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Re: Car Names (was Re: Thanks to a list member, Susan Hensley)

To: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
Subject: Re: Car Names (was Re: Thanks to a list member, Susan Hensley)
From: "Ree Gurley" <reegurley@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 16:04:59 -0500
Jeff,
   I believe you mentioned several days ago that you'd been "screwed by Mrs.
Jones" - and you STILL don't call her by her first name?           (Sorry,
couldn't resist that one!)

Ree Gurley in Silver Spring, MD  -  78 Spit  FM73070U O

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff McNeal <jmcneal@ohms.com>
To: Dean Dashwood <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: Car Names (was Re: Thanks to a list member, Susan Hensley)


>
> Don't worry, Dean.  I don't plan on addressing Mrs. Jones by her first
name
> and will more or less refrain from doing so on the list out of
consideration
> for you.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jeff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dean Dashwood <Dean.Dashwood@enron.com>
> To: <jmcneal@ohms.com>; <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 1:57 AM
> Subject: Car Names (was Re: Thanks to a list member, Susan Hensley)
>
>
> >
> >
> > Sorry Jeff, you can't have that name, I've already used it!  Oh, all
right
> then,
> > I suppose we can share it.  I thought it was the perfect name for my
car,
> > especially since I'm a big Stephen King fan, too.  (Half way through The
> Girl
> > Who Loved Tom Gordon, by the way.  Excellent book - King demonstrates
his
> > totally unique ability to get inside the human mind.  If you liked
> Gerald's
> > Game, you'll love this - they're very similar in style.)
> >
> > Dean (+ Christine, but no surname)
> > ---------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 13:01:36 -0700
> > From: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>
> > Subject: Re: Thanks to a list member, Susan Hensley
> >
> > Here, here!  Susan is terrific!!
> >
> > Hey, not to get off the subject, but I thought this was kinda funny.
When
> I
> > first bought my Spitfire and began spending so much time working on it
> early
> > this year, my wife jokingly referred to it as "Mrs. Jones".  The name
> stuck.
> > Yesterday, when she was walking through the garage and almost slipped on
a
> > jack handle I had carelessly laid near the car, she took another
> > good-natured swipe, calling the car "Christine" (ala Stephen King).  So
> > that's it!!  Mrs. Jones has a first name now!
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Jeff in San Diego
> >
> >
>


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