From: Jeff Johnson <76TR6@flashcom.com>
>I
>get laughed at because I look like a gladiator at best or an alien, what
>with the respirator, goggles and hearing protectors.
My wife calls me Darth Vader when I do that.
>I know that in today's world wearing a leather flight helmet while driving
>your LBC might look goofy, but hey, those early sports car drivers knew
>something about protecting their eardrums. Think about it- today we travel
>about as fast in our cars as they did in their aeroplanes.
My wife puts cotton in her ears when at speed in the TR4.
>As for rock concerts, the last one I went to was George Thorogood at the
>Newport in Columbus, OH. Couldn't hear for 3 days and have no desire to do
>that again.
I walked out on George. Crow was at the other end of the bridge, and they
sounded better. All six of us watching said so.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
"It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
- 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
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