Random thought...

While sitting at a stop light, waiting an excruciatingly long time, I noticed a late 70's corvette stingray for sale. nice ride. it was definitely one of my favorite cars growing up. the lines and style were nearly untouchable. then i got to thinking why i liked it so much. what the underlying reason was.

sometimes i like something because of past experience/ownership. doesn't apply here.
sometimes, because it's rare. somewhat applies.
sometimes, because of the quirks. applies.
so what's the quirk, you ask? well, something kinda silly.

i've realized our family, wherever we were along the way, almost always owned at least one older car. don't get me wrong, it's not that we never wanted a new car, it's because we couldn't "get" one... perhaps it was the threat of young children that kept my parents away from the dealership. perhaps it was the dog that was always being toted that threatened the interior. or perhaps my parents just didn't want debt... (good reason, by the way).... whatever the reason, i appreciate older cars that much more. (by the way, since scott moved out, there have been 2 new vehicle purchases, so #1 is looking like the culprit)

i digress.

well, with older cars comes older technology. remember, back in the day, when one of life's lessons (which doesn't have to be emphasized as much, anymore) was to keep the little fingers clear of the door being shut?
that lesson was one i learned to fear and respect at a YOUNG age. those doors were HEAVY, and could take off a child's fingers relatively quickly. i can count the number of times my fingers have been caught someplace they shouldn't have been, on... well, one hand :)

having been part of my parents' ownership of various pickup trucks, a monte carlo, an old stationwagon (wasn't it an LTD, dad?), a 70's blazer, and 2 late 70's mercedes diesels, i have been exposed to and learned to LOVE a loud, solid click of a door being slammed shut.

you see, back in those days, the technology afforded heavy duty latches for well-made vehicles. with heavy duty latches, slamming a door shut sometimes was the only way to completely close a door...... i appreciate a good "click" in a heavy door. i think Abbie does, too... she likes to slam our 4runner's doors... (I keep trying to tell her it's a Japanese vehicle, with light doors).
:)

so...
i saw that stingray and knew it had those heavy doors... i thought about running over to it to slam the doors, but the light turned green.



while we're reminiscing, i'll leave you with a common phrase that was part of my childhood...
"money doesn't grow on trees"... boy, that phrase makes MUCH more sense now that i've got to do the "growing". :)

THANK YOU MOM AND DAD! us kids never realized what we had! (p.s. can we come over for dinner? laundry? do you still have cable?, etc...)