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Posted on 08/24/2005 9:50:25 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
hehehehe...
I just remembered. It wasn't a Chrysler. It was a Plymouth. An Acclaim, to be exact.
Lordy, lordy...was that car a mess to get used to.
And just when I did, my Toyota came out of the shop. :-D
Older Pontiacs are terrible with layouts too. Especially the Grand Ams of the late 80s, early 90s.
He's not an easy character to watch, if'n ya know what I mean.
I hope he has a happy ending.
LOL!!
They both raise a stink if you bother them. And you wouldn't want either one around your home.
On the other hand, I LOVED the layout of my little Corolla. It was kind of a bare bones model, so it didn't have many niceties...but everything was just...right. Easy to reach, logical.
I loved that car. *snif* Except for the no get-up-and-go.
Not to worry, there is a fairly common tree, native to South Florida, the white stopper, that smells like a skunk.
If you are ever driving with your windows down through an area that sill has the old Dade County or Keys jungle and smell a slightly skunk like odor, it's the stoppers.
I know exactly what you mean. When I saw that Mary statue sticking out of his bag, I just wanted to cry. He's beaten it. Why would he even want it around? And he's got a baby now, in a way. *shakes head sadly*
But I've never smelled a skunk, so how would I know? *wink*
...</font color=white>He should never have picked it up. I just really hope nothing comes of it...but considering how defensive he was last time we saw him...I wonder. Grrr!
Yes... as it would happen. We had a skunk gettin' into the dog pen when I was a kid... The dog was stunk up good and proper. Dad and I went out skunk huntin'. It was pretty cool, since it was the first time my Dad let me carry a loaded rifle as we were walkin' the loggin' roads.
I was about ten, and I was packin' my Marlin .22LR Golden Mountie. Proud as can be. :-)
Killed us a skunk, we did. Whether it was the right skunk was simply not important. The dog, a Lab named Chip (pick of the litter from Gunner, our old Lab, a former national field trial champion) got the bead on the skunk... he "got it"... he knew why we were out there... that dog was simply born to hunt. It was his whole life.
:-)
Well...that was dumb.
Good point :-)
My first car was a 1982 Toyota Corolla station wagon. Silver. Loved it.
Second car. Toyota Corolla - 1983, 2 door model. Dark blue and decorated with Grateful Dead bears in the back window. (I know, I know)
Third car - 1997 Toyota Tacoma XL 4x2 extended cab ("Betsy"). Dark green. Broke my heart to trade it in for the Rav-4 ("Ginger"), but I really needed a back seat for the kids.
All three were reliable and sensibly put together. But ZERO pick-up. If I needed to pass someone, I had to turn off the A/C first to get the extra zip I needed.
No joke. :-D
Thanks. I won't have to watch it now. ;-)
*laughing*
You forgot to put on The One Ring, Rosie. Everyone can see!
Evenin' folks. We just got back... had to get a new battery put in the Chevy and got some dinner while we was waiting.
One car repair down, one to go. ~sigh~
At least tomorrow's payday, so there's that.
Chip wanted vengeance.
Chip got vengeance.
Skunk got smoked.
*snif* I love dog stories with happy endings.
Exactly. I didn't do a lot of passing since I mostly drove rural roads, but I hadda turn off the A/C on hills if I didn't want to slow to a crawl. Pretty sad. Needed a few extra hamsters, I guess. I'd love a car that was essentially a slightly bigger, more turbocharged Corolla, but I don't think it exists; not exactly anyhow.
Did you drive the Chevy to the levee?
Hopefully I'm a bit brighter during the interview tomorrow.
As far as remembering the proper things to do and say, I mean...not wearing the Ring. ;-)
Arwen's making horses. Imposter...
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