Joe;
It's a brave new world in which we live. Great choice for naming your car.
Aldous happens to be one of my favorite authors.
"Hug me 'til you drug me."
Jeff Johnson
Joe Curry wrote:
> With regard to naming ones car, which seems to be very popular among
> Triumph owners, I have given the subject much thought and have arrived
> at a name for my Spitfire.
>
> I had earlier been thinking of naming him Winnie (Winston Churchill),
> but Leon Guyot didn't think much of that idea. Apparently Leon has
> little regard for politicians, especially drunken ones who are not
> opposed to speaking their minds. So, I have decided that the best name
> for my little car is "Huxley". Aldous Huxley died in 1963, the same
> year that my Spit was born. This name seems particularly appropriate
> since Huxley wrote his famous Essay on Mind Altering drugs, entitled
> "The Doors of Perception". Having endless problems related to my own
> doors, I think the name is particularly fitting. And since both the
> author and the car are British, it seems that it is especially suitable
> that I name my car for this person. Now, and forever after, FC4505L
> will be named Huxley.
>
> Regards,
> Joe Curry
>
> 1963 Spitfire (Huxley) FC4505L
>
> --
> "If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man
> as it is, infinite."
>
> -- William Blake
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