23 May 09 19:59, Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW>> How about Butch Wax?

 RN> Although I once had my hair cut military style, I never used that
 RN> stuff.

I did. I had a Mohawk haircut when I was 13 and had to use it to keep the
cut standing up. Later, it came in handy for sweeps and waterfalls.

 RW>> Kids do the darndest things.

 RN> This one did.

 RW>> I've heard. I wasn't for that and told a local radio talk show host
 RW>> that when he posed the question of whether SA should allow tham.
 RW>> There was a choice given between the Saints and the Chargers then,
 RW>> which I didn't support either.

 RN> I wish he'd go back there and stay if he likes it that much.

Please! We don't want him here either...

 RN> I heard he turned the everyday operations of the team over to his
 RN> daughter, but my fondest wish is that he sell the team to someone who
 RN> will keep it where it is and stop jerking the people of New Orleans
 RN> and the state of Louisiana around.

That'll never happen...the Chargers have been doing that to SD for
decades.

 RW>> There's a Tom Benson Chevrolet in SA...is that one of his
 RW>> dealerships? I got a mouse-pad from there with the new Camaro on it.

 RN> That's him.  How much did the mouse pad cost you?  (-:

It was free. Harry used to work there and still has contacts.

 RN> He owned quite a string of dealerships in the Metairie area before I
 RN> moved to Houma.  I called that area Bensonville.

I think I've heard of that town in another state. :o)

 RW>> I think I got out of there in the nick of time.

 RN> I think you did, too.

 RW>> Can you say; road service ?

 RN> Yes, but by the time the road agent gets there, the ice cream will
 RN> have melted.

Not if you spoon it into your mouth faster.

 RW>> PS - mine has 18" tires on it. I found a set of new take-off
 RW>> Infiniti QX56 wheels in Houston for a song, under $320...ordered
 RW>> some Koumos from Tire Rack and had them dropped shipped to a local
 RW>> tire and battery store for balancing and installation.

 RN> That's a good deal, but unless they come with two finger holes and a
 RN> thumb hole, I won't be able to lift them.

The idea is to use the forces of nature to do the work. I've never lifted
a tire off or on a vehicle...the hard part is putting it in the bed of
your truck or the trunk of your car. Even that can be easy if you use the
truck/trunk for leverage.

 RW>> That wouldn't be very popular in Texas. We have remote areas that
 RW>> don't need any better roads than they already have. Big cities like
 RW>> Dallas/Ft Worth, San Antonio and Houston would reap the benefits of
 RW>> a state wide road tax.

 RN> [...]

 RN> That's why I said it makes sense and it doesn't.

Yeup.

 RW>> These guys are using Ford Crown Vics...mostly black, white and cream
 RW>> colors.

 RN> A favorite among the LEAs,

 RW>> My dad had a 1937 when I was a kid. When it died, it sat along side
 RW>> the house and I and the neighbor kids used it for a play car.

 RN> Good times.

Frozen dog pooh as grenades in the winter time.

 RW>> I had a 31 Model A Ford like that, and a 1937 Ford. I couldn't get
 RW>> insured in the 37 when I was first licensed, so I bought a 1940
 RW>> Ford, which had hydraulics. I had to install hydraulic brakes in the
 RW>> Model A in order to get it insured (1960).

 RN> A friend of mine's dad had a '48 Ford and we went fishing in it all
 RN> the time and he made me drive.  This is a guy who likes a chauffeur
 RN> when he goes somewhere, but doesn't like to talk on the telephone.

My friend Andrew is like that. He makes good use of his 'costly' minutes
by saying the least amount of words to get the message across. Most of the
time, he won't even wait for a reply before he hangs up.

 RW>> Today's cars that have ABS brakes can be ridden; it (ABS) does the
 RW>> pumping.

 RN> My Mark VIII has ABS, but from force of habit I still pump the pedal.

You shouldn't. That defeats the purpose of ABS.

 RW>> I had a 51 Ford Victoria that came with a Ford-o-Matic after high
 RW>> school. It was a good transmission. You couldn't get me into a Chevy
 RW>> in those days. :o)

 RN> Times have changed, haven't they?

Yeup. The Ford influence came from my early teens as I hung out with a
bunch of guys at a Texaco station. All of them were older and they only
drove Fords. Even my dad and my uncle, both auto mechanics, told me to not
buy a Ford, but I was too stubborn to listen to them.

 RW>> Bermuda...My daughter lives in W Palm Beach and she and her husband
 RW>> have been there.

 RN> I don't think I could find Bermuda by boat.  It's difficult enough on
 RN> a map.

Hmmmm. I wonder if a GPS unit would find it for you...

 RW>> Every time I step outside and get hit in the face with 90 degree
 RW>> temps!

 RN> LOL.

 RW>> I say to myself, ahhhh, how great it is to be here and not there.

 RN> Yet all the people I know in the frozen north say it isn't that bad.

Trust me, it's that bad. Those guys you talk to are just pulling your leg.

 RW>> I convinced my sister and bil to join me in San Diego, only to have
 RW>> them move back after a couple of months because he wasn't satisfied
 RW>> to wait his turn for a job at the local telephone company. He was a
 RW>> lineman in Illinois, but PacBell wasn't hiring at the time, but had
 RW>> him on a wait list for when the would. It wasn't costing them much
 RW>> to live there, as I was paying the rent on a 4 bedroom house.

 RN> Why couldn't he stay where he was and wait for his app to go through?

He's a cold weather fan...in the winter, he'd wear insulated underwear and
long under wear under it. Then he'd pile on a couple pair of pants and
shirts before he put on his hooded, butt length coat, gulashes, gloves and
scarves and then walked to work and spend the day outdoors...one benefit
he had was rosey cheeks. 'course, being a Switzer might have helped.

 RW>> That's cool. At least you know somebody there.

 RN> Those who are still alive.  (-:

Just like my upcoming high school re-union. None of the gals I used to
date in high school are alive anymore, save for one. And she probably
won't show.

 RW>> My friend Harry says they put a computer in the trunk to control
 RW>> that air ride. That must be a pain to fix too.

 RN> I converted to coil spring struts.  Didn't I tell you?  That turned
 RN> out to be the biggest mistake I made with the car.

You told me and I agreed that wasn't the right thing to do.

 RW>> Don't forget to get some road service insurance so you can call
 RW>> someone out to change those 16" tires. :o)

 RN> I already have that.  At least changing one of those won't be the
 RN> same as jacking up the rear axle on a 1984 3/4 ton truck.

Three lugs less and a jacking point next to the wheel.

 RW>> It's not low like your Lincoln, it's quite high actually. The 'cab'
 RW>> isn't exactly large in comparison to a Explorer or Tahoe. My knees
 RW>> almost hit the dash and I know I'm shorter than you.

 RN> My daughter's husband, since he's a mechanic, recommended a Tahoe,
 RN> but I think he's just trying to get me away from Ford.

I can't say that I blame him. Mechanics have a tendency to drive
(recommend) what won't break very often.

 RW>> Joy lives in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved,
 RW>> not in the victory itself.

 RN> But if you stand by and do nothing, you achieve nothing.

Have you ever known me do that? :o)

                R\%/itt

Joy lives in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in
the victory itself.

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