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<x-charset iso-8859-1>From: "Type 3 Junkie" <quick_fasty@hotmail.com>
> Since there are quite a few islands dotting the puget sound (upper WA)
> I hear of a lot of cars that lived most all their lives there.
> I really cant say why there seem to be so many t3 (mostly squares) in
> Washington, but they also seem to have more than their fair shares of
> Notches.
> This would make sense, since the border is within a few hours of Seattle.
> Portland seems to have a few interesting notches here also...
Ugh, I'm getting homesick. Sadly, I recently left the Seattle area, and
without my baby - still in pieces - long story, check the website, 9 months
and no progress. You hit me right in the numbers, though: lived on Whidbey
Island, drove a Notchback, but unlike most, mine did not come from Canada.
It's birth certificate says Nicaragua of all places!
<ramble><sob>
For years, my Notch has been nameless - It never spoke to me with
personality. But today, while reminiscing (okay, sobbing) about being
separated from it these past two weeks, suddenly, I felt compelled to refer
to it by name. I mean, I've talked to it before, but it was usually
something like, "Come on, baby, start ...please..." or " Whoa! what was
that noise?!" or "Son of a!!" So I take this hour-long detour to about
8 baby name sites, looking for a short N name, preferably German.
Basically, it's either Nadja or Niklaus, and I don't really care for either
one. Then the dilemma sets in: my car feels masculine to me - drives like
a guy, sounds like a guy, but I sweet-talk it like a chick and every 'it'
here has almost come out 'she' or 'her'. So anyway, as I was perusing the
N's at one of the sites, I found "Nanashi." And although it is Japanese, it
fits in a number of ways: starts with N, is neither masculine nor feminine,
and get this: means "without name." Also, aside from the requisite
grocery-getter my wife picked out, it is the first car I bought after
returning from a three-year tour of duty in, you guessed it, Japan. Okay,
so after all of that, it _sounds_ like a cool name, but I can't see myself
saying, "Yeah, I'll be driving Nanashi to Parma in August." or "Gotta get
out and wash Nanashi while it's still daylight." {oh it's pronounced like
na-na-she, not nuh-NASH-ee. With very few exceptions, Japanese syllables go
consonant-vowel, consonant-vowel. And when they say an American word that
ends in a consonant, it is natural for them to add an 'uh' to the end. Just
watch MadTV to see what I mean.} Man I am really rambling. I really miss
my baby. !!LIGHTBULB!! I do kinda like Nana - the one that's short for
Grandma. I never had a Nana...
</sob></ramble>
unresolved,
Freddie Lochner
69 Notch (nameless)
http://devoted.to/my69notch
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