In situations like this, I say,
"I'm so sorry to hear that. You must have loved that car. Do you plan on
getting another soon?"
Greg
65BJ8
--- On Thu, 10/7/10, healeymanjim@hansencc.net <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
wrote:
> From: healeymanjim@hansencc.net <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] venting
> To: "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 10:01 PM
> when someone says to me "i had a
> healey(or MG or jag,etc.,) but i traded it for a more
> reliable car(corvette, trans am, etc.,) my standard retort
> is "any yo-yo with a credit card can own one of those
> cars. it takes a real man to drive a healey."
> generally shuts down the conversation pretty
> fast. hjim
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