tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post3279931033309384567..comments2024-03-25T21:54:29.130-07:00Comments on FocusingOnLife: NostalgiaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-12395910053595991412012-05-23T15:34:23.519-07:002012-05-23T15:34:23.519-07:00Thanks to Carol, I found my '54 Chevy in Googl...Thanks to Carol, I found my '54 Chevy in Google Images and posted it to the Flickr group! Thanks, Carol!terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-54634918882793472562012-05-23T14:41:46.457-07:002012-05-23T14:41:46.457-07:00Did your boyfriends father ever figure it out? Lol...Did your boyfriends father ever figure it out? Lol<br />Btw, this post is so funny. I can't believe they had your car ( and also that we are the antiques!)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433584313253805817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-86125131997065080642012-05-23T11:12:12.259-07:002012-05-23T11:12:12.259-07:00Now that you say this Linda, I don't think my ...Now that you say this Linda, I don't think my Green beetle had AC either. :)Claudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061773932119197157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-22503106375357048982012-05-23T11:11:26.668-07:002012-05-23T11:11:26.668-07:00Ohhh Carol, now you have me remembering the first ...Ohhh Carol, now you have me remembering the first time I took my dad's car out for the Sady Hawkins night out. I backed into my boyfriends dads car and LEFT!! I didnt know I shouldve told his dad, I was just afraid that my dad would kill me. He didnt of course, saying he was glad I was ok... but the next morning in the light of day, he was not happy after seeing the damage. Ugggh. Oh silly girl I was. No wonder he never asked me out again! LOLClaudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06061773932119197157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-41534409447830009852012-05-23T10:02:58.134-07:002012-05-23T10:02:58.134-07:00Your post as well as these stories bring back so m...Your post as well as these stories bring back so many memories! I made it through high school without a car (and felt very deprived!) When I needed a car for college, I wanted a '55 or '56 Chevy but all we could find in our price range was a '54. Totally different body style and I wasn't thrilled but that little car served me well and I grew to love her. Unfortunately, I left the keys in her one night and she was stolen. The thieves blew out her engine in a police chase and I was so sad! Wish I had a photo of her to post. I remember every car I've ever had. And it is funny that we are now the ones talking about the "good old days"!terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-41225885246184484232012-05-23T07:56:04.974-07:002012-05-23T07:56:04.974-07:00Carol, what a good laugh this gave me (and not at ...Carol, what a good laugh this gave me (and not at your expense, I promise!) Thanks for sharing this.terriporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333055591899961253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-47791983282406430612012-05-23T07:53:32.743-07:002012-05-23T07:53:32.743-07:00Such fun stories from Carol and Linda! As a teenag...Such fun stories from Carol and Linda! As a teenager, I didn't own a car but when I met my husband, he owned an old Buick of some sort that he christened "The Blue Goose". Oh, my! I can't remember all the warts that car had but I do remember that when it rained he had to plug a hole in the floorboard with a rag so the wet streets wouldn't splash on the front seat occupants. Toward "the end" (he thought of this car as a person!), he had to set the alarm for 2 or 3 A.M. to take the car out for a drive on a highway so that it would start in the morning.<br /><br />Two months before our wedding, we traded in the Blue Goose on a blue and white 1968 (or thereabouts) Olds Cutlass. We thought we were uptown. However, the car had one feature the salesman didn't tell us about(if he knew): sugar in the gas tank. For two newlyweds the several hundred dollar repair job was daunting especially since my new husband was still in graduate school. We weathered the storm and the car served us well. I'm happy to report that our transportation only improved from that time forward.<br /><br />xo<br />DottiDottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811399388989716265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-1534229654813784512012-05-23T07:39:47.046-07:002012-05-23T07:39:47.046-07:00I remember my first car, I bought with my own mone...I remember my first car, I bought with my own money and had my first loan on it! $60 a month! That was a lot of money back in 1973! It was a stick too and I didn't know how to drive it, my dad took me out to the wide open spaces to learn to drive it and in Albuquerque that means sand! Lots of herky-jerky killing the engine! But I learned! I had that car when I got married and moved to Texas. The car had no A/C! something you really need in Texas! But it was paid for and we were poor! We brought our first child home from the hospital in that car! <br /><br />Thanks for the memories!<br /><br />xo,<br />LindaLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04344086795897680409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7068408751309289035.post-25499578396468915452012-05-23T04:14:28.350-07:002012-05-23T04:14:28.350-07:00Oh Claudia, do I have a story for you!!! When I w...Oh Claudia, do I have a story for you!!! When I was a senior in high school, my boyfriend spent the entire year rebuilding his little MGB. The grill on the front represented an entire summer's work. <br />He decided to teach me how to drive the stick in my parents' driveway,where my father's trailered boat was parked.<br />......Yes, you guessed it! I slammed my boyfriend's car into my father' s boat! Two nice head light sized holes in the bow, and no more grill! It was not one of my most popular days..... That was the longest walk into the house I ever made!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05433584313253805817noreply@blogger.com