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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Vivo on January 04, 2014, 08:38:52 AM
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My son gave me a car for Christmas...not just an ordinary car... but MY car when I was in High School 39 years ago... Yes, my car... a 1973 Dodge (Mitsubishi) Colt 2-door....I already sold this a long time ago in the late 80's I think.... he searched for it for years, found it and managed to buy it... My son graduated from college last March and landed a new job just about 2 weeks ago... I bought him a car on his birthday a few years back... he sold his car to get me a Christmas gift that I really missed and wanted ... great son... ;) Guess what I will give him in return?... ;)
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did you find the first scooter he rode to school, lucky guy,. unless you bought him a gt 300i Santa had a load to your house Xmas ,. the best to you and family for the new year,. and ride safe
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My God, guess what my first car was when I was in high school? A 1973 silver dodge colt!
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"The Bajaj always snaps it's drive belt close to home." = Indian verse from the 1300's.
[the American version is something like: "Like Father, like Son."]
Well done , Dad & Mom, to raise such a thoughtful and loving son.
I think we can all see where he gets it.
Pictures please!
Stig
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Guess what I will give him in return?... ;)
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A hooker and some blow?
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Looks like you have given him everything he could ever want and need. You gave him you. Very well done. My best to you and your family.
Happy New Year and ride safe, mscmkr
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A hooker and some blow?
You guys crack me up! I love this forum!
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A hooker and some blow?
Lol! That's cheap...
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My God, guess what my first car was when I was in high school? A 1973 silver dodge colt!
Haha! Seems very popular at that time!
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Wow! Very thoughtful of your son.
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Very special, Vivo! Don't pay any attention to 08087, I found he lives under a bridge just outside Panama City Beach!
Karl
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Very special, Vivo! Don't pay any attention to 08087, I found he lives under a bridge just outside Panama City Beach!
Karl
You must have me confused with Zombie.
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You must have me confused with Zombie.
Zombie, .. I'm still wondering what happened to him... got tired of scooters, I guess...
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My first car!.
During your final few weeks in-country in the famous sunny S.E.Asia dust-up a few decades ago, if you were lucky, you got rotated to a rear area. Even medics .... if your replacement showed up.
Mine did, and while waiting for my orders for DEROS to catch up with me they came around asking if anyone wanted to volunteer to make the daily mail run to an airstrip a few miles away. The major draw was the cold pop they had there - plus the chance to get off the miserable little compound I was on.
So, the Army being so strange - they asked to see my military driver's license.
I had never driven anything but 4 Honda motorcycles - but I quickly lied and said I had lost it while fording a creek or somesuch. They sent me to the motor pool to check out a vehicle and to get a proper paper license.
All of the vehicles had been 'red-lined' as broken junk....but I found a 3/4 ton that I could get started.
I took off in it to bring it to the shed and promptly slammed into the side of the motor pool Sgt.'s Deuce & a Half.....lousy brakes and I forgot about the clutch pedal when stopping.(or, not stopping)
Got my license and a big piece of plywood that said "US Mail - Do Not Delay !" to hang on the front.
Proceeded to lose a few more hearts and minds with my high speed learning-to-drive rips through the "unsecured" country-side - trying to avoid the Lambretta taxis (loaded with 12 people, 3 goats & several cases of chickens) and "Charlie The Sniper", and -the theory was - if you hit a mine at speed -- you'd be OK(I wasn't old enough to drink - so, this theory seemed the "No Sh-t Gospel" & much better than the alternative) . Learned NOT to play chicken with some sort of large buttoned-up armored vehicle at a cross roads....."Bad Moon Rising" painted on the side with teeth on the front.
Got my cold Coke everyday for 2 weeks, did not get dinged and learned to drive my first car!
(the truck's gas leak was amazingly productive, leaving a cloud of petrol mist swirling & wafting behind me - so I had to wait to smoke until after I got to my destination)
Angels DO watch over kids and drunks.
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found this photo of a 3/4 ton on Bing - though my truck never looked this good...and there sure as heck was no Bull's Eye star on the doors!!
Stig