I got a new Lightning. A Christmas Story
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12-22-1999, 07:58 PM
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I got a new Lightning. A Christmas Story
I'll try to make this as short as possible.
As mentioned on other threads on this forum, I am blessed with a great wife. She is totally supportive of my spending 80 hours a week building up our HobbyTown USA and trying to live a life outside of that with my Lightning.
But, a Lightning is to drive, and I still spend a lot of time at home on the net and on the phone doing "business" and on this board. Over the past three years, we lost two dogs to age and one cat to the Coyotes, yes Coyotes, that have migrated to Georgia.
No Pets, and I have had them since childhood.
I asked Pat to get me either a Ferett (SP?) or a Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig for a Christmas present. She did not like either alternative.
Last night, I arrived late at home and Pat said "I have your pet". Said pet was a "Ragdoll" cat, 10 weeks old. According to Pat, this is a fairly new breed, 12 years or so, that grows up to be around 25 pounds and is almost like a dog in it's intelligence and general behavior. I'd never heard of the name or the breed, but let me tell you, this is a cat with an attitude and a ball to be with.
The cat has "points" on each paw and the tail, and in my case they were black. I thought, four tires and a rear bumper accent in black, and with his attitude, I named him Lightning.
Pat mentioned casually, that they "had one more left from the litter and Lightning might be lonely". Today, the breeder delivered Lightnings's brother to our shop as a Christmas present for Pat.
I am sitting in my home office at this moment watching the battle of the titans between these two guys as to who can get the most of my attention. Never in my life have I have seen two cats like this. Took over the house in a couple of hours.
BTW, the name of Lightnings brother................Thunder.
PS: Damn cats cost as much as a Superchip and Sal's filter combined each!@!
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Bill Murray
99.5 Lightning
Oxford White
Bedrug/ARE LSII lid
Tow Package CD Player
Superchip
HobbyTownUSA Graphics
Identical 1/10 Scale Tamiya RC Truck incl. graphics.
Truck interest e-mail:
fastwhitey@myf150.com
4 heavy decals!
Kennesaw (Atlanta) Ga.
As mentioned on other threads on this forum, I am blessed with a great wife. She is totally supportive of my spending 80 hours a week building up our HobbyTown USA and trying to live a life outside of that with my Lightning.
But, a Lightning is to drive, and I still spend a lot of time at home on the net and on the phone doing "business" and on this board. Over the past three years, we lost two dogs to age and one cat to the Coyotes, yes Coyotes, that have migrated to Georgia.
No Pets, and I have had them since childhood.
I asked Pat to get me either a Ferett (SP?) or a Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig for a Christmas present. She did not like either alternative.
Last night, I arrived late at home and Pat said "I have your pet". Said pet was a "Ragdoll" cat, 10 weeks old. According to Pat, this is a fairly new breed, 12 years or so, that grows up to be around 25 pounds and is almost like a dog in it's intelligence and general behavior. I'd never heard of the name or the breed, but let me tell you, this is a cat with an attitude and a ball to be with.
The cat has "points" on each paw and the tail, and in my case they were black. I thought, four tires and a rear bumper accent in black, and with his attitude, I named him Lightning.
Pat mentioned casually, that they "had one more left from the litter and Lightning might be lonely". Today, the breeder delivered Lightnings's brother to our shop as a Christmas present for Pat.
I am sitting in my home office at this moment watching the battle of the titans between these two guys as to who can get the most of my attention. Never in my life have I have seen two cats like this. Took over the house in a couple of hours.
BTW, the name of Lightnings brother................Thunder.
PS: Damn cats cost as much as a Superchip and Sal's filter combined each!@!
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Bill Murray
99.5 Lightning
Oxford White
Bedrug/ARE LSII lid
Tow Package CD Player
Superchip
HobbyTownUSA Graphics
Identical 1/10 Scale Tamiya RC Truck incl. graphics.
Truck interest e-mail:
fastwhitey@myf150.com
4 heavy decals!
Kennesaw (Atlanta) Ga.
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I have to say love the names... thunder and lightning! Now if cats just didn't make me sneeze....
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* 99.5 Black Lightning
* Factory CD Changer
* Class 3 Towing Hitch
* Factory Tonneau Cover
* 8" Bazooka Tubs
* Kenwood 80 watt *2 amp
* 50% Window Tint
* Viper 550 Alarm w/ remort start
* 98 Yamaha Banshee w/ Toomey T5 Chrome pipes often found in the bed..
Injection is nice, but I'd rather be blown. 99 Lightning, the best of both worlds!
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* 99.5 Black Lightning
* Factory CD Changer
* Class 3 Towing Hitch
* Factory Tonneau Cover
* 8" Bazooka Tubs
* Kenwood 80 watt *2 amp
* 50% Window Tint
* Viper 550 Alarm w/ remort start
* 98 Yamaha Banshee w/ Toomey T5 Chrome pipes often found in the bed..
Injection is nice, but I'd rather be blown. 99 Lightning, the best of both worlds!