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72 catalina, my pops had a 72 ventura, what I remember was how cold the AC got the car and how enormous the back seat was. Never had a chance to drive it. His next car was a vega, fiasco.
Now I understand, legion. Your father burned your artwork when you were a child and this permanently traumatized you. Sad. Very sad. My childhood trauma was watching my twin sister accidentally step on our parakeet.
In kindergarden, I once had an art project where we took a plain brown paper bag and tied strings to it for hanging.
On the paper bag we drew something relating to the popular phrase ; “don’t be a litterbug”. The idea was to have a “trash bag” for litter around the house.
so I drew an insect with all kinds of trash around it and proudly gave it to my father who was a smoker at the time, like everyone else.
…next day my mother tells me that my father who proudly placed the paper trash receptacle in his 1972 Catalina, nearly drove off the road when ash from his cigarette ignited the “don’t be a litterbug” art project in the front passenger seat. Apparently he had to throw a cup of coffee on the blaze next to him to keep from becoming a newspaper headline.
…well, the kindergarden teacher never said anything about being a firebug.
legion- aries- I’m on the cusp. So you see, Goat Boy and I have this Russian Jewish Mongolian farm animal thing going on 🙂 (another reason why he should get me that expresso machine!)
72 catalina, my pops had a 72 ventura, what I remember was how cold the AC got the car and how enormous the back seat was. Never had a chance to drive it. His next car was a vega, fiasco.
Just came out of a really informative meeting with the German marketing peeps!
Posted by: gemini10 at February 24, 2010 3:37 PM
I hope you didn’t mention the war.
Now I understand, legion. Your father burned your artwork when you were a child and this permanently traumatized you. Sad. Very sad. My childhood trauma was watching my twin sister accidentally step on our parakeet.
Thanx ENY. THL was originally supposed to have her babe on my birthday but it seems its now pushed back a few days. Would have been a lovely present.
How can someone not think David Bromstad is gay!!!!!!
DIBS;
I’m still in NY. I’m leaving on Saturday, but am taking a couple of days off to take care of personal matters.
I am a gemini (obviously!)
with Cancer Moon and Virgo rising!
Just came out of a really informative meeting with the German marketing peeps!
…funny, random story about “litterbugs”
In kindergarden, I once had an art project where we took a plain brown paper bag and tied strings to it for hanging.
On the paper bag we drew something relating to the popular phrase ; “don’t be a litterbug”. The idea was to have a “trash bag” for litter around the house.
so I drew an insect with all kinds of trash around it and proudly gave it to my father who was a smoker at the time, like everyone else.
…next day my mother tells me that my father who proudly placed the paper trash receptacle in his 1972 Catalina, nearly drove off the road when ash from his cigarette ignited the “don’t be a litterbug” art project in the front passenger seat. Apparently he had to throw a cup of coffee on the blaze next to him to keep from becoming a newspaper headline.
…well, the kindergarden teacher never said anything about being a firebug.
legion- aries- I’m on the cusp. So you see, Goat Boy and I have this Russian Jewish Mongolian farm animal thing going on 🙂 (another reason why he should get me that expresso machine!)