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Holy cow, 68 ... that is AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS on your new daily driver.... I echo the "where the heck do you find these cool cars" sentiment . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "My heart would always be behind the wheel" ... Ronnie Milsap ... 'Prisoner Of The Highway'

Northie and gm4 ... were you at the CAS the same day? Able to meet up? Sorry I missed you both. gm4life...keep those pics coming . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "All the places I have yet to go" ... Luce ... 'Good Day'

Addendum "When we stand together, it's our finest hour" ... The Judds ... 'Love Can Build A Bridge' I'm not that bad of a caretaker; I got Mom and Dad to laugh over the weekend numerous times. My best performance (well, imho) was Saturday night. I went upstairs around 6p to get dinner for Dad and Mom, after spending most of the day trying to catch up on my groups/forums, since I hadn't been online since Wednesday night. Except, Mom and Dad weren't hungry. I was a bit frustrated because they KNOW they HAVE to eat SOMETHING in order to get their strength back. So, instead of ranting to them, I simply said: "If you aren't in the kitchen in the next 15 minutes, I'm grabbing your car keys, moving your Cobalt, moving your other Ch#$r%*et thingy out of the garage, and putting my '87 Monte Carlo LS in the garage. Then, I'll park your Cobalt where I usually park ... and your other car on the street!" A slight pause and then chuckles from the living room. Dad said, "You wouldn't dare." "Oh, no?" I JOKINGLY retorted. "Try me." They were both out in the kitchen shortly thereafter, still laughin'. Ironically, I was NOT kidding. *pauses* I wonder if my frustration was moreso due to my own "concern" that I wouldn't be able to help them...enough. That I couldn't help them without help myself.... After all, I'm the sibling that chose to live with them (for MANY different reasons), and, if I can't take care of them when they need it, how will I ever manage later on ... and what good am I to them? A rather silly thought, I know, but 'tis quite the illustration for this: From my experiences, I know enough to know that this truly is a small world in MANY ways...that people DO help others...and accepting help is NOT as taboo as PERCEPTION seems to make it.... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I never meant to leave you alone" ... Michael Martin Murphy ... 'Don't Count The Rainy Days'

SWEET!!! Love the pics, gm4life...thanks for sharing them with us! Cool to see what is there, since I won't be able to get to the CAS this year, unfortunately . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Those windshield wipers slappin out a tempo" ... Eddie Rabbit ... 'Driving My Life Away'

AWESOME ramble, ocn . Cool descriptions ... sounds like it was a good show! Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's not the car I want" ... George Jones ... 'The Corvette Song'

Ah, PCS ... sorry that you are not going to be posting anymore. Thoughts/prayers for your Dad, of course. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "It's different now" ... Conway Twitty ... 'Goodbye Time'

Yeah ... seller's remorse on only one of mine: 1988 Monte Carlo LS Sold it because it was nickeling and diming me to death and, at the time, I had just put the '79 MC Landau (my 1st car) back on the road ... and I was not willing to deal with sibling rivalry . he he The other cars I've owned that are no longer with me ... no regrets. Course, I still have 5 of 'em . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "The truth is discovered" ... Squeeze ... 'Tempted'

After re-reading my first post in this thread, I need to clarify a couple of things.... First, I typed this when I was extremely exhausted; so, reading it over again, it seems like I'm complaining/more frustrated than I really am...if that makes sense.... Second, my sister IS helping. I didn't mean to imply that she isn't, and I sincerely apologize if it came across like that. She stays with Mom and Dad during the day while I'm at work. She is able to be home the next couple weeks because she has a company laptop and can do most of her work from home. I tend to be hypocritcal, too, Frank.... I can imagine. Hope you are having a good time at the Chicago Auto Show today.... Doesn't look like I'll be going at all this year . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "When we stand together, it's our finest hour" ... The Judds ... 'Love Can Build A Bridge'

LOL! I get that, too, especially when I mixed the artists and songs ... go from slow rock to fast country and vice versa . he he Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Here today, forgot tomorrow" ... Duran Duran ... 'Ordinary World'

...and they are so not the same type of TV show, either ... interesting . PD is funny, quirky and "weird" ... while NUMB3RS is straight facts with some drama thrown in.....and it works well, imho. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "So much is left undone" ... Deep Blue Something ... 'Breakfast At Tiffany's'

Frank, Glad to know he is doing better. Thoughts/prayers continuing, of course. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Tell me what you see" ... Bob Carlisle ... 'Getting Stronger'

I can't even begin to point out all of the flaws with that statement...it'd take way too much of my time ... and seems to me this guy isn't worth it anyway. *shakes head* Sorry. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "You got your blinders on" ... Sheryl Crow ... 'Real Gone'

Aye.....very sorry. I can't even begin to imagine how I'd feel in a similar situation . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "You know it don't seem right" ... Bobbie Gentry ... 'Ode To Billie Joe'

HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY, Dave!!!! Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I never back down and I love a good challenge" ... Hank Williams Jr ... 'Born To Boogie'

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Hope all 3 of you celebrate ... appropriately . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Only you can do what must be done" ... John Parr ... 'St Elmo's Fire'

game Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "What's it gonna take to lay a few burdens down?" ... Newsboys ... 'Million Pieces'

Why is asking for and/or accepting the help of others so seemingly taboo? I'm exhausted and so tired I can't even sleep, which is not good, since I have to be at work Thursday and Friday. But, trying to do my best to help my parents at home after their surgeries (Mom donated a kidney to Dad), while doing what I need to do ... and trying to make my sister understand that I AM helping Dad and Mom ... is starting to grate on my nerves. I love helping Dad and Mom, especially after the sacrifices they have made, but when they won't LET me help them as my sister insists I need to ... it frustrates me. Thus the somewhat re-worded, semi-rhetorical query I posed to start this post: When did asking for and/or accepting the help of others become so seemingly taboo ... and, why IS it taboo? OR...is it just perception? After all, helping others is a hallmark of society, human nature, and the "good" in people. Yet, asking for and/or accepting help from others is viewed by some as a weakness...as something taboo...as something we shouldn't do because we should be self-sustaining.... Irony rocks. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you & me" ... Coolio ... 'Gangsta's Paradise'

Hmm...thanks for the tip, FOG. I'll have to listen for it. I didn't hear the radio at all today since I was home all day long. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Relight the flame when it's cold"...Godsmack...'Serenity'

PD seems to be one of those "love it" or "hate it" shows. My parents and a few of my friends feel the same way you do ... too over-the-top of a show. For me ... that's kinda what draws me in ... lol. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Simple little things are the miracle cures" ... Neal McCoy ... 'Wink'

HAPPY (belated) BIRTHDAY! Hope you both celebrated ... appropriately . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "The stars might lie, but the numbers never do" ... Mary Chapin-Carpenter ... 'I Feel Lucky'

Thanks for the notes, Chazman . I so want to see this car in person, instead of just via pics. Maybe someday soon. Unfortunately, it won't be at the Chicago Auto Show ... since I won't be able to go this year. Go figure. Hyundai can build what GM/Ch#$r%*et can't. *rolls eyes* Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I will not make the same mistakes" ... Kelly Clarkson ... 'Because Of You'

[sorry I didn't reply sooner ... Mom and Dad had surgery Monday (Mom donated a kidney to Dad) and I'm just now trying to "catch up" again.] Hmm...I don't think I've heard it, though I could be wrong. Are radio stations playing it now ... or is it just "out there"? Enjoy that "Somebody Told Me", so perhaps I'd enjoy that new one from GD. Hmm....looks like some of you might've enjoyed my radio shows.... Not sure if anyone notices the song quote in my signature each time I post, but if you do, you've noticed my eclectic tastes that way, too. I try to use a different quote each time.... And, no, I don't remember when or why I started quoting songs in my signature...guess it just developed as a way to be different and illustrate how diverse I am ... that I'm not just about heart issues or the Monte Carlo.... Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I'm not the only person with these things in mind" ... Linkin Park ... 'Somewhere I Belong'

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing not many people do ... at least not as religiously. I know many people who talked and talked and talked about it ... the first season and some of the second season. Since then, I hardly ever hear people talking about it. Doens't mean that nobody is, just doesn't seem to be as prominent as it once was. *grins* And that is why I love it . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "If you'll hand me my crayons, I'll be glad to take your name" ... John Conlee ... 'I Don't Remember Loving You'

*nods* Thanks Dave and 2005 E! I can't believe it has held up this well, too. Plus, it has started everytime this year ... even with the subzero temps. It's like it WANTS to be out in the snow and salt....he he. Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "Just when I think that I can make it without you, you come around & say you want me now" ... Rosanne Cash ... 'I Don't Know Why You Don't Want Me'

*nods* Indeedy! Sorry that happened to ya again, Bimmer . Cort:34swm."Mr Monte Carlo.Mr Road Trip".pig valve&pacemaker WRMNshowcase.legos.HO.models.MCs.RTs.CHD = http://www.chevyasylum.com/cort "I didn't mean to catch you by surprise" ... Lane Brody ... 'Over You'