Hey Les, Are you coming to the Tap Room Sunday? Our aim is to avoid burning it
down like last year. I'll stop by Mickey D's and bring the coffee. John
Lftlesl@aol.com wrote:
> Listerati-
> Before the bio, one final apology for dragging out the McD coffee string.
> Anybody wanna know what I think about religion....
>
> Bio: Born 1951 in the Deep South, raised just north of New Orleans. First
> car: a 1960 Hillman Minx, which started my perverted fascination with British
> cars. Rat raced it through country roads and abandoned subdivisions, wrecked
> it several times, discovered that a beer can jammed between the block and the
> generator would substitute for a broken bracket.
>
> Second car: 1967 TR4A IRS while in Rhodes College, Memphis. Majored in
> anthropology.
>
> Third car: VW convertible, hippie days
>
> Fourth car: 1967 Fury III convertible
>
> Fifth car: 1987 Ford Fiesta Sport (the German Ford -- sorry, guys, but it
> would really eat up Spitfires)
>
> None of the other cars count, until two years ago, when I bought a 1962 TR3B,
> sight unseen, and had it shipped home. Now in the midst of a frame-off
> restoration, learning all the necessary skills as I go along.
>
> Sometime in the mid-70s I discovered that I could make a sort of living
> writing. Spent several years working with alternative weeklies, editing
> newspapers, worked offshore on oil rigs when broke.
>
> In 1986, I found a great job -- public relations director for the state
> teacher union. I still get paid for writing AND indulging my taste for
> progressive politics (and don't mind being called liberal).
>
> My first wife departed in 1985, the kids (two boys) stayed with me. My second
> wife -- 12 years now -- convinced me that I should buy the TR3. Is she great
> or what? Oldest son starting college this year, the second is a junior in
> high school.
>
> Hobbies: Restoring our 1950s modern house, water gardening, the TR3, and
> writing occasional freelance pieces (I'm very late with an article for
> British Car, but if you're reading this, Gary, I swear it will be on your
> desk soon. I really have been busy).
>
> In fact, I've been too busy to work on the TR3 for a few months. But I will
> get back to it as soon as I finish the garage...
>
> That's about it. Probably more than you want to know.
>
> Cheers,
> Les Landon 1963 TR3B TCF644L
> Baton Rouge, LA
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