Denise Thorpe said:
" ... Maybe that's because the time I spent on them cut
into my time to clean up after a guy, cook for him, work on his car, listen
to
him brag... "
See Denise, you do understand after all! :-) :-)
Just so no-one thinks I might be serious, this is just a joke!
Nothing would make me happier than my dearest wife having a keen
interest in our cars. Alas, she is at best ambivalent, at worst (thankfully
rare)
resentful. So, as you might guess, LBCs didn't form part of our
(metaphorical) mating dance.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: xyzabcde@earthlink.net <xyzabcde@earthlink.net>
To: Ajhsys@aol.com <Ajhsys@aol.com>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Babe Magnets
>Allen Hefner took me to task:
>
>> Get your Nomex suit ready Denise! I find a woman who is knowledgeable
and
>> interested when it comes to cars (or computers, or any of the sciences,
or a
>> bundle of other things) very attractive. You are making a very sexist
remark
>> by saying that "Men assume that a woman is helpless..." and not
qualifying it
>> with the word "Some" in front. (Or even "Most.") A helpless woman
should be
>> driving a Japanese jelly bean, not an MG.
>
>A lot of generalizations are made on this list, for instance, what kind of
>people
>drive MG's, who waves and who doesn't, how SUV owners drive, what's wrong
with
>men
>who drive Porsches and Corvettes (add Ferraris to that list), etc. These
are
>only
>meant to show interesting trends, not universal truths. I assumed that
everyone
>understands that there are always exceptions (except the part about
Porsches and
>Corvettes). I applaud you for being an exception.
>
>My experiences driving LBC's span almost 20 years and things have changed
over
>that time. In fact, I haven't had much reaction to my car for the past few
>years.
>Except last night when I showed a man my project car and he said, "You're
quite
>a mechanic for a gal."
>
>> The car is only part of the mate attraction process. I can't believe
that
>> anyone could be so attracted to the car that they would overlook all the
other
>> sexual signals of the person driving it. Unless there is a mutual
interest in
>> cars (or LBCs) a relationship begun as a pickup just because the car is
cute,
>> probably won't last.
>
>Maybe that's why I no longer get reactions to my car--I'm not trying to
attract
>a
>mate with a car or anything else. But from my experience, my cars always
>counted
>against me in a relationship. Maybe that's because the time I spent on
them cut
>into my time to clean up after a guy, cook for him, work on his car, listen
to
>him brag... Uh oh, I've really done it now. ;-)
>
>Denise Thorpe
>who has Nomex thread from sewing up an ex-boyfriend's racing underwear
>
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