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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> [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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