Jim,
I have caught the same disease that befell your wife. Have had
difficulty stopping laughing.
You keep on writing like this and you'll receive the Ray Gibbons
Memorial Award for humorous prose.
Thanks for a great story!
Bill
>--- Original Message ---
>From: "Alford, James" <alfordj@hhmi.org>
>To: "'mgs@autox.team.net'" <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: 11/6/01 10:15:44 AM
>
>For years I have wanted a sports car to play with. So against
all advice
>and judgment, I purchased a 1975 MGB Roadster to fix up.
(Mojor snip)
>I passed the through the flower garden without slowing, saluted
the
>fishermen on the shore and calmly backed my 13 foot long car
approximately
>18 feet into the pond. The young men, former students of Janet's
were
>saying, "Mrs. Alford, your flowers". Meanwhile, I was sitting
in my car
>with water up to my butt. I could see I would get no sympathy,
so I opened
>the door and stepped daintily into three feet of water and muck.
>
>June 11, 2001, my wife has finally quit laughing.
>June 12 to November 1, 2001 worked on car.
>November 2, 2001, I took the car out for an hour drive through
the country.
>It was great. I ran like a top.
>
>Jim
>1975 MGB
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