Death of a Beacon, New York man

An Associated Press story dated April 4 stated that a 56-year-old man from the Hudson Valley town of Beacon crashed his new motorcycle in the parking lot of a nearby town. He'd just bought the bike when he lost control and hit a parked vehicle in the dealership lot. He wasn't wearing a helmet, and police were told he hadn't ridden a motorcycle in about 30 years.

What a tragic way to go; I'm the same age incidentally.

They don't build them like this anymore! #4

This beauty is a 1955 Chevrolet 210 2-door sedan in a pleasing two-tone combination of blue and white. The 210 was the middle trim line in the Chevy lineup for that year, between the top line Bel Air and low line 150. The car was a smash hit for Chevy, marking the first model year of the what came to be called the Tri-Chevys (1955-57 models) and some of the most coveted classic cars of all time. A V8 engine was optionally available for the first time starting in 1955, but I believe this car has the tried-and-true 6-cylinder engine. The car was spotted along Main Street in Highland Falls, New York, just across the street from the visitor center and museum of the US Military Academy at West Point.