that is a fine idea.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jonathan and Mag,
>
> Jon, You might want to check out one of those Sony
> Aibo dogs; a friend
> just got one, and it's pretty cool. They're
> expensive, but you can find
> them on Ebay now.
>
> Mag, could your friend's conversations with the cars
> on the road be
> repeated in polite company? Almost all my vehicles
> have had names, some
> fairly uncomplimentary, except for the van I had
> before the one I've got
> now, which was _completely_ uncomplimentary. It was
> "The Beast." It was
> a '90 3/4 ton Ford van with a marginally working
> lift. The van I've got
> now hasn't come up with a name for itself yet. They
> seem to generate
> names based on paint color and quirks.
>
> '67 purple Jeep CJ-5, with a manual tranny: The
> Purple People Eater
> (hard to get into or out of. Bought in 1976)
>
> '73 green Jeep Pickup: The Green Dragon or Monster
> (so loud and so much
> exhaust that I swore it breathed fire Bought in
> '77, as I couldn't
> drive a stick anymore).
>
> '82 maroon Chevy Citation: The Scarlet Harlot
> (developed a bad habit of
> dying in intersections and at freeway off-ramps.
> Bought in '86, when
> The Dragon belched its last).
>
> '92 grey Pontiac Grand AM: The Grey Ghost (developed
> same quirk as the
> Citation, but I'd moved to Laramie by then, and the
> mechanic down here
> knew what the problem was, and fixed it quickly.
> Bought in '94.
> Died a premature death in 1996 in an
> accident).
>
> '91 black Subaru Loyale Wagon: The Dad Mobile (Named
> by a friend at the
> time Janet and I got engaged, because it looked
> like a family car -
> It was the easiest vehicle I ever had to get my
> manual wheelchair in
> and out of. We traded it when I had to go
> to a power chair for
> "The Beast." We still miss the "Dad Mobile," and
> wish we'd kept it
> too, as it was a good vehicle for Janet to
> drive. Bought in 1996
>
> '90 3/4 ton Ford van with a marginally working lift:
> The Beast. Bought
> in 2001, when I had to go to a power chair)
>
> '99 red (burgundy) Dodge Caravan: Yet to be named,
> but considering "The
> Red Raider". Bought in April of 2004, after I
> got trapped inside
> "The Beast" one time too many.
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magenta Raine [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 8:37 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy
>
> Aww Jonathan, one of my helpers talks to the cars on
> the road! not so
> much
> the folks driving them, but to the cars themselves!
> So you're not alone.
>
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>
> "What is real but compassion, as we move from birth
> to death?"
> ~~Greg Brown~~
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Jonathan Rand <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: 11/28/2005 11:52:40 AM
> > Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy
> >
> > living with me, is AMY, VICKY, & GOO-GOO. I'm
> allergic 2 almost
> everything,
> > so I cant hav a pet. I named my powerchair & 2
> scooters instead! in
> a
> way,
> > it sort of gives them life...! :) but I'm sure
> its nothing like
> having a
> > real dog or cat 2 be yor friend. u gave somebody
> a good home, &
> maybe,
> > after a while, yool b able 2 do it again? make
> another friend? the
> > shelters r full of lonely animals that desperately
> need wat u can
> give!
> :)
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > oh! I named my car GIGANTOR. I used 2 talk 2 it,
> (in a language I
> made
> > up!) :)
> >
> > I hope yor pain eases soon. :( & I at least hope
> I made u chuckle a
> bit
> > with my goofey stories of inanimate objects that I
> talk to! :)
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > >Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy
> List"
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >Subject: i lost my bestest buddy
> > >Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 12:55:38 -0800
> > >
> > >i had to have prancer put down today. i knew she
> had
> > >cancer in her leg and it could not be gotten rid
> of.
> > >the vet and i were waiting on her to start
> limping,
> > >which she never did. she obviously had it inside
> too.
> > >she started to thouw up, could not eat or dring
> water
> > >and keep it down. obviouly was in pain too. she
> got so
> > >sick so fast.
> > >
> > >i'll probably waste away as she always told me
> when it
> > >was time to eat and told us when it was time to
> go to
> > >bed. i'll have to get used to using a clock
> again. she
> > >was my buddy. i miss her already.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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