tell us the color and maybe some characteristics and
maybe we can sugesst something.
might be interesting for those who drive to tell about
their first car.
i was about to start college. my dad bought me a 1962
rambler for a huge sum of 60 dollars. it was a real
clasic, scucptured in blue and bundo. my first ride i
could look down and see the road through the bottom.
he then welded a piece of tin roofing in the bottom so
i would not fall thru. it shook badly at 40-60 miles
and hour becouse the frame was rusted in two. after 60
it quit shaking. i broke my selfwinding watch driving
that car.
i learned to drive under 40 until i was going down
hill then i'd give it the gas and get to 60 quickly as
i was going down hill.
that car would run in cold weather when the new
ones that my friends had would not start. it never
failed to run.
now the interior had adjustable seats. up and down.
i'd wait till i had a girl in it that had not been in
the car before and say "adjust the seat and lean
back." of course she'd be laying flat back looking up
the next minute looking up and i'd say "i am not that
kind of guy." i thought it funny even when they did
not.
the drivers side door was the only one that would open
from the inside. another laugh on a date. had to be a
gentleman and go around and open the door. no choice.
i drove that car 4 years then my dad drove it 4
more years and then sold it for.... you guessed it 60
dollars. i still stop and look when i see an old
rambler anywhere.
--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > "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,
>
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