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  1. Crashton

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    #2 Crashton, Nov 27, 2010
    Thanks for the laugh... :lol::lol::lol:
     
  2. lotsie

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    #3 lotsie, Nov 27, 2010
    :lol::lol::lol:

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    #4 Justa Jim, Nov 27, 2010
    That was funny. They just started college, right? :D

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    #5 Rixter, Nov 27, 2010
    How'd you guess? Actually second year.
     
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    #6 YeloMini, Nov 27, 2010
    :lol:

    That's a classic! Thanks for the laugh!
     
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    #7 Rixter, Nov 27, 2010
    I confess I have a college parking story as well...

    I was late for class, as usual, circling the lot, over and over again. It's worse than the mall on Black Friday. Round and round I go and absolutely nothing. Class has already started so whomever left from the previous classes their spots are already taken. Then I see it, a orange and black "No Parking" sawhorse stand that doesn't belong. I say that because from my perspective how could it belong. There's no construction, sinkhole, fire hydrant or any other reason for it. What's more its the only potential spot I can find. So I did what any other normal college student would do, I moved the "No Parking" somewhere else...

    Later that afternoon when I returned to my car, the two cars that were sandwitched between where I'd moved the "No Parking" to, each had campus parking tickets on their windshields for parking too close to a no parking spot.

    If that was you at UBC many, many years ago. I'm sorry.
     
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    #8 goaljnky, Nov 27, 2010
    Hehe. Good stuff.
     
  8. Friskie

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    #9 Friskie, Nov 27, 2010
    M&R parking story + Rixter's avatar = Priceless serendipity
     
  9. lotsie

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    #10 lotsie, Nov 27, 2010
    Well I want one of those Silly grin packages you got:Thumbsup:

    Mark
     
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    #11 Rixter, Nov 27, 2010
    Me too!
     
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    #12 Ofioliti, Nov 27, 2010
    Ha ha! Great story! Thanks for sharing. Hypothermia does some weird things. :lol:
     
  12. Friskie

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    #13 Friskie, Nov 28, 2010
    I thought it came standard with each build. I only mention it because it is always on when we go for a romp, even with the top up. A couple of un-suspected owner's manuals might help locate the function: Zen And The Art of Motorcycle Repair and Blue Highways.:D
     
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    #14 ftttupwmcs, Nov 28, 2010
    Great story!
     
  14. Minidave

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    #15 Minidave, Nov 28, 2010
    Even tho it's a wonderful book full of lots of insight, I never thought of "Blue Highways " as smile inducing.....definitely road trip inducing tho - that's for sure!

    Might I suggest "Side Glances" instead?

    Or any of P.J. O'Rourke's writings......
     
  15. Friskie

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    #16 Friskie, Nov 28, 2010
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    It's not so much a get your grin on book as much as a where to go to find the grins. You sure won't find many on the 4 lane ribbons of despair though just runnin' loose on the world in a MINI is reward enough.

    (New resources duly noted, thanks).

    Hope you enjoy and take good care of your XK-E. I had a '64 BRG roadster that I just loved but had to let it go with a blown head gasket I couldn't afford at the time.
     
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    #17 Minidave, Nov 28, 2010
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    #18 Friskie, Nov 28, 2010
    WOW!! You gots more guts than I don't know what to tackle that job and what a result. I envy you every minute you spent and are now enjoying. I sure wouldn't make that a daily driver but there are some great 'just what that car was built for' alphabet soup back roads in MO. to explore. (a whole bunch of that l'il blue thumbs up guy)
     
  18. Friskie

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    #19 Friskie, Nov 30, 2010
    Don't you have all the silly grins you can handle what with all those flying monkeys?
     
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    #20 Minidave, Nov 30, 2010
    There are lots of very fun roads in Missouri, of course they're about an hour's drive or more from where I live in Kansas.....:rolleyes:

    The other problem with living here in the middle of the country is weather. I was living in Sandy Eggo when I did the work, and built the car with that area in mind. Here we have snow, rain, hail and heat and humidity - none of which are very much fun to drive an old Jag in - especially a black/black one in the heat of summer!

    So it doesn't accumulate a lot of miles yearly here...
     
  20. Justa Jim

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    #21 Justa Jim, Nov 30, 2010
    You forgot to mention the Tornadoes. :D

    Jim
     
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