RW> How about Butch Wax?
 
Although I once had my hair cut military style, I never used that stuff.
 
RW> Kids do the darndest things.
 
This one did.
 
RW> I've heard. I wasn't for that and told a local radio talk show host that
RW> when he posed the question of whether SA should allow tham. There was a
RW> choice given between the Saints and the Chargers then, which I didn't
RW> support either.
 
I wish he'd go back there and stay if he likes it that much.  I heard he
turned the everyday operations of the team over to his daughter, but my
fondest wish is that he sell the team to someone who will keep it where it
is and stop jerking the people of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana
around.
 
RW> There's a Tom Benson Chevrolet in SA...is that one of his dealerships? I
RW> got a mouse-pad from there with the new Camaro on it.
 
That's him.  How much did the mouse pad cost you?  (-:  He owned quite a
string of dealerships in the Metairie area before I moved to Houma.  I
called that area Bensonville.
 
RW> I think I got out of there in the nick of time.
 
I think you did, too.
 
RW> Can you say; road service ?
 
Yes, but by the time the road agent gets there, the ice cream will have melted.
 
RW> PS - mine has 18" tires on it. I found a set of new take-off Infiniti
RW> QX56 wheels in Houston for a song, under $320...ordered some Koumos from
RW> Tire Rack and had them dropped shipped to a local tire and battery store
RW> for balancing and installation.
 
That's a good deal, but unless they come with two finger holes and a thumb
hole, I won't be able to lift them.
 
RW> That wouldn't be very popular in Texas. We have remote areas that don't
RW> need any better roads than they already have. Big cities like Dallas/Ft
RW> Worth, San Antonio and Houston would reap the benefits of a state wide
RW> road tax.
[...]
 
That's why I said it makes sense and it doesn't.
 
RW> These guys are using Ford Crown Vics...mostly black, white and cream
RW> colors.
 
A favorite among the LEAs,
 
RW> My dad had a 1937 when I was a kid. When it died, it sat along side the
RW> house and I and the neighbor kids used it for a play car.
 
Good times.
 
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 Ford,
RW> which had hydraulics. I had to install hydraulic brakes in the Model A
RW> in order to get it insured (1960).
 
A friend of mine's dad had a '48 Ford and we went fishing in it all the
time and he made me drive.  This is a guy who likes a chauffeur when he
goes somewhere, but doesn't like to talk on the telephone.
 
RW> Today's cars that have ABS brakes can be ridden; it (ABS) does the
RW> pumping.
 
My Mark VIII has ABS, but from force of habit I still pump the pedal.
 
RW> I had a 51 Ford Victoria that came with a Ford-o-Matic after high school.
RW> It was a good transmission. You couldn't get me into a Chevy in those
RW> days. :o)
 
Times have changed, haven't they?
 
RW> Bermuda...My daughter lives in W Palm Beach and she and her husband have
RW> been there.
 
I don't think I could find Bermuda by boat.  It's difficult enough on a map.
 
RW> Every time I step outside and get hit in the face with 90 degree temps!
 
LOL.
 
RW> I say to myself, ahhhh, how great it is to be here and not there.
 
Yet all the people I know in the frozen north say it isn't that bad.
 
RW> I convinced my sister and bil to join me in San Diego, only to have them
RW> move back after a couple of months because he wasn't satisfied to wait
RW> his turn for a job at the local telephone company. He was a lineman in
RW> Illinois, but PacBell wasn't hiring at the time, but had him on a wait
RW> list for when the would. It wasn't costing them much to live there, as I
RW> was paying the rent on a 4 bedroom house.
 
Why couldn't he stay where he was and wait for his app to go through?
 
RW> That's cool. At least you know somebody there.
 
Those who are still alive.  (-:
 
RW> My friend Harry says they put a computer in the trunk to control that air
RW> ride. That must be a pain to fix too.
 
I converted to coil spring struts.  Didn't I tell you?  That turned out to
be the biggest mistake I made with the car.
 
RW> Don't forget to get some road service insurance so you can call someone
RW> out to change those 16" tires. :o)
 
I already have that.  At least changing one of those won't be the same as
jacking up the rear axle on a 1984 3/4 ton truck.
 
RW> It's not low like your Lincoln, it's quite high actually. The 'cab' isn't
RW> exactly large in comparison to a Explorer or Tahoe. My knees almost hit
RW> the dash and I know I'm shorter than you.
 
My daughter's husband, since he's a mechanic, recommended a Tahoe, but I
think he's just trying to get me away from Ford.
 
RW> Joy lives in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in
RW> the victory itself.
 
But if you stand by and do nothing, you achieve nothing.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... He does the work of 3 Men...Moe, Larry & Curly
--- D'Bridge 3.28