Heard it all now

[Hal Copple]

By now, with all the driving i am able to do, i have heard just about every comment that one can hear from passerby. Usually very sincere and complementary, inquisitive, to which i do my best to reply in the way they want. I even keep some Olthoff brochures in my car, which i occasionally give to someone who seems a possible buyer.

But met my daughter and wife at a local eatery after church sunday, she in her Wrangler: i had put on some Black Magic by Hella front driving lights, awsome power, for when Becky drives home from college, and there are deer and such about.

They left, i and buckled up all five hard points of my Simpson, was warm and sunny, when this gentleman, maybe 35 years old or so, came up and asked about my SPF. I stayed belted, but turned off the Stroker, and talked about my car, replicas, etc. Gave him one of my Olthoff brochures, for which he thanked me.

But then he proudly told me that being a machinist, he was going to build his from scratch, frame on out. No "kit" for him, he would make the entire car.

I wished him well, and hit the Accusump switch, the aircraft toggle for the CSI starter, and fired it up, and eased on out.

I just was amazed at someone thinking they could build one of these cars. I mean, the frame, the suspension, the body, all that stuff?? Why doesn't he just go to his brother's garage, and fire up the Real One stored there all these years, and hit the road?

I think i will get to work on a space station, myself. I have my old Erector set, # 8.5, so shouldn't be hard. Gotta start working out the details with NASA.