maybe the civic shud b called VICKIE, from ciVICie?
>From: Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List"
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>Subject: Car Names
>Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:42:44 -0500
>
>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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