[Spridgets] 1964 MK2 Sprite -raising money for daughter getting married

[Rick Bastedo]

I have put an ad on Craigslist.
Contact me for special pricing for Sprite Midget club USA members :)

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/3156558830.html

Rick ($ amount that would be nice...) Bastedo


On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I hear you loud and clear!
> To be fair though the bathroom really does need it and my wife had been
> making the same request for a while.
> I'll have to do as much as I can with the funds available and see where
> that gets us.
> My daughter has been a trooper scraping the old paint off the back of the
> house prepping for paint, and this is my demented daughter who has MS.
> I'm glad to try and make things nice for her.
>
> Rick (she's still my little princess) Bastedo
>  On Jul 22, 2012 5:01 AM, "Larry Macy" <lmacy at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Too bad so sad, That she has to live with the bathroom as it is. Or pay
>> for it to get refurbished, or use a porta-potty. Now don't get me wrong,
>> It's her wedding and Dad is supposed to be there, but this is beyond the
>> pale. You can either live with what you have, or go someplace else. Is it
>> that she is ashamed of "Dear Old Dad" and how he lives, or is it that you
>> feel that way. Make the choice. Or make her make the choice.
>>
>> If I understand correctly, you started this at her insistence, and I know
>> how a daughter's insistence can be a bit over whelming (Kristi, you
>> there??), but to give up a life long love for another, why would she make
>> you make that choice??
>>
>> Elopement, or bust??
>>
>> Larry
>> Father of 2 demented daughters
>>
>>
>> On Jul 21, 2012, at 2:20 PM, Rick Bastedo <rbastedo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I tried bribing her to elope instead but was unsuccessful.
>> >
>> > She gave me a list of things to do before the wedding, and at the top
>> was
>> > "fix the bathroom".
>> > Well I started and things have gone from bad to worse, you never know
>> > what's lurking just below that layer of paint.
>> >
>> > Long story, but the short of it is I need to raise some capital quickly.
>> > We went to the bank and applied for an equity line of credit but I think
>> > that may take too long to go through - if it even does.
>> >
>> > I've got a couple things I'd be willing to part with for the right
>> offer.
>> >
>> > First there's my red '64 MK2 Sprite.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Larry Macy
>> 78 Midget
>>
>> Keep your top down and your chin up.
>>
>>
>> Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
>> lmacy at phillymgclub.com
>> Board Secretary
>> Philadelphia MG Club
>>
>> "Life begins and the end of your comfort zone"
>> Neale Donald Walsch