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Re: Car Sickness

To: Dan Warner <dwarner@electrorent.com>
Subject: Re: Car Sickness
From: clab@bellsouth.net
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 08:04:52 -0500
Number of cylinders
                                                   Operational:

Truck                10

Camaro               8

Corvette              8

Fairlane                8
                                                                     Lawn
mower        1

Edger                   1
                                                                     Air
compressors   2
                                                                     5 HP
outboard     1

Total                   39
                                          Non-operational:
                                                                     390
Ford              8
                                                                     350
Chevy            8
                                                                     DeSoto
Hemi        8
                                                                     Weedeater
engine  1
 Total                    25
                                                                     Grand
Total         64

Chad






Dan Warner wrote:

> Dick & list,
>
> Along with car count I read an interesting way to judge your 'sickness' in
> the current issue of Road & Track.
>
> Cylinder count - how many cylinders do you currently own? Cars, race cars,
> trucks, lawn mower, leaf blower, etc.
> You get the idea, the count must be current number of cylinders.
>
> My small count is - 27, small by many standards I'm sure.
>
> Dan W
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>; Land Speed
> List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:32 AM
> Subject: Car Sickness
>
> > The other day my son and I were reminiscing about
> > some of the "cool cars" I have owned.  He asked
> > me just how many cars I have owned, since there
> > had definitely been many.  I started to count
> > them up and finally resorted to the computer to
> > assemble a list.  At current count, I have owned
> > 146 cars and still adding (everytime I look at
> > the list I remember another one that I had
> > overlooked).  My ex-wife said it was a sickness
> > and that I needed help.  Does anybody else on
> > this list have this same sickness.  Please,
> > somebody, tell me you have had more cars than I
> > have - - I hate to think I'm the sickest one out
> > here.
> >
> > "Cool Cars" that I have owned and wish I still
> > had:  Porsche Speedster $300, '40 Ford coupe
> > $300, Max Wedge Dodge $250, Alfa Romeo Super
> > Leggera $300, Devin "C" $1500, 62 vette $75, 57
> > Chev "Black Widow" fuelie $800, 427 Fairlane
> > $750!  Awww man, I'm gettin sicker just thinking
> > about it all!
> >
> > =====
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> > *         Dick J          *
> > *    (In East Texas)      *
> > *         # 729           *
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