i called the rambler "rusty" i think you could guess
why.
--- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> my first car was a Plymouth valiant that was as old
> as I was. I named her
> Pat, After three accidents in the first year, (dad
> was right, that's why he
> got me a 21 year old car, where I learnt my limits,
> (depth perception
> issues, and how to cope) I got a newer Plymouth
> valiant, i think her name
> was Polly. After Polly I switched to Toyotas, and I
> don't recall what their
> names were. My ex named his Toyota truck Prince...
> We won't get into the
> overtones of why he named his truck Prince! LOL
>
> She doesn't cuss, she just says like, oh no you
> don't, move it, stuff like
> that. I tease her by rolling my eyes when she does
> this. lol
>
> My first computer was an Epson qx-10 I called him
> Mr. Epson. not very
> imaginative. I'd say, Oh, good boy, good boy!
>
> My cats would freak if I got a robot dog... also a
> roomba vacuum cleaner,
> heh heh heh.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> [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: 11/29/2005 5:50:49 PM
> > Subject: Re: i lost my bestest buddy (talking to
> mechanical objects)
> >
> > 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"
> > ><[log in to unmask]>
> > >To: [log in to unmask]
> > >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.
> > >
> > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >[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
>
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