Ron,
With apoligies to your wife, The general rule of thumb is 1/2 your age
plus seven years. So if they fit that category - your wife should be
upset. if not - it is OK.
RDTRIMSLMAOTIMEPRDML
Larry
As for Brad - Keep the top up Dude LMAO
>>>>On 5/27/00 11:23 AM so and so (Brad Fornal) said. (And I quote:)
>Nice story, reminds me of when I first got the Sprite running, I stopped
>for gas in a real SMALL town on the way to a party. The lady working was
>having to watch her kids while she worked. Her young daughter (maybe
>5-6) commented on the car and so I offered her a ride. Mom didn't have a
>problem with it and the little girl was enthralled with the top down
>experience. At a car show 2 weeks ago I heard most of the kids saying
>things like, I could drive that car, so I started opening the door,
>inviting them to sit in the seat and then asking them to push the gas
>petal <G>. The parents got a kick out of it and the kids loved sitting
>in the car. Point being, lets catch them young and teach them about the
>individuality and appeal of the older cars (of any country) because they
>are the ones inheriting our legacy of keeping these cars alive and well.
>Ron, with a responsibility like this, your wife certainly can't begrudge
>you loading all those bre........ um ..... er...... girls in your car in
>the spirit of helping them acknowledge their birthright of, "Keeping
>them alive!"
>
>Brad Fornal
>
>Ron, my turn, who are......
>Soltan Gris
>Jettero Heller
>
>Ron Soave wrote:
>
>> > So true John....evenmore so as it applies to women.
>> > Non PC in Florida.
>>
>> The other night getting petrol before running up to
>> Madison to drop off cores at Peter C.'s, I was pumping
>> gas when the "pay at the pump" speaker barked
>> something. I thought the clerk said "I need your
>> card". I went inside, and there were 2 cute 20-ish
>> Betty's chatting with a 3rd behind the counter. They
>> wanted to know what kind of car I was driving (it was
>> the BGT). None of the 3 had heard of an MG! Keep em
>> on the road and out there. If I'd have had more
>> time/less wife, I'd have taken them up on their offer
>> to all come for a ride. Nothing like 6 br.. I mean 3
>> girls crammed into a B.
>>
>> Non-PC up here too,
>> Ron
>>
>> --- Larry Cogan <woodrat@spacey.net> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Lundy, John D. <JOHN.D.LUNDY@saic.com>
>> > To: 'MG List' <mgs@autox.team.net>; 'Spridgets List'
>> > <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> > Date: Friday, May 26, 2000 12:29 PM
>> > Subject: Fashion Gods Dictate Terminal Ugliness
>> >
>> >
>> > >David notes below the attractiveness of his BGTs...
>> > >
>> > >One reason I could not resist a "unique fixer-upper
>> > opportunity" that has
>> > >become
>> > >my 79 RB Midget Project and has already started to
>> > drain my bank account is
>> > >that
>> > >every day on the road you see nothing but UGLY,
>> > UGLY, UGLY....
>> > >
>> > >It seems that all the cars made today are cut from
>> > the same mold, with only
>> > >minor tweaking.
>> > >Gone are the days of my youth, where you could
>> > easily tell a Mustang from a
>> > >GTO from a
>> > >Camaro from a Monte Carlo from a Z Car. They all
>> > look about the same now.
>> > >I know they are
>> > >also much more reliable and last longer, but gee
>> > whiz, eventually you have
>> > >to be SEEN in them!
>> > >
>> > >I think the source of this problem is the fashion
>> > gods, who really think
>> > >that people are so dumb
>> > >that if they change the "look" every 5 years, we
>> > will all rush out and dump
>> > >what we have in order
>> > >to look like all our friends. You see this with
>> > clothing fashions (which
>> > >must of necessity rotate,
>> > >since there are only so many practical variations
>> > to dress the human body),
>> > >even with eyewear
>> > >(when did little glasses become required?), and now
>> > with automotive
>> > >fashions.
>> > >
>> > >I would like to think that we are not so gullible
>> > as to let a handful of
>> > >fashion gods dictate what
>> > >is attractive, but it seems that, in general, the
>> > public DOES rush in to
>> > >fill their pockets by
>> > >"biting" on these. In the aggregate, we really ARE
>> > that dumb...
>> > >
>> > >As for cars, there have always been the terminally
>> > ugly ones (like, say,
>> > >Pacer or Gremlin), but
>> > >I seemed to note the "rounded" look started with
>> > the Ford Taurus, which I
>> > >deem to be brutally
>> > >ugly, but I'm sure some others will adore. All
>> > recent model cars seem to
>> > me
>> > >to be morphing
>> > >toward fusion with the Taurus....and the mini-vans,
>> > well, don't get me
>> > >started....
>> > >
>> > >SO................
>> > >
>> > >When you see a little car that is UNDENIABLY
>> > ATTRACTIVE, and that you just
>> > >have to look at
>> > >a second and even a third glance, well, you just
>> > can't resist. It's a
>> > >natural survival instinct -
>> > >a reaction to the mass of ugliness on the road!
>> > >
>> > >When it promises to eke out the $20 - 30K over many
>> > painful weeks, months,
>> > >and years (I paid only
>> > >$1,000, but have already doubled that just to "fix
>> > it up") instead of one
>> > >big bank-financed bite,
>> > >it's even more attractive!
>> > >
>> > >The younger generation, while of course steeped in
>> > massive compliance
>> > >exercises all in the name of
>> > >non-compliance, still might recognize the spark of
>> > genuine, natural,
>> > >attraction, and I really think we
>> > >all know deep down when we see a great-looking car
>> > like the MG....
>> > >
>> > >Just my opinion. I offer it as a Friday
>> > observance, but I'm sure if I am
>> > >thinking it, maybe millions are.
>> > >
>> > >So when will they bring out the 2000 MG line?
>> > >
>> > >JL
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >>On the bright side, I make it a point that my BGTs
>> > get seen around town.
>> > >>And I make sure when I am at work, my 67 BGT is
>> > parked so it is visible to
>> > >>traffic on one of the main streets going into the
>> > downtown area. It draws
>> > >>some attention - oddly enough, it seems to be
>> > quite the draw to some of
>> > the
>> > >
>> > >>teenage crowd, more so than to the older
>> > generations.
>> > >
>> > >>David
>> > >>67 BGT
>> > >>71 BGT
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >> ********************************
>> > >> John Lundy
>> > >> Senior Astrodynamics Engineer
>> > >> Science Applications International
>> > Corporation (SAIC)
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>> > >>
>> > >> ********************************
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>>
>> =====
>> Ron Soave
>> "Who Is John Galt?"
>>
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