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DILLARDP@edu-suu-lifac.li.suu.edu wrote: > > Now that my '71 Squareback and I are getting older, I am beginning to be bemused > at some of the comments I hear about it (or me???). > > I was driving down the street when two teenage boys looked at the squareback (or me???) > and said, "AWESOME! (Well, folks, honesty must prevail...the SB is five-years > removed from its restoration, and is no longer "awesome", sad to say). > > A few days later I was pulling into the parking lot of the local supermarket > when a group of youngsters got all excited. One of them yelled, "How old is > it" (the car or me???)? All I could think to say was, "A lot oldern you!) Then > I did the complex mathematical calculations and told him "26 years". > > Now, let me assure you that, as wistfully as I wish, my T3 is not awesome. Howsoever, > it occurs to me that (a) many kids today have never seen a SQBK, because (b) there > ain't any in town besides mine. God, who woulda ever believed that someday something > as common as a VW would be regarded as an "awesome" piece of automotive machinery! > What next will be admired...toothbrushes? > > Phil > dillard@suu.edu > > I had some kids tell me that they didn't know they made station wagons that long ago! Tom