Hell, I got rid of her (the wife).
Just kidding.
Monte
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zubrovka" <zubrovka@earthlink.net>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 2:19 PM
Subject: need a shot of ambition???
> Do any of y'all ever get to a point with your cars where you feel
> like junking them? Maybe, you are still with it and your spouse
> comes along and says something like, "what a piece of junk"....
> I was out in the shop the other day poking around. (We are finally
> getting moved out to the farm where I will have the shop right out
> back) I was looking my MG over. I'll admit, she's sad looking right
> now (the MG) and I know it will be a lot of work, but I have the
> space, the time and can find the funds as needed. Yet the negative
> comments hurt the ego.
> I was standing there looking at the interior and my wife walks in and
> says "Is that Emmy?" (name we called the MG back when she was
> running in the early 80's) and I say "yep" and the wife says, "what a
> hunk of junk, why don't you find something that looks like a car"
> then she walked out. I looked at the lil car and patted it on the
> trunk lid and whispered "she didn't mean it". I mean the car
> actually looked worse after the name calling.
> I got to thinking, this is where a lot of people give up on their
> projects, when people who matter to them make hurtful remarks.
> So what do y'all do?
> It made me have more resolve to fix the car.
> I have very good memories of jauntily driving down country lanes in it.
> Anyhow, just wondering how y'all cope with the down side.
> John
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