tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post6850807973043941275..comments2024-03-18T01:21:42.225-05:00Comments on Preachers and Horse Thieves: RandomnessDaddy Hawkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-32630665160209190142012-07-19T12:22:54.789-05:002012-07-19T12:22:54.789-05:00Auntie J, of course you are still welcome here. I ...Auntie J, of course you are still welcome here. I think we've all had cars we were not proud of. My sister's was the early 70s Military surplus Ambassador station wagon painted faded Air Force blue. Mine would probably have to be the 95 Thunderbird with the factory iridescent purple paint job. Loved the car, but the paint got me more than a few raised eyebrows.Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-91432853188161915052012-07-19T10:34:50.517-05:002012-07-19T10:34:50.517-05:00Shepherd, am I still welcome here if I confess to ...Shepherd, am I still welcome here if I confess to once owning a late 80s Nissan Sentra that somebody had painted a similar shade of metallic pink? ;)<br /><br />In my defense, we were newlyweds (we owned this car about 15 years ago). Our previous car had bit the dust in a major way (cracked what-passed-for-a-rear-axle), we needed a vehicle toot sweet, and we had lousy credit...so it was what we could afford.<br /><br />It was an eyesore. The antenna was bent in a zig-zag fashion...and also painted pink. The paint job was so customized that all the lights (except the headlights) had been painted as well: the directionals had appropriate arrow cut-outs, and the brake lights had three big, fat circles cut out of the paint job.<br /><br />I will say...we never ONCE lost it in a parking lot.<br /><br />In a city of half a million, with a massive outerbelt, it was so unique that people on the *other* side of the outerbelt, heading the opposite direction, would approach us at church days later and say that they waved at us on the highway, because they'd recognized our car.<br /><br />That car is now the stuff of family legend, and I think only one picture (which does not do the Barbie-doll pink justice) survives, proving that we ever owned such a thing.<br /><br />These days I drive a midnight-blue minivan. I think I've stepped up in the world.Auntie Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05291024186455331856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-32462424620611092722012-07-19T00:47:01.551-05:002012-07-19T00:47:01.551-05:00HH, I'm not even sure they see her in that int...HH, I'm not even sure they see her in that intelligent of a way, and I can't even comprehend the level on which they think.Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-69611993054188206552012-07-19T00:42:15.815-05:002012-07-19T00:42:15.815-05:00Odysseus, I am kinda ambivalent about BMWs. So, I ...Odysseus, I am kinda ambivalent about BMWs. So, I don't have a dog in the ugly tree fight. The Vagazling term is a new one for me though. I'll have to use it again.Daddy Hawkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386749814126280114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-45427217719278189032012-07-18T23:52:21.182-05:002012-07-18T23:52:21.182-05:00It would be better for M&M if her birth parent...It would be better for M&M if her birth parents actually <i>did</i> disappear from the face of the earth. You guys love her. They see her as a raise in their government benefits.Heroditus Huxleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11049569750742829144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8970071813477046910.post-21860644139164888542012-07-18T23:51:08.034-05:002012-07-18T23:51:08.034-05:00Looks like they did that to a 6 series(who many wo...Looks like they did that to a 6 series(who many would argue fell through the ugly tree missing not a branch) so I don't think Vagazling that car falls into crimes against humanity.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.com