- 1. Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: Bullwinkle <yd3@nvc.net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 20:20:59 -0600
- <<<snip>>> It was about three weeks ago I was dressed in an MG shirt, checking out at the grocery store. It was born in on me that the two, late teenage boys at the check out counter had no knowledg
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00593.html (8,423 bytes)
- 2. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:29:03 -0000
- Works the other way too, I have no knowledge of teen-age 'pop' stars. But that's a positive benefit. /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00599.html (7,921 bytes)
- 3. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:18:54 EST
- << It was about three weeks ago I was dressed in an MG shirt, checking out at the grocery store. It was born in on me that the two, late teenage boys at the check out counter had no knowledge or expe
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00607.html (7,976 bytes)
- 4. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Brown <mgrick@mgcars.org.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:38:43 -0500
- Drove into the supermarket parking lot in my GT once and as I was going into the store a kid says to me: "nice Porsche!" :) Rick Webmaster for: _______________________________________________________
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00610.html (9,156 bytes)
- 5. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:11:04 -0600
- I think you have me beat! I once drove my Ferrari 308GTB to the mall and was asked by a baggy-pants, skate-boarding kid if it was the new Nissan Z-car! I answered, "Yes." Best regards, Rick (perhaps
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00613.html (8,243 bytes)
- 6. RE: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 10:36:39 -0600
- The most frustrating thing for me is when someone at a parts counter asks the "who makes it?" question. Its happened a couple of times. (I get that with the Corvair also, then they don't believe it's
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00615.html (8,460 bytes)
- 7. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:38:11 EST
- << I think you have me beat! I once drove my Ferrari 308GTB to the mall and was asked by a baggy-pants, skate-boarding kid if it was the new Nissan Z-car! I answered, "Yes." >> A painful memory--My '
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00616.html (8,361 bytes)
- 8. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:00:18 -0600
- ...and when you say, "MG", they can't get rid of you fast enough! I have only older cars ('30 Chevy, '79 Ferrari, '88 BMW M3, '66 BMW 1600-2, etc.) and face this frustration all the time. Ever notice
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00618.html (9,467 bytes)
- 9. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 09:10:44 -0800 (PST)
- Rick Brown SEZ - Did he really say "Porsche", or just "Porsh?" -- David Breneman | "Before there were CDs there were Distributed Systems S/W Analyst | records, and before there were Airborne Express,
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00619.html (8,485 bytes)
- 10. RE: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Lew Palmer" <lpalmer@roundaboutmanor.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 12:02:09 -0600
- A most amusing thing happens to me often when I go in for a part which I know will happen to fit either of my pre-war MGs (J2 and PB). The counter person will usually ask what car it's for. Just for
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00622.html (9,498 bytes)
- 11. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Bill Meyer" <wcameyer@msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 11:44:11 -0700
- one and I trust that he never made his destination alive! /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00624.html (8,387 bytes)
- 12. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 19:17:23 -0500
- In reality, NAPA has access to a significant batch of parts for early model vehicles. You may have to nudge the guy at the counter, or get to know the store owner. In front of me at the moment is NA
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00633.html (10,320 bytes)
- 13. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: R C Engelhardt <hardt@sonic.net>
- Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 17:32:00 -0800
- I, too, have been sucessful finding parts for my MGA at NAPA. I have gotten starters, generators, etc. most next day (although they actually had a starter in stock once). Ron Engelhardt 58 MGA /// or
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00641.html (8,788 bytes)
- 14. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Blair Weiss" <blair@ifd.mv.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 07:29:23 -0500
- Even worse is when you are driving your TD and wave to a B and they don't wave back because they have no idea you are driving an MG. Blair /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archive
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00653.html (7,854 bytes)
- 15. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Telewest \(PH\)" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 13:41:07 -0000
- Then there was the itinerant who knocked on a door and asked if they wanted any odd-jobs doing and they said "Yes, paint the porch" ... into /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archi
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00657.html (8,476 bytes)
- 16. RE: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Lambdin, Mike" <mlambdin@towson.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:37:22 -0500
- ricer crap. No real car parts any more. Well, the Pep Boys are planning on being around for a while. Here in Baltimore, Manny has stopped smoking that cigar. (I guess he's become health conscious.) A
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00698.html (8,241 bytes)
- 17. Re: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Rick Lindsay" <ROLindsay@Emeraldgrc.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 07:55:39 -0600
- To be fair, O'Reillys had a starter for my "B" also. They just didn't know it! My complaint, observation really, was that their computer parts database didn't go back as far as the average age of my
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00700.html (8,093 bytes)
- 18. RE: Lost Generation (score: 1)
- Author: "Smith, Timothy" <Timothy.Smith@navitaire.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 07:06:05 -0600
- It's not just the current crop of youngsters. Back in '91 I was working at a oil refinery in Delaware and had to drive the BGT back into the plant for some forgotten reason. It seems that I was going
- /html/mgs/2002-11/msg00731.html (8,062 bytes)
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