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My eldest son is now 33 years-old. How depressing is THAT? Eh?
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, jjs wrote:
> "Thomas Malmevik" > wrote in message > news:Pine.A41.4.61b.0412152005240.168716@aagaard02 .u.washington.edu... >> Just an Old Hippie Freak Biker Dude, man > > You still ride? Hell yes. But temporaily sidelined. Fell off the scoot last monday and broke my damn left knee in three places. Gonna be 10 weeks at least before I can ride again. *grumblegrumble* -- the Grokdoc Tom Malmevik all that groks is god 67 Baja "marti" 03 Silverado "shewolf" |
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jjs wrote: > My eldest son is now 33 years-old. ....and how old is the youngest daughter?? 8^) ....Gareth |
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Ouch...bummer dude. Feel better soon.
> > Hell yes. But temporaily sidelined. Fell off the scoot last monday and > broke my damn left knee in three places. Gonna be 10 weeks at least before > I can ride again. *grumblegrumble* > > -- > the Grokdoc > Tom Malmevik > all that groks is god > 67 Baja "marti" > 03 Silverado "shewolf" > > > > > > |
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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:20:39 -0600, "jjs" > wrote:
>My eldest son is now 33 years-old. How depressing is THAT? Eh? > I turn 37 next week. You're probably old enough to be my dad, JJ. :-) --- "Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness." -James Thurber |
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It really is not so hard.Do we enjoy it? if the answer is yes,we continue.If
it is no,the quest continues.I enjoy messing with ACVW(old cars in general) and I will until I decide it's not fun anymore. "Mike C." > wrote in message k.net... > If you don't own a thirty year old plus automobile it's sort of hard > understanding how much a pain in the ass it is to keep it running, > especially if you're not a rich dude who can plunk down money to get an > old car restored like it ain't no thing. I bought my car ten years ago > about and put a new engine and transmission in it and thought that once I > was a rich and succesful professional I'd just finish it and be done with > it and then rub it lovingly with a soft cloth diaper. Well, my financial > aspirations haven't quite worked out as I hope, and that's partially a > fault of the cosmos and partially my own fault. Unfortunately it has an > effect on my vehicle restoration goals, which haven't worked out quite as > I hoped. My bug, while seemingly mechincally OK (I have to take it in soon > to get it looked at before the winter and change all my window seals and > replace the muffler), still looks like an old POS, which isn't fair to the > car. I'm sure, like any other lady in her thirties, she'd appreciate a > little nip and tuck where ever it's possible so I really have to get on > the ball with that. Basically, this all leads me to the point I was going > to make about my car, which is the pressure I get from lots of peope, most > in my own family, to just get rid of the car since it's a financial and > emotional drain. > > This brings me back to the main point I was going to make. I don't want to > get rid of my car because, a) it's a piece of history now. As you can > probably guess from the way I dress, talk, feel, and mostly live, I sort > of have a neo-hippy attitude at life (ok...not always and especially not > lately since my karmic energies have been on the seriously negative side) > and this car gives me a physical and emotional connection to the original > hippsters that populated our world many many moons ago. The baby-boomers > that danced naked in a mud-pit at woodstock, now currently voting > republican because their tax rates are low. I don't want to call them sell > outs, since it's easy to sell out when you have privat school they have to > pay for their kids and stuff like that. I can at least voice my > disappointment however. Anywho, it's sort of like, when I listen to the > classic rock station and a particular song comes on the radio, I can sort > of feel like my car is saying, "yeah..I remember when this song was first > on the radio, and we were driving to an anti-nuke rally with Moonbeam and > Rainbow with some hash hidden in an old guitar on the back seat...". I'm > sort of an anachronistic throw-back to that time and while clubs like the > SCA like to re-create the Renaissance, no one is out there recreating the > late 60's and the 70's. Well, maybe Ben and Jerry but that isn't enough. > > The second reason, is because my car makes people happy. It just does. > Last night was another example. I was hanging with some friends and near > totally out of gas I stopped at a station to fill up (now costing me $15 > to fill up my 8 gallon tank...it never cost me $15 dollars) and this dude > in front of me just came up and told me I just totally made his day > because when he was younger he bought a car that looked just like mine as > his first car, and we got to talking and stuff like that. I get that a > lot. I get all kinds of stuff like that...people telling me about a beetle > they owned or their parents or their favorite aunty or something and how > it ties into one of their favorite memories. I totally dig how it brings > people happy memories. And no one ever plays Punch Buick...no one > does...it's Punch Buggy...and it's becoming hard since there aren't that > many left around. Punch Buggy may potentially die off as a cultural icon > if I don't help to preserve it...how much of a bummer would that be? > > Anywho, I figured that since I was up so early on a Sunday morning and > since there wasn't much else to do I'd post this little story. Keep on > truckin' and have a good day. Peace > > > |
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My 2 cents:
Annie (the yellow baja) is by far THE most fun car/thing I've ever owned! With the huge tires (bouncing a little), stiff ride, go-anywhere I want capability, sterio blasting, sitting up high I cannot drive it without smiling. I've had kids walk around it tracing the paint designs with their fingers & talking to themselves. One *old* lady I parked next to once said (in her raspy old-lady voice) "I like your car.". Another guy told me once "You know; I hate Volkswagons..." (& I thought here it comes about how much time & money I've wasted) "...but I really like your bug". So yes, we do it for fun *and* for others. ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver" Giggle Cream - it makes dessert *funny*! |
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I agree; I was fortunate enought to buy a '73 SB nine years ago from a pro
who had restored it completely. Since then it has been my daily driver through moves from California to Missouri and now to Illinois. Granted, I know only drive six miles/day round-trip to work, so I'm only putting about 1500-2000 miles/year on it. You're right--the fun part is people who tell you stories about their bug (often, their first car) and thinking they'd still like to have that car. I'm fortunate to have a great mechanic here in town who keeps the bug going--I'm a total mechanical know-nothing. He gives it its annual physical, plus makes the needed repairs quickly and at a reasonable price. I need to re-paint the bug next summer (starting to getting nicks here and there, plus that seemingly inevitable rust just behind and below the rear passenger windows). So, I don't spend alot each year on the bug: its annual physical, usually one major repair (this year: rear brakes and CV joint), gas (1.5 fillups per month) and liability insurance. Heck of a lot better than car payments, for sure, and the smiles and comments from others are a bonus. I'm a middle school principal, and the kids at my school LOVE the bug! ~Birdlander "ilambert" > wrote in message ... > It really is not so hard.Do we enjoy it? if the answer is yes,we continue.If > it is no,the quest continues.I enjoy messing with ACVW(old cars in general) > and I will until I decide it's not fun anymore. > "Mike C." > wrote in message > k.net... > > If you don't own a thirty year old plus automobile it's sort of hard > > understanding how much a pain in the ass it is to keep it running, > > especially if you're not a rich dude who can plunk down money to get an > > old car restored like it ain't no thing. I bought my car ten years ago > > about and put a new engine and transmission in it and thought that once I > > was a rich and succesful professional I'd just finish it and be done with > > it and then rub it lovingly with a soft cloth diaper. Well, my financial > > aspirations haven't quite worked out as I hope, and that's partially a > > fault of the cosmos and partially my own fault. Unfortunately it has an > > effect on my vehicle restoration goals, which haven't worked out quite as > > I hoped. My bug, while seemingly mechincally OK (I have to take it in soon > > to get it looked at before the winter and change all my window seals and > > replace the muffler), still looks like an old POS, which isn't fair to the > > car. I'm sure, like any other lady in her thirties, she'd appreciate a > > little nip and tuck where ever it's possible so I really have to get on > > the ball with that. Basically, this all leads me to the point I was going > > to make about my car, which is the pressure I get from lots of peope, most > > in my own family, to just get rid of the car since it's a financial and > > emotional drain. > > > > This brings me back to the main point I was going to make. I don't want to > > get rid of my car because, a) it's a piece of history now. As you can > > probably guess from the way I dress, talk, feel, and mostly live, I sort > > of have a neo-hippy attitude at life (ok...not always and especially not > > lately since my karmic energies have been on the seriously negative side) > > and this car gives me a physical and emotional connection to the original > > hippsters that populated our world many many moons ago. The baby-boomers > > that danced naked in a mud-pit at woodstock, now currently voting > > republican because their tax rates are low. I don't want to call them sell > > outs, since it's easy to sell out when you have privat school they have to > > pay for their kids and stuff like that. I can at least voice my > > disappointment however. Anywho, it's sort of like, when I listen to the > > classic rock station and a particular song comes on the radio, I can sort > > of feel like my car is saying, "yeah..I remember when this song was first > > on the radio, and we were driving to an anti-nuke rally with Moonbeam and > > Rainbow with some hash hidden in an old guitar on the back seat...". I'm > > sort of an anachronistic throw-back to that time and while clubs like the > > SCA like to re-create the Renaissance, no one is out there recreating the > > late 60's and the 70's. Well, maybe Ben and Jerry but that isn't enough. > > > > The second reason, is because my car makes people happy. It just does. > > Last night was another example. I was hanging with some friends and near > > totally out of gas I stopped at a station to fill up (now costing me $15 > > to fill up my 8 gallon tank...it never cost me $15 dollars) and this dude > > in front of me just came up and told me I just totally made his day > > because when he was younger he bought a car that looked just like mine as > > his first car, and we got to talking and stuff like that. I get that a > > lot. I get all kinds of stuff like that...people telling me about a beetle > > they owned or their parents or their favorite aunty or something and how > > it ties into one of their favorite memories. I totally dig how it brings > > people happy memories. And no one ever plays Punch Buick...no one > > does...it's Punch Buggy...and it's becoming hard since there aren't that > > many left around. Punch Buggy may potentially die off as a cultural icon > > if I don't help to preserve it...how much of a bummer would that be? > > > > Anywho, I figured that since I was up so early on a Sunday morning and > > since there wasn't much else to do I'd post this little story. Keep on > > truckin' and have a good day. Peace > > > > > > > > |
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"Birdlander" > wrote in message
. .. > [...] Granted, I > know only drive six miles/day round-trip to work Pathetic. What you got against a little exercise every day? |
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