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Re: Car Sickness

To: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>, "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Car Sickness
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:39:00 -0500
OK, with a rules clarification, I have a revision to my previous e-mail. I'm
up to 113 cylinders.

JB


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Beckett" <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
To: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>; "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: Car Sickness


> Just counting the stuff that runs, and not my wifes or kids vehicles, I
have
> 52 cylinders.
>
> John (have at least another 44 cyl laying around here) Beckett
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Warner" <dwarner@electrorent.com>
> To: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Cc: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 7:42 AM
> Subject: Re: Car Sickness
>
>
> > Dick & list,
> >
> > Along with car count I read an interesting way to judge your 'sickness'
in
> > the current issue of Road & Track.
> >
> > Cylinder count - how many cylinders do you currently own? Cars, race
cars,
> > trucks, lawn mower, leaf blower, etc.
> > You get the idea, the count must be current number of cylinders.
> >
> > My small count is - 27, small by many standards I'm sure.
> >
> > Dan W
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>; Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>; Land
Speed
> > List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:32 AM
> > Subject: Car Sickness
> >
> >
> > > The other day my son and I were reminiscing about
> > > some of the "cool cars" I have owned.  He asked
> > > me just how many cars I have owned, since there
> > > had definitely been many.  I started to count
> > > them up and finally resorted to the computer to
> > > assemble a list.  At current count, I have owned
> > > 146 cars and still adding (everytime I look at
> > > the list I remember another one that I had
> > > overlooked).  My ex-wife said it was a sickness
> > > and that I needed help.  Does anybody else on
> > > this list have this same sickness.  Please,
> > > somebody, tell me you have had more cars than I
> > > have - - I hate to think I'm the sickest one out
> > > here.
> > >
> > > "Cool Cars" that I have owned and wish I still
> > > had:  Porsche Speedster $300, '40 Ford coupe
> > > $300, Max Wedge Dodge $250, Alfa Romeo Super
> > > Leggera $300, Devin "C" $1500, 62 vette $75, 57
> > > Chev "Black Widow" fuelie $800, 427 Fairlane
> > > $750!  Awww man, I'm gettin sicker just thinking
> > > about it all!
> > >
> > > =====
> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> > > *         Dick J          *
> > > *    (In East Texas)      *
> > > *         # 729           *
> > > *     C/GRS   E/STR       *
> > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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