Fred,
I can't afford the Christmas lights to decorate any MORE rust buckets.
Bud
Fred Thomas wrote:
>
> Brad K. might have something to trade for that S/W, the value may come under
> discussion, I'm sure he'll work with you on it. "FT"
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bud Rolofson <Bud_Rolofson@nps.gov>
> To: Bill Brewer <bbrewer@lightspeed.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 9:43 AM
> Subject: Re:Triumphs verse Wife
>
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > Convince her that you need to keep yourself solvent as an individual in
> order to
> > be a good father and husband, and that working on your Triumphs does that.
> It's
> > great you spend as much time as you can with your kids because that's the
> most
> > important job you'll ever have. When they're 13 they won't need you as
> > much...believe me I've done three kids already. Also involve the kids in
> your
> > Triumphs, teach them the names of tools and have them hand them to you.
> Let
> > them crawl under the car with you. Let them get their hands greasy.
> That's
> > what my dad did with me (it's also when I learned how to curse since he
> wasn't a
> > great mechanic). Your wife won't resent the times you're working on the
> > Triumphs if the kids are involved (that falls into the
> baby-sitting/quality time
> > category).
> >
> > My wife is really understanding about Triumphs and didn't flinch when I
> told her
> > I was going to sell her car and use the money to buy another Triumph. Of
> course
> > it helped that I'd already bought her a Lexus and she could care less
> about her
> > old car. She also didn't care that I spent two weeks driving to Maine
> and back
> > last summer last summer, since she got to go with the "girls" to Jamaica.
> It's
> > called trade offs. Works for me.
> >
> > Anybody want to buy a loaded 86 Maxima station wagon with 101k miles and
> that
> > goes like a rocket (3 liter EFI same engine as the 300ZX) and handles
> better
> > than any Triumph I've driven.
> >
> > Anybody got a TR (of comp value ~$3k) that they want to trade for it?
> >
> > Later
> > Bud
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