Older women appreciate things more than the young. My mistake for
trading in and thinking I was trading up.
clay
1972 220D - Gump - She is green, simple and runs and runs
1995 E300D - Cleo - Used by the Queen of Denial
POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers
On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:42 AM, G Mann wrote:
My sympathies to you then, since the early pattern indicates a
shortfall of
loyalty to "old things" expect to be sent to the scrap heap as a
dotage and
replaced with a "new pretty model"....
Cars are so much easier than women, if you drive another one and
enjoy it
they never complain, you can kick the tire if it displeases you, and
even
leave it unattended for months without ever a disparaging word. It's
suspension may sag, but you can get replacement parts, and in 50
years I've
never heard a car ask "does this make my ass look fat?". :<))
On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 8:40 AM, redghost <redgh...@comcast.net>
wrote:
Young enough to know she will be caring for me in my dotage, while
I will
be rotting in the ground during hers.
clay
On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:08 PM, G Mann wrote:
SWMBO must be a young woman.... an older woman would view your
efforts to
"keep the old girl cared for as long as possible" in an entirely
different
light. Mark this date in your mind,,, there will come a time when
wrinkles
and bad knees, flabby arms and sagging [well let's just say,,,
gravity
always wins shall we] anyway, the idea of being loved and
preserved just
because you have been faithful and are worth the effort regardless
of the
"mileage" will have a lot more meaning to her.
Grant...
On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 6:08 PM, redghost <redgh...@comcast.net>
wrote:
I was commenting more upon the obamacare fiasco when granny becomes
economically unfit for further medical care. Death panels will
decide
she
had a good life, much as SWMBA has decided that Gump should have
died
years
ago. She hated that car from the moment it arrived. Must have
made her
benz look bad?
clay
On Jul 25, 2011, at 3:13 PM, WILTON wrote:
Careful, careful. ;<)))
Wilton
I have actively given up on Gump. The laundry list of needs on
this
car
really are excessive. I love her, but she is the equivalent of
the
aged
grandma who you can continue pouring cash into the healthcare
system
and
you only prolong her death.
I have to let go and just remember the sweet times we had.
Also found
a
nice euro TD with manual trans that fits my present needs better.
Gump was
wonderfully idiosyncratic, but she really needed a full body off
restoration to continue living for the long term. Doing
nickel and
dime
upgrades was not doing her the justice she deserved.
The newer car is more cash, but SWMBA sees only the logic of
newer
being
less wrong than money pit. Newer money pit, but I can get
her buy
off on
the TD than putting that cash into Gump. She only sees Gump
as always
needing something and not of value for being old. I will
remind her
of her
outlook when she reaches that advanced age where she is
wearing out
and
needs things done. I will then point out that she has ceased
to have
value
and I should be getting a newer model. One without the sags and
wrinkles.
Able to produce vigorously.
clay
On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Dang it, I can remain silent no longer.
You could just stand up and say "Darling I love you but I'll
drive
whatever I dammed well please", call Kaleb and get that
engine! I've
seen
you give up on Gump before, I didn't believe it then and I
don't
believe it
now. Pull those eBay ads and get to work.
BTW: Walt I've got a 616 pump, $50 if you pull, central MA, 1
hour
from
I90...
-Curt
OR, even less controversial - how about taking up golf and
playing at
every opportunity and dropping $50 to $150 each time plus
constantly
buying new clubs etc. Not uncommon.
Your good wife should learn to appreciate the fact that Gump
is a
hobby
as much as a means of transport.
Randy
On 23/07/2011 9:28 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
Women are just stupid that's all their is to it. These women
that
gripe at their men because they like cars yet they have
everything
they
need should try a man with a cocaine habit or who likes to
beat on
women,
then maybe they will have something to complain about
Sent from my iPhone
On Jul 23, 2011, at 7:25 AM, Michael Canfield<slozuk...@gmail.com
>
wrote:
Clay,
Ask SWMBA this.......Would she prefer that you spend your
time at
home
wrenching on Gump where you are at her service if she needs
you or
hanging
out at the bar with the guys tying one on? Seems your hobby
could
be
much,
much worse. Some ladies just need to come to realize that.
Mike
On Jul 23, 2011 2:20 AM, "redghost"<redghost@comcast.****net<
redgh...@comcast.net>>
wrote:
Tear down and full rebuild, since there are leaks in seals and
have
to
redo the cylinder walls. Did not look much more at the
short block
for cracks there. Threw in the towel since I just do not
want to
have
the fight with SWMBA over my overly emotional attachment to
Gump.
Best to let her go.... I can always find another wife anyway.
Clay
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