Good points Dave. I'm with you. Maybe we need a red neck a-hole list.
John
C David Lynes wrote:
> >>>>>Snippett>>>>>
> your response to the high school boys request for a good rubber bumper B
> for
> commuting seems typical of a "RED NECK A--HOLE MENTALITY ! "
> <<<<<unsnip<<<<<<
>
> Well, I must be a "red neck a-hole", too. I thought the same exact
> thing as Neil. I am the father of two sons, both now in college (and
> each of them expecting to take daddy's MGs to school with them) the last
> one also went to a junior college part of his high school years for
> accelerated classes. He wanted to drive the Midget daily to his
> classes. To save wear and tear on my jewels, and to save the life of my
> rambunctious teenager, I bought him a $300 '80s vintage Volvo that he
> could work on himself. (He loves it now, drove it to UGA this year.)
>
> Believe me, they don't appreciate the value of the thing unless they
> have some blood, sweat and dollars of their own into it. And they
> should fund the insurance increase for having a car at their disposal.
> Too many kids are just given what they want, without any real regard for
> how much their parents have to struggle to provide it.
>
> That kid's got time. Give him a good Haynes manual and a Moss catalog.
> Let him go to Illinois and save that MGB with a/c from the crusher for
> $400 and rebuild it in his spare time, since he apparantly doesn't have
> to study very much. Then he can have something of value for a long time
> to come. There are other young people on this list that have done the
> same thing. He wants an MG, let him earn it the way all the rest of us
> have.
>
> In my humble opinion...
>
> David Lynes, Woodstock, GA
> 73 Midget
> 78 MGB
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