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To: "doug russell" <dr-doug@msn.com>, "MG List" <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: RE: opinion on new mg now kindred spirit and how we apparently stand out in a crowd
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 97 10:45:32 -0400
Hello??? doug russell

Longish hair and a grey beard?

>What's weird is that I cannot think how this guy knew that the MG belonged 
>to 
>me.  He pulled up well after I did and I was not discussing the car with 
>anyone when he did arrive.  I was wearing shorts and a tee-shirt and the MG 
>logo tattoo on my forehead was covered by my hat.  But he knew (or guessed) 
>that the car belonged to me!  I'm thinking that maybe we're all beginning to 
>look funny or something.
>
>Dr. Doug 
>An apparently obvious gaggle of 69 MGs regardless of where they are.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:  owner-mgs@autox.team.net  On Behalf Of Jurgen Hartwig
>Sent:  Friday, August 15, 1997 11:06 AM
>To:    RAY WYGONIK; mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject:       Re: opinion on new mg
>
>At 11:02 PM 8/14/97 -0500, RAY WYGONIK wrote:
>>
>>It always gives me a chuckle when I am on my bike with my Harley friends
>and we
>>pass other Harleys.  99% wave to their comrades on American "irron".  If I
>am 
>>lucky, 20% of those same riders wave to me on my rice burner.  That attitude 
>>is probably the reason I will never own a Harley.  Once my B is on the road 
>>I'll probably flash my lights at M***a's!
>>
>oh, most indubitably so.  i agree here; the only time i get waves from
>anybody else while I'm driving are other fellows in mgs.  the rest of the
>populous is out on the streets with goals of getting from point a to point
>b as efficiently and quickly as possible.  i figure that if i am going to
>spend a few hours per week in my auto, i might as well have fun or at least
>make it enjoyable.  well, that's what i like about mgs besides the other
>characteristics of the mg.  you only live once, you know.  
>
>the throwaway generation is here and i don't want my mg to be mutated into
>some plastic creation with a huge gas-guzzling engine just out of
>convenience for the new generation.  I know that last statement is rather
>selfish.  like i said in my last post, the mg has character and is fun from
>every aspect.  if chrysler wants to reincarnate the mg, i would have no
>choice but to accept it and hope the designers do a good job(i think they
>would).
>
>sorry for the defense of the old mg; i feel like an old-timer now even
>though i'm only 21
>
>oh, and please disregard the absence of capitalization; my pinky finger was
>lazy
>
>Safety Fast while Old
>Jay  

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