Brenton, at 23:37 on Thu, Mar 09 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

BV> I made a booboo with my first note to Lynn.  Belinda weighed 2.853kg and 
BV> NOT 3.853kg. 

Boy, that's a relief (especially to Patricia).

BV> We have a photo now which I have posted on TML in Special Requests so it 
BV> will be available for download. The filename is BELINDA.JPG and it is 
BV> about 38k in size.

I couldn't give a toss myself , but Lyn is right into babies and
kids and stuff, and she'd murder me if I didn't freq the bloody thing, so
give us a day or two, and we'll post our opinions.  |-)

BV> I also put another file ( about 80k ) BERNIE.JPG which is a photo of the 
BV> new Limo. The kids have called the car Bernie, 

And of course you've quite happily gone along with that, I'll bet.

BV> although I am to blame. Whilst running it in, I had the speed alert set to 
BV> 80kph.

Far too low for you.  It'll be sounding continually.

BV> When it triggers it makes a little chime sound. Michael asked me 
BV> what the sound was and I knew that I couldn't tell him the truth 
BV> - dad was driving to fast. 

So what was all that bullshit last year about how you made a point of
always telling your kids the truth then?  How the worm turns...  |-)

BV> Instead, I did what any self-respecting father would do, I lied. I told him 
BV> that it was the car saying " Hello ". Well they both
decided to name the 
BV> car and they chose Bernie. Whenever dad stomps on it now, Bernie says " 
BV> Hello " and the chorus echos from the back seat " Hello
Bernie ".

While the chorus from _outside_ the car says "Pull over, driver".

BV> There is an up-side to this though. When Bernie has been quiet 
BV> for a while the kids ask why Bernie isn't talking today. I don't 
BV> like to see them disappointed, so I stomp on it :)

Why don't you _really_ give them a thrill (only costs a buck, the best
dollar's worth you'll get all day too), and have a fang along the
Wollongong freeway.  You can take bets on how fast the radar bizzos will
show your speed, and if you're really lucky, there won't be any coppers
taking your photo at the same time.  |-)

Regards, Bill
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