gstark wrote:Way back ... my first trip to LA, in fact, (before Sycamore #1 came to pass) we were in Santa Monica and saw an MGB, top down, licence plate "LOU REED"
Sorry - off topic for a second...
Years ago in my previous life as a Customs Officer we had a bloke arrive at Brisbane airport and we were all clamouring to search him - he looked like he had just shot up that morning and may as well have had a flashing neon sign on him saying "PICK ME".
All was forgiven when we realised it was Lou Reed and, like Keith Richards, he had a perfectly reasonable excuse for looking like that! We said gidday and left it at that.
(My apologies Lou and Keith if you're reading this but, hey, you know what I mean!)