<VV> Longest subject line in the history of VV (humor, no Corvair)

Steven J. Serenska corvair at serenska.com
Sun Mar 1 14:42:56 EST 2015


Larry:
>     Message: 4
>     4. I towed my 64 Spyder backward with the top up from FL to
>        Ventura and back. You learn quickly to never get in a	position to
>        have to back up. Tried the rampside backwards but	it had serious
>        tracking problems so from Florida to Mass and	to Tacoma and back
>        the long way (8k miles) it was front on	the dolly.
I think you forgot to include an email with your subject.  Next time, 
just write an email body like:

  xoxoxo,

  Larry

Just kidding.

Thank God it's March 1st and February is now over.   There are only 
about 4-6 weeks until the Corvairs can come out here in road 
salt-encrusted New England...

I went out yesterday to celebrate a blast of hot air that sent 
temperatures skyrocketing to the low 20's.  I took a walk down to the 
water and, when I returned, I decided to go out back, shovel off the 
wood pile, and bring in more firewood because it's back to single-digit 
temps this week.  I noted the following:

1) Narragansett Bay (the large bay in the middle of Rhode Island) has 
frozen all the way across.  If you're scoring the game, that's deep, 
tidal, *salt* water that is frozen.  That is a first for me since I've 
lived here.

2) There is a small island in the bay near my house that I can see from 
my bedroom window (Walkers Island).  One of my high school friends, who 
is still a competitive swimmer and has swum the English Channel, has a 
tradition when he visits on July 4th of swimming a circle around the 
island and coming back.  I sent him pictures showing him that he could 
now walk out and back.

3) While shoveling snow off the wood pile, I had a jolt of concern that 
there appeared to be almost no wood left.  I then realized that there 
only appeared to be no wood because I was standing on 2-3 feet of snow 
and and the lower half of the woodpile was, in fact, hidden underneath 
the snow.

4) The dogs don't know what to do with themselves because a squirrel 
somehow became frozen into the top of the snow in the middle of the 
backyard.  It's like a frozen hors d'oeuvre for them.  They stare and 
paw at it as if to say, "C'mon.  It can't be THIS easy."  I put a 
plastic lawn chair over it until the ice melts and I can get rid of it.

The top is down on my convertible in the garage.  The windows are down 
in the coupe, so it's not all cooped up in there.  Outside of that, I'm 
just waiting for spring, and writing dopey posts on VV.

Steven "did I say 'Thank God February is over'?" Serenska
Bristol, RI

65 Monza Covnertible, 110/4
66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4


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