Larry,
Sounds like your daughter is a chip off the old block. I doubt you'd find
anyone on this list that would think it out of the norm for a child of a
Spridgeteer to have an interest in what they've grown up with.
My son graduates this June from Oregon Institute of Technology with a degree
in Computer Hardware Engineering and also an Electronics Engineering degree.
He's getting the title to FROGGI in his graduation card...for being such a
"good boy". MUM's the word on this guys. I know some of you e-mail with
him.
WFO Herb
Keep the stick side down!
Larry Macy wrote:
> Unnerstan that. Most all of the time I have worked on the Midget my now
> 23 y/o daughter was there to help in one fashion or the other. She is
> graduating from Templ U next month and all she wants for a grad present
> is an MG. Go figure. ;-)
>
> Larry
>
> At this exact moment in time 4/17/00 12:39 PM, macleans@earthlink.net
> made the profound statement:
>
> >I was lucky enough yesterday to spend quality time with both my LBC and
> >my 10 year old son. He always wants to help when I'm working on my
> >Bugeye restoration, but some things just don't require 10 year old
> >skills. Yesterday I was installing the rear bumpers and as anyone with
> >a Bugeye knows, getting into the boot area and being 49 years old (read:
> >middle aged fat) is not real easy. My 10 year old son, Justin can crawl
> >in there and hide if he wants to, so when it came time to hold the
> >stiffeners in place to start the screws,
> >he was an invaluable help. He was quite proud of this fact, especially
> >when I told the rest of the family later that night at the Outback
> >steakhouse, that I couldn't have done it without him. After installing
> >the rear bumpers, I let him help me chase threads on the gas tank
> >fasteners that hang below the boot floor. I'd start the die and let him
> >turn it up to the top and back it off again. As everyone knows, after
> >body work and painting, you've got a lot of threads to chase on the
> >body. Justin gets more and more excited as the car begins to look more
> >like a car. I have the suspension, wheels, windshield, steering wheel
> >on the car now. In our two car garage, to work on my car, I first have
> >to move my wife's car out and then move the Bugeye over to work on it.
> >I used to be able to just slide it over before the suspension and wheels
> >were installed, because I had it on a homemade dolly with casters. Now
> >I have to push it back and forth, turning the steering wheel until it's
> >centered in the garage to begin work. I figured, here's another task
> >where Justin can come in handy. If you add all these little things he
> >can do to help together, he becomes quite involved and he asks if there
> >is more he can do.
> > I'm beginning to feel I won't have to worry about the fate of my
> >Bugeye or other LBC's if we can involve our sons and daughters like this
> >at an early age. Days spent with dad like this are not forgotten when
> >we are older and to bring back those days, playing with our handed down
> >LBC just might make us feel better.
> >Mike MacLean 60-Sprite
>
> Larry Macy
> 78 Midget
>
> Keep your top down and your chin up
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Administrator/Manager
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
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> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
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