- 1. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: karim.marouf@cancom.com
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 11:26:31 -0800
- Bob writes... And I've had a kid say, when looking at tthe GT, say "Isn't that a Volkswagen?" Same thing happened to me. While at a gas station with my '67 GT, a guy in a brand-new VW Jetta says, "Ni
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01134.html (7,768 bytes)
- 2. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 12:15:09 -0700
- I've had two similar ones on my GT. The first was my mom, who saw the car and said, "wow, that's beautiful, is that a Saab?" And then, in a similar Swedish vein, Lenny Lipton, founder and CTO of the
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01139.html (8,486 bytes)
- 3. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: The Richards <smrm@coastalnet.com>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 15:18:09 -0500
- British car, since Jensen built the P1800 for Volvo. The S was added when production went to Sveeden. about drug addiction, or simply the loss of childhood's innocence. . .and watch his eyes, he may
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01140.html (8,532 bytes)
- 4. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: Andy Ramm <aramm@concentric.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 12:27:17 -0700
- Well, Lenny SWEARS the song is a children's poem and not a reference to drugs or psychedelia. YMMV Andy -- Andy Ramm aramm@concentric.net So much to brew, so little time....
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01142.html (8,950 bytes)
- 5. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 14:40:49 -0500
- Gotcha both beat. The C/GT was in a parade this last spring. In the span of 1/2 hour I overheard: "Say, look at that! Its not every day you see a Maserati." "Boy, have you ever seen an uglier car!" S
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01145.html (8,635 bytes)
- 6. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 22:16:55 EDT
- Well, not all the time. A couple of years ago several club members had gone for a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, when it was noticed that a couple of the cars at the tail end of the caravan, a red
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01184.html (8,607 bytes)
- 7. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: MLishego@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 08:31:43 -0400 (EDT)
- << And then, in a similar Swedish vein, >> Don't tell me that you're prejudiced against Swedes, are you? This type of offense is punishable by removing your life by suspending you from a wooden frame
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01209.html (7,986 bytes)
- 8. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:16:33 EDT
- To the grammarians, it is. A person is "hanged by the neck until dead," though no one seems to know why the useage is "hanged" and not "hung" for rope-enabled executions. Bob
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01221.html (8,286 bytes)
- 9. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: Spook37211@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 13:37:36 -0400 (EDT)
- << "My God, a Volvo P1800!" >> REALLY BIG OUCH!!!!! Ray
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01241.html (7,712 bytes)
- 10. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 14:56:11 EDT
- On Wed, 20 Aug 1997 10:16:33 EDT mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD) Maybe cause saying "he was hung" has an entirely different connotation Rick Morrison 72 MGBGT 74 Midget
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01251.html (8,636 bytes)
- 11. Re: Does the world need another post abo (score: 1)
- Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 15:58:17 +0000
- ... which reminds me of a very old, very long joke about a Welsh railway level-crossing keeper called Evans on trial for murder and his Welsh lawyer, also called Evans, who got out of a bath to open
- /html/mgs/1997-08/msg01489.html (7,923 bytes)
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