Denise, The only other Denise I know also has an LBC 70 B Roadster,
And was a Lt. in the Corps. What a woman. Carl E.
Mike Gigante wrote:
> Denise Thorpe said:
>
> " ... Maybe that's because the time I spent on them cut
> into my time to clean up after a guy, cook for him, work on his car, listen
> to
> him brag... "
>
> See Denise, you do understand after all! :-) :-)
>
> Just so no-one thinks I might be serious, this is just a joke!
>
> Nothing would make me happier than my dearest wife having a keen
> interest in our cars. Alas, she is at best ambivalent, at worst (thankfully
> rare)
> resentful. So, as you might guess, LBCs didn't form part of our
> (metaphorical) mating dance.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xyzabcde@earthlink.net <xyzabcde@earthlink.net>
> To: Ajhsys@aol.com <Ajhsys@aol.com>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, November 19, 1998 10:48 AM
> Subject: Re: Babe Magnets
>
> >Allen Hefner took me to task:
> >
> >> Get your Nomex suit ready Denise! I find a woman who is knowledgeable
> and
> >> interested when it comes to cars (or computers, or any of the sciences,
> or a
> >> bundle of other things) very attractive. You are making a very sexist
> remark
> >> by saying that "Men assume that a woman is helpless..." and not
> qualifying it
> >> with the word "Some" in front. (Or even "Most.") A helpless woman
> should be
> >> driving a Japanese jelly bean, not an MG.
> >
> >A lot of generalizations are made on this list, for instance, what kind of
> >people
> >drive MG's, who waves and who doesn't, how SUV owners drive, what's wrong
> with
> >men
> >who drive Porsches and Corvettes (add Ferraris to that list), etc. These
> are
> >only
> >meant to show interesting trends, not universal truths. I assumed that
> everyone
> >understands that there are always exceptions (except the part about
> Porsches and
> >Corvettes). I applaud you for being an exception.
> >
> >My experiences driving LBC's span almost 20 years and things have changed
> over
> >that time. In fact, I haven't had much reaction to my car for the past few
> >years.
> >Except last night when I showed a man my project car and he said, "You're
> quite
> >a mechanic for a gal."
> >
> >> The car is only part of the mate attraction process. I can't believe
> that
> >> anyone could be so attracted to the car that they would overlook all the
> other
> >> sexual signals of the person driving it. Unless there is a mutual
> interest in
> >> cars (or LBCs) a relationship begun as a pickup just because the car is
> cute,
> >> probably won't last.
> >
> >Maybe that's why I no longer get reactions to my car--I'm not trying to
> attract
> >a
> >mate with a car or anything else. But from my experience, my cars always
> >counted
> >against me in a relationship. Maybe that's because the time I spent on
> them cut
> >into my time to clean up after a guy, cook for him, work on his car, listen
> to
> >him brag... Uh oh, I've really done it now. ;-)
> >
> >Denise Thorpe
> >who has Nomex thread from sewing up an ex-boyfriend's racing underwear
> >
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