My wife laughed when she saw my response to this,
and informed me that I forgot all of my
motorcycles, my two vintage outboard motors, my
49 Ford truck, and the truck I was driving. My
corrected total cylinder count is 104.
Dick J
--- Henry Deaton <hdeaton@verio.com> wrote:
> Okay, stuff that runs: 9 cylinders. That's two
> little Fords and a Honda
> scooter. It'll go up one or two more after I
> get my genset. Anybody have
> less than 9?
>
> Henry Deaton
> SF, CA
>
>
> At 11:39 AM 1/18/2001 -0500, John Beckett
> wrote:
> >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!
> > > > >
> > > > > =====
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> > > > > * Dick J *
> > > > > * (In East Texas) *
> > > > > * # 729 *
> > > > > * C/GRS E/STR *
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