On Wed, 16 Jul 1997 22:14:09 -0700 Gregory Kirk <gkirk@empirenet.com>
writes:
>At 03:30 PM 7/16/97 EDT, Rick Morrison wrote:
>>All this reminds me of the stunt my youngest son pulls on the
>unwashed,
>>self-centered idiots who mistakenly pull up beside him at a light,
>with
>>their "thumper" on full.
>> Mike has a very good aftermarket system in his 'Vette, but for
>quality
>>not quantity. He keeps a tape of classical music ( of which he is
>fond)
>>handy in the console. It is an outdoor concert of the London
>>Philharmonic doin the "1812 Overture". The tape is kept wound to the
>>Battle sequence and just before the sounds of the "cannon". On this
>>particular tape, the "cannon" were a couple of 105mm howitzers the
>Royal
>>Army fired for the concert. Really Loud!.
>> When the above mentioned idiot stops, Mike inserts the tape, turns
>the
>>volume HIGH and hold his ears. Never fails to scare hell out of the
>>idiots.
>>Rick Morrison
>>72 MGBGT
>>74 Midget
>>
>>
>One small point... but it's the Royal Artillery and the British
>Army...
>call me a stickler, 3 years in the Black Watch of Canada will do that
>to
>you... But I do like you son's sense of humour... now if he could only
>ditch the 'vette and get an LBC <g>
>
>Greg
>62 Midget
>
>"But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
> I have spread my dreams under your feet;
> Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
> Yeats
Ooops!. That's what I get for not reading the fine print on the cassette
cover. Actually I should have known that, but I sometimes slip into
Dumb Mode.
I think the boy is comeing around. He recently had to replace the
ignition on the 'vette when the water pump leaked water into the module,
which surrounds the crank. The toll from the local Chevy dealer was a
bit over $700 (excluding the tow charge), then last weekend he watched me
do basiclly the same repair on my neighbors 78 B and that bill came to
less than a "C" note. The $600 difference, when added to the fact that
my neighbor was without the car for only a couple of hours while we
changed the dizzy and did a good tune up, instead of the 3 days he had to
drive the pick-up waiting on the dealer. Now he's begining to believe
his big brother (73 midget) that the LBC is just a good a chicky troller
as the 'vette and a bunch cheaper. There's hope for the boy yet!!!
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
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