Re: [T3] bling bling

[Parker-Durost <ginpete@xprt.net>]

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This was trip down memory lane! I read one of my first posts in April 
'97, titled "*!%$~! Brakes...".  I remember laying in the street for 
days on that one.  I also found this classic Toby gem (below), luckily I 
think he's discovered girls since then.  (and I got a garage!). 

Peter Parker
'66 Square; Phillip
Portland, OR

Toby Erkson wrote:
>
> Non-Vee Dub people I talk to laugh or roll their eyes at me as well. They
> will ask me, "Why do you bother keeping that alive? Why don't you 
sell it?
> You've put enough money in it to buy a fat Neon or tricked Honda (Ed.
> note: true!). Why??" What do I tell 'em? "Hey, if you have to ask, I
> can't explain it to you."
>
> It is a passion. To the crude, unthinking questioner it can be best
> explained as a hobby. That's the closest someone will come to
> understanding us. But we know the feeling more as a passionate, fiery 
love
> that doesn't lose it's glow over time but actually grows hotter, 
brighter,
> deeper. It's true love; it's what romance novels are based upon. How can
> someone explain this to another?


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