Yes, Ive got a daughter that is turning 13 in a month. It's getting harder to
get
her interested in doing anything with Dad. Her friends are all important.
Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
Larry Macy wrote:
> And Father - Daughter projects, too.
>
> My oldest did a lot of work helping me getting the Midget running again a
> few years ago. And my youngest daughter learned to drive in that same
> Midget.
>
> Larry
>
> At this exact moment in time 2/19/01 7:40 PM, "Mike Maclean"
> <macleans@earthlink.net> made the profound statement:
>
> > Hooray for my son. He loves helping and riding in the car. When I told him
> > that when he got old enough to drive, I'd teach him to drive the Bugeye, you
> > should have seen his face!
> > These cars are great father-son projects.
> > Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >
> > "Paul A. Asgeirsson" wrote:
> >
> >> Hooray for Mike and his son!
> >>
> >> Paul A
> >>
> >> FROM: Mike Maclean, INTERNET:macleans@earthlink.net
> >> TO: Spridgets, INTERNET:spridgets@autox.team.net
> >> DATE: 2/19/01 5:44 PM
> >>
> >> Re: Sweet Sound
> >>
> >>
> >> Took the Bugeye out for trial runs yesterday to check out the
> >> adjustments I made to the carbs. Got them dialed in pretty good now and
> >> the car does not miss a beat. The sound is beautiful. Now I remember
> >> why these are so much fun. Just putting around my housing tract because
> >> we are on private streets and I have not registered the car yet. The
> >> only problem is, they put in TALL speed bumps a couple years after I
> >> moved in here. I thought it was a good thing because there are children
> >> everywhere, but it's a pain in the a** when your test driving a Bugeye.
> >> I have not had it in 4th gear yet. Not enough room between the speed
> >> bumps. I guess I'll have to break down and get some insurance (what
> >> kind?) so I can take it out on the road next.
> >> While I was driving around the tract an 17 or 18 year old kid saw
> >> me and yelled, "Neat car!" I never got that in my wife's $57,000
> >> Mercedes or my big Ford pickup. A ten year old friend of my son's came
> >> over to the car because my 10 year old son was co-pilot yesterday. He
> >> asked, "Did you make this car?" It sure doesn't look like anything
> >> that's on the road these days and kids gravitate to it. Life is good.
> >> Mike MacLean-60 Sprite
> >>
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> >> Message-ID: <3A919E55.BD7037EE@earthlink.net>
> >> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 14:29:41 -0800
> >> From: Mike Maclean <macleans@earthlink.net>
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> >> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> >> Subject: Sweet Sound
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> >
>
> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
> macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
> System Administrator/Manager
> Neuropsychiatry Section
> Department of Psychiatry
> University of Pennsylvania
> 3400 Spruce St. - 1015 Gates
> Philadelphia, PA 19104
>
> Ask a question and you're a fool for three minutes; do not ask a
> question and you're a fool for the rest of your life.
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