Hmmmm...I'm 37 and I refuse to grow up as well! I still play with/collect Hot
Wheels cars! *G*
Alan Gingles
1948 Chevy 1314
http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles
Lewis Osborn wrote:
> Every so often I get a better appreciation for the way the fellow felt.
> It's amazing how many people are too young to have experienced the 60s-70s.
> It's enough to make a guy feel old! <sigh>
>
> OTOH, there are some younger folks out there who seem to be determined to stay
> young forever. There obviously in their mid-20's, but they're still on their
> skateboards and bicycles. Go figure! :)
>
> --
> Lewis - K7LVO - Medford, OR - Valley of the Rogue
> http://www.teleport.com/~losborn
>
> Saturday, April 22, 2000, 7:38:52 AM, Wayne wrote:
>
> > I used to go to local car shows but found that the judging can be very very
> > skewed, to the point that I don't really go any more. I was gassing up
> > recently and an older gentlemen came up and started talking about the old
> > chevy truck he used to have---of course it was just like mine... We had a
> > good 30 minute conversation about the trucks, he made me feel so good and
> > proud to own my truck as he viewed it for what it was--not the fact that i
> > haven't spend 20k on it but just the fact that I owned it and valued it for
> > what it was. He was amazed at all the shiny chrome on the engine and was
> > just in awe. Should've seen his face when I told him to crawl in and fire
> > it up, I could just see the memories flying through his head... This to me
> > was and will always be, worth more than any trophy I could get at a
> > show.... Wayne
>
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