I just got back from visiting my sister, her husband, and my newly-born
nephew (my first such neice/nephew). I elected to take the MGB on the
3.5 hour trip to her home. I thought I would share some wisdom and/or
humor I gleaned from my trip:
1. NEVER, EVER, EVER drive your MGB in a heatwave without a shirt
without the prior judicious application of sunblock. Typically, I would
advise against shirtless driving anyway, but it was hot, I was driving
past cotton fields, and I had already sweated through my t-shirt.
I thought it might be cool things off if I drove minus my shirt. I
draped my shirt on the seat back (black vinyl seats in Mississippi?!?),
buckled my seat belt, and 2 hours later? Voila!
Now I am a walking 'diver down' flag. You know what I'm talking about,
the white diagonal stripe on the red background.
Yes, ladies and gentleman, I got a nice lobster-red sunburn on my chest
and arms, except where the seatbelt crossed my chest. My SO hasn't
stopped laughing yet.
2. One day, I'm going to write a book about billboards in front of
churches. The one I saw today should probably get 1st place:
"And you think it's hot here?"
3. My trip home was better than the first leg: driving on empty
two-lane country back-roads in the early evening after a thunderstorm.
There was an almost phsychadelic (sp? - you can tell I never did drugs)
yellow haze over the landscape. T'was very rewarding.
Thomas James Pokrefke, III
1970 MGB
pokrefke@netdoor.com
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