When a restoration is more or less over, I always had my first drive to my
Grandma and took her for a short trip. She was a wondefull personality, who
learnt to drive at an age of 50, learnt english at an age of 60 and learnt
using the intenet at an age of 75. Her favorite of my cars was the Healey
for sure. When she was very ill, she menshioned the car eventualy and asked
a few questions about it.
Unfortunatly my next car she will only see from Heaven though...
Cars are only what they are. But still they can occasionaly become bridges
between people thus can become much more then well shaped tin sculptures.
Gergo
2013/4/15 <healeyguy@aol.com>
> Acts of kindness, such as you have extended to Mike, may not make make
> folks
> our friends but it will make a memory that is something special to both the
> recipient and the giver for the rest of their days. As folks in Hawaii and
> at
> least one old guy in western Pennsylvania frequently say, Good on you, Brah
> (brother)...good on you
> Aloha
> Perry
>
>
>
> Bob Spidell wrote
> I have a neighbor named Mike. Although I'm on good terms with most of my
> eighbors, Mike and I have the most in common
> nd have occasional long conversations but we're not what you'd call BFFs.
> About
> 2 years or so ago Mike's first wife
> ied of cancer. Mike was understandably despondent and, at some point
> either
> me
> r my girlfriend at the time decided he
> eeded to get out and about. I offered to take Mike on a day trip in my
> BJ8;
> we
> rove down to Pinnacles National
> onument and spent the day hiking and returned. He seemed to enjoy the trip
> and
> he car but I don't recall him bringing
> t much, if at all, in the ensuing years.
> A few days ago, Mike came over while I was working in my garage. After the
> usual
> xchange of pleasantries and chit-chat
> ike said he had a 'big favor' to ask (I noticed he seemed unusually
> emotional
> nd might have been fighting back
> ears). Now, Mike isn't one to ask for favors--typical Midwesterner (he's
> riginally from Michigan)--and I figured he
> ust needed me to water or mow his lawn while he took a trip (he's
> semi-retired
> ow and is making the most of it). I
> ad noticed that Mike had a fresh bandage on his neck--he'd had surgery and
> adiation treatment for thyroid cancer
> reviously and had to have another surgery and was facing the radiation
> reatment again. We didn't talk about it, but
> he prognosis is likely not great.
> Anyway, the 'big favor' Mike asked for? He wants to take another trip in
> the
> ealey. Turns out that day trip in a
> ealey meant a lot to him, and now he wants to take another during an
> extremely
> rying time. I've planned an
> vernighter down the California coast through Big Sur, a night in Morro Bay
> then
> ack up through an inland route known
> or wildflower displays this time of year.
> Now, any car might do for such an occasion--certainly any British sports
> ar--but for Mike the Healey is special (and
> e's not a 'car guy'). I'm getting a queue of people wanting to take trips
> in
> he Healey.
> Our route:
> http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Hwy1BigSur.htm
> http://www.pashnit.com/roads/cal/Highway25.htm
>
> ob
> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
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