On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:46:48 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

Bill wrote:
Dave wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:35:56 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
Preach it brother! Screw that scenic stuff...

Hell, I can remember when I bought my first car, a 68 Thunderbird.
For a number of months, I'd routinely put about a 1000 miles a week
on it, just for the sheer pleasure of driving it.

Scenery didn't matter much since much of that driving was in the dead
of night. Just driving itself can be nice enough.


The driving hasn't changed much, but, at $40-$50, the fill-ups are
more of a nuisance. The notion of $20,000 cars doesn't do much for me
either. Of course, the Internet and Google Earth is nice. Ya win
some, ya lose some.

No kiddin'! I thought 10K was too much to spend on a car, but I was willing
to go there just because. But... at 20K - that's just crazy for a freakin'
car. We're not talking about a house here.

You should have heard what my girlfriend said when they delivered a
backhoe and an excavator. It's been 3 years now, still no ring and
she's still around. LOL OK the truth is I've done everything I can
to keep her happy.

Mike M