[Magdalen] Guy Thing.

[Jay Weigel]

Yeah, but it's YOUR truck, Grace <g>

On Sun, Jun 12, 2016 at 7:43 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't know, Jay...my son-in-law drives the truck a lot more often than I
> do, and I don't think he'd appreciate the sticker!
>
> > On Jun 11, 2016, at 10:48 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You could probably find it online, Grace. I've seen the bumper sticker
> > too...on a truck.
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I LOVE trucks, preferably 4WD stick shift ones! The one I have now is a
> >> bit bigger than I would like, because it has the 4 passenger cab, but we
> >> need that to travel with kids. It's an F150, 4WD, automatic, which I
> don't
> >> prefer, but it is easier on knees and wrists than a stick shift would
> be.
> >> But I love driving it! I saw a cap once that said "Real women drive
> >> trucks!" I've never seen another one...
> >>
> >>> On Jun 11, 2016, at 9:33 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I've never understood the fascination either. My late ex had always
> >>> hankered for, and finally bought (it was his last vehicle) a Chevy
> pickup
> >>> about the time our middle grandson was born. He'd had one when the kids
> >>> were small but traded it for a more useful vehicle that could carry
> >>> everyone later on. Our Adam drove a battered pickup in high school
> >> (reverse
> >>> status thing, I think) and when he returned from his first tour in Iraq
> >> he
> >>> bought a Ford Ranger pickup of which he was inordinately proud.
> >>>
> >>> OTOH, my friend Lindsey, who lives in north Texas, has had several very
> >>> large pickup trucks during the time I've known her. Most of them have
> >> been
> >>> along the lines of a Ford F-350, some diesel, big honking powerful
> >> things.
> >>> I can just imagine her, a little bit of a thing, barreling down the
> >> highway
> >>> in them. But then, Lindsey is--well, not so much now, she's scaled back
> >>> since she got married, but still does it--a quarter horse trainer, and
> >> she
> >>> lives on a working ranch and trailers those critters around to shows.
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:12 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> >>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> My spouse has a new F-150 four door model.  He has always driven
> >>>> a pickup trucks.  He's had all the USA truck  brands.  He was out
> doing
> >>>> some
> >>>> grocery shopping at the local Wal Mart last night and had another of
> >> those
> >>>> guy things.  Several men walked up to the F-150, looked at the
> >>>> interior through the windows, circled the vehicle and then proclaimed
> >>>> "Great truck!"
> >>>>
> >>>> I had a friend who always referred to pickup trucks as "p___s
> >> extenders."
> >>>> They are the male equivalent of "chick cars," I guess.
> >>>>
> >>>> In any case, I've never experienced any of this in my routine four
> door
> >>>> sedans, and actually I'm not sure I'd want to.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> David Strang.
> >>
>