May we all see a better, healthier year.
Happy holidays
Ira Erbs
IT Consultant
Portland, OR
sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because
my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
On Dec 23, 2011 6:49 AM, "John Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Terrific!!!!! Happy Holidays all and a wonderful New Year of Healing (as
> soon as the temperature gets above 40 again.
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
> http://www.healey6.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:
> healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of CAWS52803 at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 9:25 AM
> To: healeys at autox.team.net; spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
>
> THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
> by Lucy Mae Globule
> The Steering Wheel newsletter
> Atlanta Region
> SCCA - December 1966
>
>
>
> 'Twas the night before Christmas, and out on the street, Sat my poor little
> Healey, all covered with sleet.
> The starter was frozen, the battery dead, And clusters of icicles hung from
> the head.
> Carol with the cables, and I with the crank, Were trying to start it, but
> drawing a blank.
> The best we could raise was a weak little clatter, When what did our
> wandering eyeballs perceive, But a fat little man you just wouldn't
> believe.
> His cap was made up from a bundle of wire, The tails of his coat were a
> crackling fire; His eyes were like light bulbs (and one didn't work); The
> man was a real electrical jerk!
>
> He opened the bonnet and started to poke, Thus causing a short and a puff
> of
> blue smoke.
> He crackled and sizzled, then giving a zap, He fractured the damn
> distributor cap.
> He walked to the back end and giving a thump, He jammed up the points on my
> Lucas fuel pump.
> And laying a finger aside of his nose,
> He sizzled away while the two of us froze.
> He sprang to his car, in a movement so smart, We almost expected the damn
> thing to start.
> The starter turned over, the engine roared out, And over the clatter we
> heard Lucas shout; "Out MG, Out SPRIDGET, Out HEALEY, and SPRITE, Out
> LUCAS
> IGNITION this cold winter's night!"
> And we heard him exclaim as skyward he roared, "So long, crazy YANKEES!
> I'm
> powered by Ford!"
>
> Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the Healey owners out there.
> Rudy & Carol Streng
> Lenoir, NC
> BN4, AN5
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