Cat, Remind me to drive to L.A. sometime and buy you a beer, just so you can tell me these stories in detail.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cat" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 4:00 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 39064] Re: What I'm working on... > > Deborah A Chase wrote: >> Yes, Cat, but did you BUY yours NEW in 1934? He bought his NEW in 1957. >> ;) >> And if you did buy it in 1934, you are remarkably well preserved to >> survive >> this group. <G> deb :) > > No, I'm not quite that old, but my TR3 I did buy new. One of my 34's > was bought new by my Grand Father who's first new car was bought in 1908 > (a Mercer, to be specific). He decided I should learn to drive on that > car and we got busted for speeding in it. The judge threw the ticket out > since no car made in 1908 could go that fast. Oh, was he ever wrong. > =^-^= It was an utterly terrifying machine to drive since it had almost > no body, just seats on a frame and the brakes were mechanical and more a > suggestion than something which could actually stop the thing. > > cat > (who's Grand Father was mad as a hatter and totally awesome) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
