"Hammer" is an antropomorphism...sounds more like toolpomorphism. I'm not. It's traditional to name machines of all types becuase, although not human, they take on what could be called a personality or temperment...they have quirks, you can predict their behavior in certain circumstances and there is definitely a bond that develops between a man and a machine that serves him well. It doesn't mean you think of your car as a person...which is something MANY pet owners do. Have yet to see that in a car owner. Chris
andrew strasfogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming cars , e.g. "gertrude", "Brunhilde", Otto, "Hammer", etc. Dogs yes, cars no. On 1/11/06, Donald Snook wrote: > > Marshall wrote: > > > > A 300SDL should be faster than ANY 617.95 powered Mercedes ever made! If > > > it's not, the engine is broken and needs to be fixed! A 124 or 201 > > turbodiesel will be a little faster. > > > > Sorry, when I said 3.0 I was talking about my new purchase. It is a > 300SEL with the 103 (gas 3.0). I haven't driven it, I just thought it > might be a little gutless in that big of a car. > > > > Donald H. Snook > > McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, P.A. > > 300 West Douglas > > P.O. Box 207 > > Wichita, Kansas 67201 0207 > > Tel. (316) 263-5851 > > This confidential message may be subject to the attorney-client > privilege or protected by the attorney work-product doctrine. If you > have recieved this message in error, please delete it and notify me. > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 11 15:51:20 2006 Received: from web30007.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.200.70]) by server5.arterytc5.net with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EwiFs-0001LU-33 for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:51:20 +0000 Received: (qmail 45234 invoked by uid 60001); 11 Jan 2006 15:51:15 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=XySBnRTgDFvZTG775w2X5wKUdLTf0FKweOTS6LbgxBILRMWwnq1O4DSEYcOn7OaN3ZvrVacHlV9ZPWkpuWirCSdX3AZEzE4UdeX1W4S3E9mle65KLhF8DAcQVQuXHsGiORE3AFoh8/GnlyUAaXgi7fdB4QsK9M+6JBgEYr0Tv+M= ; Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [66.140.70.226] by web30007.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:51:15 PST Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 07:51:15 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:51:20 -0000 Wulf was Colonel Klunk for a while. Chris Bob Rentfro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know about all y'all but the names of my cars change...depending upon circumstances. The "lovely example of a 123, best model Mercedes ever made" can change to "POS" in the turn of a wrench...and you all know what I mean. Bob Rentfro '77 300D 146K Litchfield Park, AZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zeitgeist" To: "Mercedes Discussion List" Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:16 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name > Wouldn't that more accurately be called technopomorphism? > > We just refer to our fleet as "the blue car", "your/my car", "the grey > car", or "the van" > > On 1/11/06, andrew strasfogel wrote: >> Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of >> naming >> cars , e.g. "gertrude", "Brunhilde", Otto, "Hammer", etc. Dogs yes, cars >> no. > > Casey > Olympia, WA > Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" > '87 300TD intercooler (211k) > '84 300D (207k) > Gashuffer: > '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K) > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -2005 Blue Point Siamese, "Rose" -1987 300TD, 151K, "Rotkäppchen" -1985 300SD, 210K, "Wulf" -1976 240D, ?K, "AKP-Wagen" (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen) -1972 Jacobsen 21" Turbo Vent -1971 Case 222 Hydrive, 12HP Kohler, 38" deck, Snowcaster, "One Banger" --------------------------------- Yahoo! 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From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Jan 11 15:52:09 2006 Received: from wsip-24-249-104-140.ks.ks.cox.net ([24.249.104.140] helo=mtsqhexc1.mtsqh.com) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EwiGf-0001a7-8n for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:52:09 +0000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 09:52:09 -0600 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name Thread-Index: AcYWxvsqLjIduJo+Tjq83zM8pQuXPg== From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] I've got a long drive PLUS I need a name X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 15:52:09 -0000 Andrew wrote: =20 "Sorry to dissent, but I am opposed to the silly anthropomorphism of naming cars , e.g. "gertrude", "Brunhilde", Otto, "Hammer", etc. Dogs yes, cars no." =20 Your opposition is noted. However, not all car names are anthropomorphic. My first car was a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88. We called it the "The Living Room on Wheels." I also had a 1985 Oldmobile Toronado that had 5 cigarette lighters in it, so I called it the "Smoking Lounge." I had a 1981 Oldsmobile that was stolen and recovered. The thief broke the steering column (a common method of stealing GM cars made in the 70's and 80's) and it was started with a spoon. So, we called it the "Spoonmobile." I also had a 1982 Nissan Sentra Wagon when I was 16 (not exactly a chick magnet), so we called it the "Mini-Brady Wagon." I also had a 1979 Grand Wagoneer. My wife called it "The Car I will not be caught dead in." I called it "the Wagoneer." I guess not all cars can have names. But I just thought the model name Wagoneer had enough cache that it did not need a name. For me it is fun. Perhaps it is juvenile, or even inane, but I think its fun. =20 Donald H. Snook 1997 Ford Explorer "The Explodo"=20 1992 Oldsmobile 98 Regency -- For Sale 1990 300SEL coming to my garage soon.=20
