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Re: RE: MGs in the sun

To: Jay Tilton <jtilton@vt.edu>
Subject: Re: RE: MGs in the sun
From: "G.J." <johnsong@is.dal.ca>
Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 21:57:16 -0300 (ADT)
On Thu, 30 May 1996, Jay Tilton wrote:

> Denise Thorpe wrote:
> >I agree with Ulix that rain is not a deterrent to driving with the top 
> >down.  As long as I'm going over 30mph in my B, I don't get wet no matter 
> >how hard it's raining.  But those stop lights are a killer.
> 
> Just wondering how tall you are, D.
> 
> Coming in at just a notch below six feet and riding with the seat way
> back (took the little stop block off the track), I tend to get pelted
> in the forehead by the drops that just slip over the windscreen.
> Highway speeds produce a few stingers.

Exactly!  Hate it when the Height Challenged talk of not getting wet in 
their MGB (You know who I am talking about, Gary), when us 6 footers, as 
you said with the seat all the way back, getting pelted.  I hear if I had 
sunvisors, that they help a bit.    

> 
> Anybody know where a person could get a leather aviator helmet and
> goggles?  I used to have a pair of lab goggles in the car (nothing
> worse than arriving for chem lab and having to go home to get
> your goggles), but they weren't classy enough.  I want panache, baby!
> --

I saw them in the latest Moss flyer: RAF Goggles for $70, Helmet for $75. 
Too rich for my blood! 
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