Re: [Amc-list] TOTO?...and a tirade against 'Old Cars' (*which 'noone should have'*)

["Jerijan" <jerijan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, Lad,
I can make another suggestion for 'respite'...
Starting Monday AM (actually Sunday, PM) I got the 'thing thats going 
around' (whatever that is...)
Seems it's a virus.
Seems I've met that critter before (because now that I'm thru the third 
day--it lasts at its worst for three days--I recognize the fact this I've 
done before.
Point?
The Virus made me feel SOOOOOOO bad I forgot all about all my other troubles 
(almost anyway)...The 'fluey' achey so pervasive that, well, I could not 
tell the old from the new!
You know the old story, 'shoot yourself in the foot...it will make your 
headache go away'.
I DO NOT reccommend this virus as a 'cure all' for backache (it only lasts 3 
days??), but one thing IS for sure...I'm happy to have 'only' my 'regular' 
problems back and get out of woods with this evil 'whatever it is thats 
going around'...
Sheeeeesh!

Anyone interested in the fleet offerings??
I'm being run out of town on a rail (Bennington, Vermont, home of Hemmings 
and THE Bennington Car Show and they (CERTAIN, not all) officials think 
'noone should have old cars' (DUH!  What anii (is that the pleural of anus?) 
they are...When I said to the town's building inspector 'what would Terry 
Erich (an A+ Citizen in all respects) say about that?', his reply, short but 
not sweet, 'He is dead...it does not matter'.  That gives rise to making me 
think of another description for him, the last syllable is 'koff'...
Thus, with much chagrin, I'm leaving Bennington for more friendly environs 
for myself and the remainder of my 'fleet' (which shall be seriously 
diminished to a manageable 'able to count on one hand')...
I Love this town, this part of NewEngland which is land of my birth and 
'home' in both reality and my heart...but the 'zonies' (those who can 
declare land use at their own discretion) have given me sufficient pause to 
decide I don't need this garbage...
Example: They have declared as 'junk' "any vehicle which is disabled, 
unregistered or uninspected (and thus insured)" regardless of the reason why 
(say you hve a '55 Packard and need a part you cannot locate within the 30 
days they give you. You thus violate their zoning regulations such that you 
can be fined $100 per diem.  You must either garage that vehicle (what if 
you've no garage?) or get rid of it.  (rid of it?  Hello!  Indeed.)  This 
car, with 69,000 miles, a hugely expensive paint job, new tires and brakes, 
etc, etc is JUNK??  Whereever do they get off with that?
Here is my reccomendation (and I shall follow this with MUCH regret: Boycott 
ANY and ALL antique/classic Automobile functions which associate with 
Bennington...PERIOD.  That is Hemmings 'cruise in's, the Bennington Car 
Show, and any other.  And spread the word, but above all, make it clearly 
know why you are so doing.  (Bennington is UNFRIENDLY to old cars...PERIOD. 
Bring your money, leave your 'junker' at home (because, as Mr Monk advised 
me, NOONE NEEDS AN OLD CAR))).
I shall be out of Bennington by the second week following the show, but 
shall return to 'clean up' in a number of trips.
Bennington being 'old car friendly' (as claimed by whomever) is patently a 
fraud.  The 'law' that a vehicle must be inspected is a malicious endeavor 
by the town specifically aimed at Jerijan personally (true, this isn't a 
paranoid delusion; the building inspector's assistant told me that that 
regulation is called the 'Jerijan Law'.  I can't begin to guess why (NOT!). 
It has to do with what is known as NIMBY effect...Old Cars are fine...but 
the process which restores them is 'not for us'.
If anyone wishes, I'll provide full details of these troubles with details, 
names, and dates because I know full well that other little burgs out there 
in NeverNeverland do the very same thing.  I know what a junkyard is.  I 
know what junk cars are.  A car with a cracked windshield or bad trunnion or 
broken taillight lens (far fetched??) which cannot pass inspection within 30 
days is Junk.  I'd say "I'm sorry, but I cannot believe that", but truth be 
told, I am NOT sorry.  What is sorry is the state of the hobby when this 
crap...whether these officials are well intentioned or malicious 
notwithstanding...is allowed to stand.  What becomes of all the restorable 
cars out there when towns like this one disallow parts cars (remember their 
presense is prohibited unless in a garage...you cannot cover them (also a 
Jerijan Rule), you cannot put them into temporary shelter, etc..)  No parts 
cars, no parts.  That makes the restorable car A PARTS CAR as well (since it 
cannot be repaired).  Since parts cars are disallowed, POOF...that one is 
gone too.  Soon...NO restorable cars left, and attrition makes a car show 
just photos in a history book.
Who out there in AMC-Land is ready for that?
Keep this in mind:
United we Stand.  Divided We Fall.

And on that  note, Folks.  Have a real good night and a better tomorrow.

Oh, yeah.  Keep smiling, but keep the Keys to those junkers locked up.  Your 
town wants you to 'clean up' (*is that sponsored by your Chevy or Toyota or 
Subooboo or Bimmer dealer..or whatever??)

Jerijan




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] TOTO?


> Oh, the respite lasted all of two hours this morning!
> I got up and actualy felt decent!
> I even went to work early my back was only mildly sore and my shoulder 
> so-so.
> Great I thought it's all doing better for a bit, but short lived it was as 
> all day long my shoulder pain has increased, burning, numbness etc; till 
> all I wanted to do was get home and take something. Then my wife told me 
> we had open house at the kids school, which I blew off, now I'm dead meat! 
> She'll hold that against me for days/weeks, etc;
>
> Joy!
>
> At least I've got Thursday to look forward too!
>
> Please let this work!
>
> --
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> " I was different before people dared to be different"
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Jerijan" <jerijan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> I, too, got an appointment for another 'facet injection'; however, 
>> because
>> they'd find out the truth anyway, I had to call and cancel it..
>> (they called me this AM, and in the 'fog of virus', I took a cancellation
>> for tomorrow at 13:00 (1PM).  Then I went to my regular Doc's (because I
>> woke up swimming in sweat, last night had near 103 temp and feel way 
>> beyond
>> 'like crap' (word changed to clean this up)....they explained that the 3
>> hour ride to Burlington (and 3 hours home) would be wasted since they 
>> will
>> NOT inject if you are sick...
>> Oh, Well...
>> But!~
>> I called 'em back and got 'squeezed in' for Friday the 14th (Bennington 
>> Car
>> Show Start Day...Oh, Well, we all have to make choices, I guess)..
>> So by Saturday I should be ready to kick some Gas (ok, I changed that 
>> word
>> too)..Yea Team!!
>> I will be abandoning Vermont following the Bennington Car Show...
>> Until further notice I'll be a Virginian (in Palmyra, perhaps 20 miles or 
>> so
>> from Charlottesville)...
>> So, if anyone has a 195.6 decent engine proximate to my next (temporary)
>> home, I should be able to collect it when I get there...I'm willing to 
>> drive
>> to fetch it...but reasonable distance (under a million miles)...
>>
>> WRambler242...Keep in mind that chasing Toto may preclude you to get 
>> bitten
>> right in your, ummm, donkey...*hehehehe*
>> However...
>> Good for you--no..GREAT for you..--having a 'respite'.  I KNOW all about
>> those...don't forget to Nod-To-Your-God and say, 'Thank You'...The 
>> respites
>> provide 'Hope', and it's that hope which allows one to progress one day 
>> to
>> the next.  Seems 'God' knows when 'the end of my rope' has been reached 
>> and
>> hopelessness is about to ensue...I get 'time off' which makes me realize
>> 'this too shall end', and I'm re-resolved to fight onward until the 
>> Respite
>> is the norm and the norm thus becomes History.
>> Yup.
>> Soon Enough, I hope.
>>
>> Jerijan
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "AMC List" <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:04 AM
>> Subject: [Amc-list] TOTO?
>>
>>
>> > Maybe it's not the Emerald city, but I'm chasing toto!
>> > I finally have the appt for the epidural injection.
>> > I'm thinknig I'll ask them to just shoot in some Omega3!
>> > No, seriously, This is one more step to knowing what the source of this
>> > misery is.
>> > I hope...
>> > I actually had a good couple of hours this morning, a rare event.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Mark Price
>> > Morgantown, WV
>> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
>> > " I was different before people dared to be different"
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