On 10/18/97 3:46 PM so and so b-evans@ix.netcom.com said. (And I quote)
\Number A I thought they were called "BUGEYES" ;-)
Number B This is a spridget list which unfortunatley includes Midgets (
the -dgets in Spridgets)
Number C It feels great to be a point of interest - Us Midget owners have
been left out of the MG list ( No offence Mark)
But if this list goes all buygeyed - bye bye
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>Heheheheh,... Ah, gee, Les, gimme at least ONE chance in this lifetime
>to lord it over someone. You see, for the last 37 years I have been put
>down, dismissed, laughed at, and ridiculed. All because I owned a
>"little" Healey. In sports car circles, I was the 90-pound weakling that
>the big boys kicked sand at on the beach. I was the last one they
>picked when the guys were choosing up sides for football. I was the one
>they snickered at when we stripped down for our Navy physicals. Now,
>for the first time, I could really be someone because I own FROGEYES! I
>mean, gosh, I could really look down on someone else for a change! Oh,
>what an exhilarating feeling! My heart was pounding! I was all
>aflutter. Then you had to go and point out that I had feet of clay!
>
>All seriousness aside, Les, it is a wonderful feeling to be taken
>seriously for once!
>
>Bob
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>Les Myer wrote:
>>
>> >..........Everything after H-AN5-50116 were just nice, but failed
>imitations.
>> >
>> >Bob Evans
>> >Anaheim, California
>> >Frogeyes AN 5L/762 AN 5L/6893
>>
>> ...hmmm.....sounds similar to the Big Healey owner's attitude that Sprites
>> (including Bugeyes) are not bonafide Healeys. As the proud owner of a
>> H-AN9, I am very offended by this statement. I happen to like 1275s, disk
>> brakes, door locks, wind up windows, folding top, front sway bar, and a
>> locking trunk - that's my preference. By adding disk brakes, front sway
>> bar, and 1275 to a Bugeye - does the Bugeye owner have MKIV envy (and wish
>> he really had one)? This kind of stuff is all a bunch of crap!
>>
>> I thought this list was started to get away from this type of thing. I for
>> have better things to do, so I hope we can drop any "I've got one
>> better-than-thou" attitude on this list.
>>
>> Les Myer
>> lmyer@qtm.net
>> 67 Sprite
>> 77 Midget
>> PDLJMPR Web Magazine
>> http://www.probe.net/~lmyer
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