

| Subject: | Re: Big Valves for me? |
| From: | Mike Miller |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:57:37 -0700 |
Rotf, lmao. Mike On 4/24/03 6:02 PM, "Will Morris" <wjm6@CORNELL.EDU> wrote: > Note to listservers.... > > So my husband read aloud the fiance/Karmann Ghia/big valve story to me... > > Ya'll out there are bad people. Bad people who my husband continually > refers to when he tells me "see, it could be worse". (Like the dude who was > washing parts in the wife's dishwasher.) William was smart enough to not > venture past the bathtub- and frankly I think that was a bit of a ruse to > get me to wholeheartedly endorse the purchase of a parts washer- yes I > drove 30 miles and picked it up myself. > > This is probably the wrong place to share my "poor wife feelings"- but > somebody out there has to have some sympathy when the guest bedroom for the > in-laws (meaning MY mother) is half full of toolboxes and cartons of > "genuine German oil filters" bought on ebay. > > The man only had one small toolbox when I married him- so noone can say "I > should have known what I was getting". Oh- and I almost forgot to mention- > has anyone else had the Snap-On company offer to come by their house with > the truck???????? Anyone have any idea how many tools you have to buy > before Snap-On DELIVERS??? > > -luv... > > liz butler > > > >> So my fiance' (the same one who i bought the '65 >> karmann ghia with as a "bonding" project car) and i >> are getting into the swing of shared finances. This >> morning i asked her for approval for the first time on >> a significant purchase - a set of big valve heads for >> the wbx i am rebuilding. >> >> "Do you need them"? >> well, no... it really is more a matter of want. >> >> "Can you afford them?" >> well... kinda >> >> "Will they make your life better in some way?" >> well... maybe >> >> "So if you had to accellerate really fast to avoid >> some SOB in an SUV with a cell phone, you'd be safe?" >> well... yeah >> >> "Get 'em!" >> >> Rock on... i'm going to like being married! :-) Big >> valves it is for me and my van. 2325 displacement >> with big valves. Should be a good time. >> >> Just thought i would share that with the list :-) >> >> -Damon >> >> ===== >> '84 Westy (Sparky) >> '65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma) >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo >> http://search.yahoo.com >
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