[elky] Re: Cars Sold; Goodbye Time
- From: John Christensen <johncgg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:25:56 -0500
Yes, you will be automatically re-subscribed. Ground hog day for you buddy!
JC
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> you can't leave the list!
>
> no, just not gonna happen.
>
> so there.
>
> it's decided - you're staying.
>
> Mary
>
> "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'
>
>
>
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