26 Jun 09 10:23, TOM WALKER wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> RN> The Mitsubishi A6M didn't last too long either.  I think the
 RW>> compact
 RW>> RN> Dodge pickups had a Mitsubishi big bore 4-cylinder engine in
 RW>> them. I
 RW>> RN> drove one of them to Dauphin Island, Alabama and back on a
 RW>> delivery.

 RW>> Man, I don't envy you that ride. I considered taking my 63 Corvette
 RW>> from California to Illinois and back once, then I bought an airplane
 RW>> ticket.

 TW> I made a round trip from California to the St Louis Area in a Ford
 TW> Pinto Station wagin one time.

You are a glutten for punishment.

 TW> NOT a bad trip. On the return trip in Vega Texas I had a cooling
 TW> system gasket go out on me. Fortunatly I could walk to a autoparts
 TW> store. He didn't have the sctual gasket but gave me a piece of sheet
 TW> gasket and I made one using a Hammer. Dazled the hell out of the wife
 TW> and while she waited for the repair to be done she amused herself by
 TW> throwing a Can so a Junk Yard dog on the other side of the fence we
 TW> parked next to could run and get it and bring it back for another
 TW> toss.

I ran into a junk yard dog once. He reared up and put his front paws on
my shoulder and dared me to continue to walk in his yard. He was a St
Bernard with a mean scowel, but became a friendly fellow, once the yard
caretaker told him I was alright.

                R\%/itt

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

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