Comments on: The Bean in the Seat http://www.sporksforall.com/2009/05/10/the-bean-in-the-seat/ Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Teresa http://www.sporksforall.com/2009/05/10/the-bean-in-the-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-4265 Teresa Sat, 30 May 2009 20:34:26 +0000 http://www.sporksforall.com/?p=490#comment-4265 My parents, they of the check-writing, urinating Lulu dog, had Beetles, followed by a Corvair (the "Unsafe at any Speed" car), and several Dodges (a Dart, a Charger, etc.) before they entered their Toyoya truck epoch—and slightly later, a Datsun/Nissan Z phase. As for on-board navigation, it was all about Thompson Guides, which also left us in the lurch when developments were newer than the date of publication, though in that case you didn't find yourself in gray territory, but rather furiously flipping through the book, certain that you must be missing the correct page. Not sure which is more unsettling… My parents, they of the check-writing, urinating Lulu dog, had Beetles, followed by a Corvair (the “Unsafe at any Speed” car), and several Dodges (a Dart, a Charger, etc.) before they entered their Toyoya truck epoch—and slightly later, a Datsun/Nissan Z phase. As for on-board navigation, it was all about Thompson Guides, which also left us in the lurch when developments were newer than the date of publication, though in that case you didn’t find yourself in gray territory, but rather furiously flipping through the book, certain that you must be missing the correct page. Not sure which is more unsettling…

]]> By: PixieFlute http://www.sporksforall.com/2009/05/10/the-bean-in-the-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 PixieFlute Mon, 25 May 2009 23:23:08 +0000 http://www.sporksforall.com/?p=490#comment-4127 I remember the Citation. My parents had one and what a lemon it was. My mother prayed all the way to the dealer on the day we were trading it in, which wasn't that long after they bought it, considering they usually ran cars into the ground. I remember the Citation. My parents had one and what a lemon it was. My mother prayed all the way to the dealer on the day we were trading it in, which wasn’t that long after they bought it, considering they usually ran cars into the ground.

]]> By: Sporks http://www.sporksforall.com/2009/05/10/the-bean-in-the-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-3739 Sporks Mon, 11 May 2009 20:09:04 +0000 http://www.sporksforall.com/?p=490#comment-3739 If only I had known you then, weese. Pray tell me how you'd approach it? S, your aunt cars sound fab. If only I had known you then, weese. Pray tell me how you’d approach it?

S, your aunt cars sound fab.

]]> By: weese http://www.sporksforall.com/2009/05/10/the-bean-in-the-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-3737 weese Mon, 11 May 2009 19:54:16 +0000 http://www.sporksforall.com/?p=490#comment-3737 i can get the bean out. i can get the bean out.

]]> By: sandra http://www.sporksforall.com/2009/05/10/the-bean-in-the-seat/comment-page-1/#comment-3736 sandra Mon, 11 May 2009 18:36:40 +0000 http://www.sporksforall.com/?p=490#comment-3736 ooh, my first car (that I drove) was a 1970 toyota corona. We also had an AMC of some sort, so I'll share responsibility for their downfall with you. Other improbable cars I'm wistful for: - my parents purple (yes, purple) pontiac bonneville - my second car (also inherited from the same aunt I bought the corona from), an enormous oldsmobile with a v8 that I don't remember the model of. drove like it was floating on a cloud of butter. "oh I got me a car, it seats about 20, so c'mon and bring your jukebox money!" ooh, my first car (that I drove) was a 1970 toyota corona. We also had an AMC of some sort, so I’ll share responsibility for their downfall with you. Other improbable cars I’m wistful for:
- my parents purple (yes, purple) pontiac bonneville
- my second car (also inherited from the same aunt I bought the corona from), an enormous oldsmobile with a v8 that I don’t remember the model of. drove like it was floating on a cloud of butter. “oh I got me a car, it seats about 20, so c’mon and bring your jukebox money!”

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