2009, 03:48:08 PM
Like 99% of the H.S. grads of the day (early 90's), I hung my graduation tassle from the rear-view for about the entire summer of that year.
After that? Only what's necessary (like a parking permit).
Oh, and I don't get it either. [roll]
Hehehe.... You only *think* that you were a dumb hippie! [laugh]
I did the same thing. Now I have nothing adorning the interior of my car that the factory didn't put there.
The way I like to take corners, having something hanging from the mirror would get annoying real fast.
do pink tassles from the Duc's mirrors count? They match the wheels after all.
I have a lei around my rearview mirror but #1. I have a Jeep Wrangler and #2. it's wrapped around the arm of the mirror not hanging down so it's not in the way at all.
I hung a dead hippy from mine [evil]
Quote from: bobspapa on March 08, 2009, 04:13:19 PM
I hung a dead hippy from mine [evil]
When the sun hits 'em you can smell patchouli
(an shid)
Always knew a Mexican or tourist's car when I was living in Tucson by the saddle hanging from the mirror. They picked them up at the border in Nogales.
I saw a lot of dreamcatchers too.
[roll]
In the truck I have a parking permit too.
However...In my 1972 Triumph Spitfire (which I bought in 1977) in the ash tray (which is on the top of the padded dashboard---stupid place) I have dried flowers, which were there when I bought the car. I guess the original owner didn't want anyone putting cig butts in the ash tray.
Not exactly rear view morror but...does that count? It sorta related IMO...?
Gotta be some of the oldest dried flowers in the world, eh?
Never bothered with anything besides the occasional parking permit.
Quote from: Old-Duckman on March 08, 2009, 04:24:45 PM
snip
Gotta be some of the oldest dried flowers in the world, eh?
Do they smell like dead hippies ;D
Quote from: Dead-hippie on March 08, 2009, 04:26:41 PM
Do they smell like dead hippies ;D
Sad to say, I have smelled old hippies. As a side job, I teach jewelry making and metalsmithing at several area Arts Centers...I have my share of old Hippies as students....many of them are "art types" and some (surely not all) are rather "ripe" at times...However, I have never even attempted to smell the dried flowers in the Spit's ash tray...I would assume they have no smell left at all...
my g/f has a spiked collar hanging from hers that she stole from my car about 4.5 yrs ago.
she has gotten a ticket for having an obstructed view a couple of times.
somethign to think about.
I have THREE parking permits (2 different universities plus work) that I alternate on my rearview. I used to have a plastic skeleton on my truck's rearview. When you pulled a string, his jaw chattered. It was pretty cool, but annoying around corners. I ended up attaching it to the vent.
Nope, nothing. Like everyone else, the graduation tassel for a while. Oh, had to hang a temporary handicapped permit for a while, but never while driving. Only put it up when I parked in a handicapped spot...
Jade Buddha & elephant. It's a Chinese thing.
Quote from: NAKID on March 08, 2009, 05:27:38 PM
Nope, nothing. Like everyone else, the graduation tassel for a while. Oh, had to hang a temporary handicapped permit for a while, but never while driving. Only put it up when I parked in a handicapped spot...
OMG! Someone who
actually takes the damned handicapped pass DOWN?!? That's a rarity... Seems the blue-hairs keep 'em up just so we all know to avoid that vehicle like the plague! Hehehe [laugh]
[passes out]
Quote from: Duck-Stew on March 08, 2009, 05:49:10 PM
OMG! Someone who actually takes the damned handicapped pass DOWN?!? That's a rarity... Seems the blue-hairs keep 'em up just so we all know to avoid that vehicle like the plague! Hehehe [laugh]
[passes out]
My wife keeps her Handi-tag on her mirror at all times, drives me up a wall. It says right on the damn thing to take it down while driving.
I had the tassles on the mirror after graduation, they got stuck between my hand and the wheel, and I pulled the mirror off the window. Never again.
Quote from: Duck-Stew on March 08, 2009, 05:49:10 PM
OMG! Someone who actually takes the damned handicapped pass DOWN?!? That's a rarity... Seems the blue-hairs keep 'em up just so we all know to avoid that vehicle like the plague! Hehehe [laugh]
[passes out]
Quote from: Bun-bun on March 08, 2009, 06:21:23 PM
My wife keeps her Handi-tag on her mirror at all times, drives me up a wall. It says right on the damn thing to take it down while driving.
I had the tassles on the mirror after graduation, they got stuck between my hand and the wheel, and I pulled the mirror off the window. Never again.
Yup. I hate that! My dad had one after his back surgery and I had to keep on him about taking that shit down!
I have two eagle feathers hanging from my mirror. They were blessed by my father-in-law and are meant to protect me. He was a Taos Pueblo Indian.
had a car for two years and i've put 15 miles on it
Bike doesn't have mirrors but it does have IZ_ handcuffs hanging from the frame
The only thing on my rearview is the clip-on extra wideview mirror so I can tell when the kids pass out.
I'm a firm believer that people who excessively decorate their cars are insane. And at least one study backs me up on this (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=ae5b9f9d-1293-49dd-bc1d-6bc29c189776)
Lets see... Taurus? No. Truck? Set of worry beads I picked up in Greece. I had a dragon's claw holding a burgundy glass sphere in my Cavalier. Neither of those things would cause a bright reflection though ~
JM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on March 09, 2009, 05:16:31 AM
Truck? Set of worry beads I picked up in Greece.
Those aren't "worry" beads. [laugh]
The obligatory HS tassel for the summer and my work parking pass. Super boring. Just wonder what I'm going to do for parking for my Monster when I can use it for my daily commute... just park it in the lobby of the bank?
no
Quote from: ducpainter on March 09, 2009, 08:35:57 AM
no
Good to hear from the "Man of Few Words" Department [laugh]
Quote from: Dead-hippie on March 09, 2009, 09:05:46 AM
Good to hear from the "Man of Few Words" Department [laugh]
It was a simple question.... ;D
A soap stone turtle that no longer has legs or a tail thanks to 10 years of off-roading and a dumb ex-gf who would always flick the turtle against the windshield.
I'm slow, so it's appropriate.
Quote from: NAKID on March 09, 2009, 07:11:34 AM
Those aren't "worry" beads. [laugh]
I dunno... I'd be worried...
I refuse to put our office building parking pass on the rear view, so I have it hooked around the mount for the drivers side sun shade, sits perfect in the upper corner of the windshield. I got a "warning" placed on my car by building security after almost two years of this that they couldn't see my tag (must have been a new guy). So I started backing into my spot to make the tag easier to see. Only did this for a couple weeks, then back to normal. No rouble since, but I figured my next step was to scan the parking pass and plot it out in color big enough to use as a sun shade for my window.
Sometimes the fast Track device goes up on the dash. & sometimes a Pizza..
Quote from: MendoDave on March 09, 2009, 10:19:34 AM
Sometimes the fast Track device goes up on the dash. & sometimes a Pizza..
So THAT'S where He-Man's pizza went! [laugh]
I put my rear view mirror on with Crazy Glue, I have a midget in a hard hat hanging from it. [cheeky]
Back in high school when I worked in a Super Market the craziest thing I saw from a rear view mirror while out getting carts was a pair of chicken feet.
Nope. Nothing goes there.....I need to be able to SEE out of the front windshield.
Quote from: alfisti on March 09, 2009, 11:28:49 AM
So THAT'S where He-Man's pizza went! [laugh]
[bang] [laugh] [clap]
I got IZ_ dice in the '61 Chrysler.
Keep in mind the mirror is on the dash in that car-so it obstructs nothing.
Quote from: alfisti on March 09, 2009, 11:28:49 AM
So THAT'S where He-Man's pizza went! [laugh]
uh, oh... someone's probably going to get stabbed now.
I hope that someone isn't me. :o