Brad K. might have something to trade for that S/W, the value may come under
discussion, I'm sure he'll work with you on it. "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: Bud Rolofson <Bud_Rolofson@nps.gov>
To: Bill Brewer <bbrewer@lightspeed.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2000 9:43 AM
Subject: Re:Triumphs verse Wife
>
> Bill,
>
> Convince her that you need to keep yourself solvent as an individual in
order to
> be a good father and husband, and that working on your Triumphs does that.
It's
> great you spend as much time as you can with your kids because that's the
most
> important job you'll ever have. When they're 13 they won't need you as
> much...believe me I've done three kids already. Also involve the kids in
your
> Triumphs, teach them the names of tools and have them hand them to you.
Let
> them crawl under the car with you. Let them get their hands greasy.
That's
> what my dad did with me (it's also when I learned how to curse since he
wasn't a
> great mechanic). Your wife won't resent the times you're working on the
> Triumphs if the kids are involved (that falls into the
baby-sitting/quality time
> category).
>
> My wife is really understanding about Triumphs and didn't flinch when I
told her
> I was going to sell her car and use the money to buy another Triumph. Of
course
> it helped that I'd already bought her a Lexus and she could care less
about her
> old car. She also didn't care that I spent two weeks driving to Maine
and back
> last summer last summer, since she got to go with the "girls" to Jamaica.
It's
> called trade offs. Works for me.
>
> Anybody want to buy a loaded 86 Maxima station wagon with 101k miles and
that
> goes like a rocket (3 liter EFI same engine as the 300ZX) and handles
better
> than any Triumph I've driven.
>
> Anybody got a TR (of comp value ~$3k) that they want to trade for it?
>
> Later
> Bud
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