In a very rat-rod type of way along with the gear shifter extender, chrome moonies and rings, El guapo sports Chris on his dashboard and real Saint or not he will continue to take trips on the that brick. Very funny response to the initial posting.......Oh and in late memorial day fashion, something tells me that those medals of St. Christopher used by many of the paratroopers I knew are still making the rounds. Every little bit helps. Tony On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>wrote: > "he was de-canonized a while back. so all those old medals on the > dashboards are kinda ... > well ... fake? now" > > Not at all. I have a clip-on Mr. Christopher medal that used to grace the > visor of our '57 Ford (he was still a saint in those days). No more fake > than a Franklin Mint memorial casting of some sort. Author Tom Robbins had > a memorable line about him and his demotion: "..patron saint of cruise ship > Casanovas, astronauts and six-day bicycle racers." > > Lots of things are being demoted/downsized/de-canonized these days. We > bought our Westy during the week that Pluto was in the news for being > de-planeted and Pluto was one of the names in consideration due to its > timeliness. > > Stephen > > -- > 82 Scirocco "Rodolfo" > 85 Vanagon "Blubrik, El Guapo" > |
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