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Female LBC owners, was: RE: Hello from a new list member!

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Subject: Female LBC owners, was: RE: Hello from a new list member!
From: Christine Edwards <cedwards@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 06:44:30 -0700
At 11:50 AM 6/21/2002, you wrote:

>Hi Chrissy . Welcome to the brotherhood ( and sisterhood ! ) of Triumph .

Thank you!  I'm glad to be here!

>Man , it's amazing to see so many ladies that are passionate about Triumphs

Apparently, there aren't many around here (Phoenix, AZ).  How many women 
are on this list??  I'm curious, because I've already experienced several 
sort-of discriminatory comments, being a woman and owning a "collector 
car".  I've had several people say things like "Oh, your husband bought 
himself a toy, eh?" as they walk by my garage.  I don't HAVE a husband, so 
that would be tough.  The guy I bought it from asked me if I knew how to 
drive it.  My knee-jerk response was to throw my hands up into the air, and 
in a high pitched sarcastic squealy voice say "Oh no, I'm a GIRL, I don't 
know how to drive a stick, can you teach me?" but I managed to keep my 
mouth shut.

I've also noticed that auto parts stores are weird about women...they 
either fall all over themselves to help me in a completely patronizing way, 
or they ignore me completely, like I must have wandered in by mistake on my 
way to shop for drapes.

I'm a woman who has never restricted myself to "typical gender roles" so I 
suppose I should be used to this kind of thing by now, but it still bugs me 
a bit.  Ladies, have any of you had similar experiences?

-Chrissy, apparently a bit grumpy this morning  :-)

--
Christine Edwards
cedwards@cox.net
http://members.cox.net/cedwards/chrissy.html
http://www.royalnormans.com

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