I like that my daughter unit exhibits traits of old personhood in her automobile choices
--FT Sent from iFōn > On Dec 17, 2021, at 12:37 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Much like how I scored the 1997 SL500 from a soon to be divorced mid-life > crisis guy. He had five (5!) daughters, all within a year of each other, with > one starting college and the other four in high school. In an effort to keep > the car around, he offered it to them and they all refused, saying it was an > “old person’s car”. > > Whaaa? > > -D > >> On Dec 17, 2021, at 12:30 PM, mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> My uncle painstakingly restored a first gen Barracuda with the big rear >> windshield. New paint and everything. >> My aunt decided it should be a beater for the teens to drive. >> My cousins thought it was an embarrassment to be seen in it. The brother >> would ride to school with his older sister and hide under the dash when he >> saw other teens and she would envy him because she had to drive and couldn't >> hide. >> My friends and I thought my cousins were insane and should ride the bus to >> school as that was what they deserved. >> >>> On 2021-12-17 12:14, Randy Bennell via Mercedes wrote: >>> A lady who worked in the office next door to mine offered to pass on a >>> very decent Mercedes sedan to her daughter a few years back. I think >>> the daughter drove it a few times and then decided that she did not >>> want it. Apparently, her friends teased her about it "poor little >>> rich girl" or something like that. Mom and Dad were not rich but were >>> comfortable and worked hard and she was an only child - rather >>> spoiled. They bought her a Jetta to replace the Mercedes. >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
