Lessee...

My first 'real' car (i.e., the first one I ever bought that had never
been used by a member of the family) was a Datsun B210 Hatchback.  I
called her "Bluebird".

In 1987, Bluebird was totalled by an 87-year old maniac who hit me
trying to get into a biscuit place.  I got a boring Olds which I
called "Granny."  "Granny" was rapidly replaced in 1990 by
"Cardinal," a Ford Festiva Plus.  Well Cardinal lasted me until last
year when her motor burned out and I replaced her with a 1994 Honda
Civic.  I haven't named the Civic yet but probably will one of these
days.  Any suggestions?

BTW, I try to talk nice to my cars, Kendall. ;)

Kat


On 29 Nov 2005, at 16:52, Kendall David Corbett 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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