those car names r delightful!  :)

The Grey Ghost?  That’s what I named my computer!  Its 1 of those grey
Dell’s…

JR



>From: Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
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>Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking to mechanical objects)
>Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:52:14 -0700
>
>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).=20
>
>'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.=20
>
>Kendall=20
>
>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]]=20
>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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>~~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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