If you had a few parts cars sitting in the pasture, you'd have a place to
hide if you were overwhelmed by those wiley coyotes...Think she'll buy it?
~dave
On Thu, 30 May 2002, Bob Oswald wrote:
> To Marty Stewart <moopar2ya2@xxxxxxxxx> who wrote in reply to : Used car
> buying checklist
> >.....The only thing I would add would be ....... a list of pathetic
> excuses to ones spouse (and self) rationalizing the purchase of yet another
> old car.<
> This reminds me of when we moved to the country and I wanted a gun, but my
> wife is very anti-gun. As luck would have it, stray dogs killed several
> sheep on our neighbor's farm a couple of weeks after we moved in, and this
> worried my wife since we had sheep of our own. So I was allowed to get an
> old Winchester 94 for this. But then I persuaded her that this was too
> inaccurate at distance, so I was allowed to buy a rifle with a scope. Then
> I persuaded her there might be a night attack and that a shotgun would be
> the best thing for blasting away in the dark. Then I realised that the
> scope rifle I had was a little lightweight for a big coyote, so a .bigger
> rifle followed, but if there was a pack of 'em I'd need more firepower, so
> a semi auto and 30 shot clip was acquired, and of course we all know that
> humanity requires that an animal be put out of its misery, so I had to get
> an automatic pistol. However, I soon found out that automatics have a
> tendency to jam, and a more reliable revolver followed. I think my wife
> has lost count now, although the .50 cal. Boyes anti-tank gun that I fancy
> might be a little obtrusive, and I'd better wait a while before I risk it.
> But I'm definitely in need of a few good excuses for buying more cars,
> especially since gasoline is cheaper than cartridges (hey, maybe that's
> one excuse!)
> Bob O.
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