Good morning, Spridgeteers!
This is the second post I've seen this morning making comment about
including the serial numbers of the cars in the
sig line. Since I am regularly guilty of this, I would like to explain why
I do it. It certainly is not an attempt to impress
anyone.
Larry Macy has a 78 Midget. So do (thousands?) of other people. Maybe
it's white. So are hundreds of other Midgets.
Maybe it has wire wheels. So do a lot of other Midgets. What makes his
car absolutely unique from all other '78 Midgets is its serial number. I
am interested in the history of my cars, and it is the serial number that
makes it possible to trace history. I cite the serial numbers in my sig
line to encourage others to do the same. It says: "I own this specific
car, not just another '73 Midget. It is important to me -- it may not be
important to anyone else.
Steve Byers
Havelock, NC
'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
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> From: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
> To: BRUCE48127@aol.com; spridgets@AUTOX.TEAM.NET
> Subject: Re: Who's on this new list?
> Date: Sunday, October 19, 1997 1:47 AM
>
> On 10/18/97 11:46 AM so and so BRUCE48127@aol.com said. (And I quote)
>
> >In a message dated 97-10-18 00:14:42 EDT, lmyer@qtm.net writes:
> >
> ><< Just subscribed. Who all is here? >>
> >
> >Hi List.
> >
> >Bruce Gearns
> >Michigan
> >60AN5
> >66AN8
> >67AN9
> Is this listing of the first @@@ of the SN a product of the AH list? My
> opinion - Looses it here it makes you seem pretentious.
>
> Sorry Trev Non Spridget
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
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