Just was I was thinking. JC On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 5:15 AM, <STILLFRANKSFAULT@xxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > Cort you have had the cars for a long time, and not everyone has the > ability to keep and store a fleet of cars. Be happy in the thoughts and > good times they brought. > After all it is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at > all. > > Smokey Mt Frank > > In a message dated 7/25/2012 1:52:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > faithcubsmc2691@xxxxxxx writes: > > "I'm walking down the lonely street of dreams" __ Whitesnake __ 'Here I Go > Again On My Own' > > > I never thought I'd say or type these words... > "My Monte Carlos are sold." > > That is, they'll be gone by the end of this weekend (last of July 2012), > unless a "miracle" happens yet this week (don't see that being the case). > > > I wouldn't have believed it if someone had told me while I was on my 2011 > 9,000+ mile road trip that, in the next 12+ months, I'd... > ...have my 4th open heart surgery 11/11/2011 (will have another CT scan in > mid-August) > ...lose my job less than 3 weeks after returning to full-time (still > searching) > ...attend the 2012 MC Nationals & be hospitalized w/pneumonia 6 hours > after returning home (still on medication) > ...& be "monte less" (due to medical bills, etc.; my cars are considered > "assets").... > > But, all of that has/is happening. So, with my MCs gone, it is time to > stop prolonging the inevitable & say goodbye. > > > A few weeks ago, I happened to see the series finale of "Frasier", the > popular "Cheers" spin-off. At the end of the episode, Frasier quotes a > shortened version of Alfred Lord Tennyson's "Ulysses": > "It may be that the gulfs will wash us down; > It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, > And though we are not now that strength which in old days > Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are— > Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will; > To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." > > After reciting the poem, Frasier remarks: > "I’ve been thinking about that poem a lot lately, & I think what it says > is that, while it’s tempting to play it safe, the more we’re willing to > risk, the more alive we are. In the end, what we regret most are the > chances we never took." > > > I've taken chances & let chances slip away. Since I'll be "free-er", > maybe it's time to take a few more chances. Saying goodbye is one; life > has a way of changing us in ways we never expect. While I am very unhappy > right now, perhaps my MCs are better off with new owners. Maybe I'm better > off, too; after all, my rear-wheel-drive-only-nameplate Caprice Classic > (1979 sedan) remains with me. > > > "Another dream that ended way too soon" __ Restless Heart __ 'The Bluest > Eyes In Texas' > > > It has been a great run, though, owning 5 MCs for 9 years, 1 for ~20 > years. I've met many of you in person via my road trips, cruise nights, > events & car shows, including the 2008 MidSummer Chitown Gathering, which > set a record of 65 people & is the ONLY gathering/event that ALL of my MCs > attended together: > http://pics.projectmonte.com/album/12498 > > > "This is just a stop on the way to where I'm going" __ Carrie Underwood __ > 'Temporary Home' > > > Since I'll no longer visit here regularly, if you want to keep in contact, > please do via my... > > ...website: > http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort/ > > ...recently-reactivated Facebook: > https://www.facebook.com/knightcaprice269177989 > > ...EM & PH#: > faithcubsmc2691 > @ > aol.com > > 847- > 337- > 9897 > > ...Roads'n'Wheels/Caprice Classic Forum: > http://rdwhl-capriceclassic.proboards.com/ > > > For now, I will continue to own the 3rd generation MC board... > http://thirdgenmontes.proboards.com/index.cgi? > > ...& run the 6th generation MC group... > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/y2kmontecarloclub/ > > ...though, if anyone is interested in taking them over, please let me know. > > > I think that's it. I'd like to share more, but this post would be too > long. Perhaps it IS too long for "goodbye". As a famous sportscaster said > at the end of every baseball telecast, "So long, everybody!" > > > > Cort | 38.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | "only child" 1979 > Caprice Classic > CHD.CC + RoadTrips.hobbies.RadioShows.us66 = > http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort > "I hope life will treat you kind" __ Dolly Parton __ 'I Will Always Love > You' > >