Jeepers, no. Our car would have been something along the lines of a ten year-old Ford or Chevy. My dad was just a middle-level kinda drone working for a title company. He and Mom probably bought that cooler from a friend, or from Sears after much discussion and calculating of the household budget on a big heavy electromechnical ten key calculator borrowed from the office. Trust me -- my strangeness is earned, not because my parents were rich. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano KG6RCR On 7/5/2007 2:46 PM pete wrote: > Rocket J said > > "bomb-shaped evaporative cooler mounted above Mom's door". > > I knew there was something strange about you Mike - you were one of those rich kids. I only saw those tube coolers on Cads and Packards going cross country circa 1950. > |
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