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Re: 1600 miles in a BGT

To: "W. Lee Vick, Jr." <wlvick@pobox.micro.ti.com>
Subject: Re: 1600 miles in a BGT
From: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 1996 11:29:06 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, W. Lee Vick, Jr. wrote:

> mg.gurus,
> 
>         Well, I'm gonna go ahead and buy that 1970 MG BGT in CA and drive
> it back to Texas. <posts questioning my sanity need not apply. My sanity is
> not in question - it in, in fact, nonexistent>
> 
>         Sooo, now what? I'm flying out there early on the 29th, gonna do
> the meet and greet with the original (and only) owner, hand him wads of
> cash, and drive away to have dinner with relatives and worry a lot. Bright
> and early Monday morning I start THE JOURNEY. This is the stuff legends are
> made of, right? I mean, 2-3 days alone in my BGT cruising the highways and
> byways of America? Why, then, are my hands shaking and my mouth dry?

> spares in the boot. Any last minute suggestions? Many thanks.

If I were doing something like that, I would buy or borrow a cell phone, 
and take out AAA's most deluxe membership, sit back and enjoy.

   Ray Gibbons  Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
                Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
                gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu  (802) 656-8910


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