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Re: [oletrucks] Show Quality Questions

To: Lewis Osborn <losborn@teleport.com>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Show Quality Questions
From: "Alan D. Gingles" <agingles@nucleus.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 08:50:50 -0600
But of course! Have to pay for my addictions...errr...hobbies, somehow! And 
aside
from the great mileage they get, you can park an awful lot of them in a small 
room.
Can't say the same thing about the trucks! *G*

Alan

Lewis Osborn wrote:

> But, that's after a _real_ day's work, right?  (Can't beat the mileage those
> match boxes get, though...) <G>
> --
> Lewis - K7LVO - Medford - Valley of the Rogue - OR
> The Forty - 1940 Chevy Pickup - One Owner
> http://www.teleport.com/~losborn/1940.html
>
> Saturday, April 22, 2000, 9:49:54 AM, Alan wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>
> >> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959

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