Good enough Tom, but I am drawing a line in the sand on flowers and hair color.
Chip
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, audiolaw@... wrote:
>
> Chip,
>
> Here in L.A., those new T-birds were driven by 'men' all the time.
>
> As a Texican, you probably remember what Lyndon Johnson said about
> camels' noses under the edge of the tent?
>
> "I'd rather have the camel inside the tent, pissing out, than outside
> the tent, pissing in."
>
> Think of how many men, who understand the wonderfulness of Benz
> diesels, have to argue with wives about garages full of spares and weekends spent
> tinkering. We are far better off having women learning about and
> understanding the dieselBenz cult-ure than being frustrated by it.
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/17/2012 12:47:46 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> czulli@... writes:
>
>
>
>
> Now see guys! This is what I am talking about. Now they have got us reading
> about new old Thunderbirds. While they lasted I don't think I ever saw a
> man drive one of those.
>
> Next thing you know, we'll be talking about tulips and hair coloring. We
> all know about the camel's nose under the tent and here it is.
>
> Chip
> Houston
>
> --- In _diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com_
> (mailto:diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com) , Trish Dougherty <purrfectharmonyfarm@> wrote:
> >
> > Right on! I drove old/used cars for years. In 1995 I bought my first
> brand
> > new car. I saved for the down payment for well over a year. I bought a
> red
> > T-Bird with 40th Anniversary on the bottom. My payments were $415 a month
> > plus full coverage insurance. A few months later some ding dong ran a red
> > light and caused $6400 worth of damage. Months later I gave up on ever
> > getting my car fixed properly, went online & special ordered a '97
> T-Bird,
> > this one black. I traded in the '95 sight unseen and felt sorry for the
> > next owner as the car trailed sideways! My payments had dropped to just
> > below $400/month plus full coverage insurance. Loved that car, with the
> > V-8, but it had it's quirks. The '95 always had messed up brakes due to
> > bad rotors, even after being replaced there was always a shimmy. The
> black
> > one had something else wrong from day one that I can't recall, but
> > eventually got used to.
> >
> > So I'd much rather have a bucket list and a really cool, classy car
> that'll
> > outlast anything else...so long as I make sure there's no hole in the oil
> > pan! :) Think about how many MB's I could have purchased with the money I
> > spent on those 2 cars! Or how things I could have fixed on one! Yikes.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Nate Rector <tccservice111@>wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > Amen Brian,car payments suck.I did that for 20 years keeping up with
> the
> > > Jones's.Heck drive a Benz and still out do them.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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