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Re: Car show judging

To: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>,
Subject: Re: Car show judging
From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 14:04:48 -0400
On my 78 with wire wheels there was a jack, a knock-off spanner, and a 
lead hammer (not to be confused with the closely related lead filled 
snowshoe)

Larry

At this exact moment in time 9/20/99 12:24, cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com made 
the profound statement:

>Dear List:
>
>No LBC content, but I wanted to share an interesting story from a colleague
>who was showing his Ferrari this past weekend.  In the battle for best of
>show, his 1964 GTL was in competition with a Porsche (don't know the model)
>for the fully-judged award.  The cars were of comparable quality in
>virtually every respect.  No rust, flawless paint, perfect carpets,
>spotlessly clean engine bay, etc.  In order to break the tie, the judge
>first ran his finger along the INSIDE of the rim of the spare tire (which
>has never been used) and found that it passed a white glove test.  (How many
>LBCs have impeccably clean spares?)
>
>The next test was the killer and the tie-breaker.  The judge inspected the
>sets of original tools that came with the cars.  He examined the set of
>pliers that came standard with Ferraris and noted that there was a tiny spot
>of grime in the joint.  And thus the Porsche (which did not have a set of
>pliers in its original equipment) won.
>
>Wow.
>
>Now that's competition.
>
>However, it begs the question:  What original tools and equipment came
>standard with Spridgets?
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Charles
>'74 Midget
>cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com
>Bloomfield, NJ
>


Larry Macy
78 Midget

Keep your top down and your chin up

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104


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