On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:22:06 -0600, the infamous -MIKE-
scrawled the following:

On 2/25/10 10:00 PM, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:06:18 -0600, the infamous -MIKE-
scrawled the following:

On 2/25/10 12:15 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
I get a whole lot more compliments on my work vehicle now than I did
with a 17 y/o F-150 with the paint peeling off.


I couldn't care less if, for the rest of my life, I never received a
single compliment about a vehicle I was driving.

I didn't think so either...until I started getting them with the
Tundra. It's a whole 'nother ball game with the new
truck-that-doesn't-look-or-feel-like-a-truck-inside.

It's more comfy, has A/C (my first), is quiet on the freeway, and
handles better than any steenkeng beemer ever made.

I was REALLY ready for a new vehicle, knowwhatImean,Vern?

--
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it
exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong
remedy." -- Ernest Benn


I'm not talking about having a vehicle you like, that is a pleasure to
drive, and I didn't think you were, either.

I'm talking about someone else complimenting me for a vehicle I drive.
I couldn't care less about what someone thinks of the car I drive, nor
the opinion of one who would place any value in that sort of thing.

(You're talking about vainglorious beemer owners, aren't you? Heh heh
heh.)

I agree, and didn't buy a show truck. I got a standard-cabbed,
standard-bed (6.5'L) work truck, but I'd rather not scratch it up
unnecessarily. (Do you know what they're getting to paint a freakin'
truck nowadays? Keeriste!)

The few compliments (the "strokes") aren't bad to contend with.
They're an added, unexpected little bonus.

--
"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it
exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong
remedy." -- Ernest Benn