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Re: [TR] Convertible Tops and Rainy Days

To: terryrs@comcast.net,triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Convertible Tops and Rainy Days
From: Aldwyn <aldwyn@sylvancircle.org>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 18:51:21 -0400
Oh, man...   Wish there were pictures!  :-D



At 06:42 PM 5/16/2007, terryrs@comcast.net wrote:
>Challenged the gods and drove the 3 to work this morning with the top 
>down.  Deep overcast, but no rain, and I made it in.
>
>All day, though, people asked me how I was going to drive home.  Uhm, 
>duh.  I have a top in the trunk.
>
>"Oh," they said.  I couldn't tell if they were disappointed, or just had 
>no concept of a car that carries it's convertible top in the trunk.
>
>Uhm, duh reversal.  When time came to drive home, it was already 
>raining.  I had on khakis that needed washing anyway, a good hat, and a 
>winter coat, so of course left the top down and drove home in a warm 
>rain.  You really CAN outrun most of the raindrops.  The ones that leak in 
>between the door and the bulkhead do dampen pants, but oh well.
>
>I looked pretty dumb, I suppose, but it was almost as much fun as in the 
>sunshine.  ...At least this once.
>
>Don't let the b*stds get you down.  You can wait forever for life to be 
>perfect.  Enjoy what you have while you have it.
>
>Terry Smith,
>New Hampshire


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