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Solved - The Dick Cheney connection
« on: April 09, 2011, 09:08:59 AM »
In your opinion, what could be the connection between this car and this energetic young man. It's not a direct one, and it's car-related.

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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2011, 05:03:27 AM »
Let's see what the experts make of this.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2011, 02:01:53 PM »
Lusse Auto Scooter bumper car, (circa 1947-52ish?)  I own a circa 1959 Lusse  ;D  As for the man...  ???
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2011, 03:45:52 PM »
Lusse Auto Scooter bumper car, (circa 1947-52ish?)  I own a circa 1959 Lusse  ;D  As for the man...  ???
Very precise!
Bumper car is enough for the connection you're looking for. And the man... remember, I wrote it's an indirect connection.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2011, 07:20:37 PM »
The picture seems too old, but the guy looks just as if he'll grow up into Lee Marvin.

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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 08:00:23 AM »
The picture seems too old, but the guy looks just as if he'll grow up into Lee Marvin.

... who was born in 1924.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 11:13:02 AM »
Let's see what the pros make of this.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2011, 04:48:23 AM »
That young man's attire is peculiar.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2011, 05:01:59 AM »
Those gloves suggest he was working with something dangerous - chrome plating chemicals, perhaps?
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2011, 05:27:24 AM »
Not chemicals, but follow the gloves it is
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2011, 06:04:35 AM »
Electrical insulation?
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2011, 12:48:50 PM »
Not this. I am afraid you' ll have to keep guessing unless you find the full picture.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2011, 05:21:02 PM »
Speaking of pictures, I wrote that this was not a direct connection. The missing piece between those two is also a picture.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2011, 05:31:35 PM »
Gold related?

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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2011, 04:28:32 AM »
Money, somehow of course. Gold, not at all (I believe it's rust in the bumper-car picture).
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #15 on: April 29, 2011, 02:11:12 PM »
Was he working with scrap metal? And maybe the first picture shows something made out of scrap metal
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2011, 02:39:41 PM »
Was this guy working with bumper cars in an amusement park?

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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2011, 05:30:00 PM »
It's a no to Oguerrerob suggestion. Scrap metal? Not as I know of. What is sure is that he had to protect his hands, and there are many jobs were it's a good thing.
This being an indirect connection means that you have to find something, or someone, in a third photo, related to both pictures.
Of course that would have been much easier if I hadn't cropped the photo of this young worker.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #18 on: April 29, 2011, 11:03:56 PM »
Here's No2 in all its original glory


An oil field hand in Texas posing in his late Model T Ford roadster. It is equipped with a rack on the back for carrying tooling. In the background is what appears to possibly be a pair of FWD trucks with oil field equipment on the back.

Halliburton owned FWD truck company, so I believe we have to follow that route. Does this make any sense?
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2011, 04:49:41 AM »
Well done!
Halliburton makes sense, as far as this puzzle is concerned. FWD and trucks don't.
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2011, 05:34:14 AM »
Halliburton is in the oil business, the puzzle car is electric?
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #21 on: April 30, 2011, 05:36:59 AM »
Or is the connection this picture of Dick Cheney?
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #22 on: April 30, 2011, 07:38:07 AM »
Lest a point be lost for not elaborating on the connection, Dick Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000. 
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Re: A not too far-fetched connection
« Reply #23 on: April 30, 2011, 11:35:46 AM »
Of course! I don't know if you followed the Halliburton track, or the bumper car track. If you did that, the picture was on page 8.

Now here is another scary beast in a bumper car for your enjoyment...
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Re: Solved - The Dick Cheney connection
« Reply #24 on: April 30, 2011, 12:22:28 PM »
Glad to be of assistance Mr Puzzell :)
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