On 5 Aug 2003 11:29:02 -0700, (Corrie) wrote:

Del Rawlins wrote in message
Two minivans? Man, you really do have problems. That is just sick.

I know, I know. Even worse, my house in the suburbs has a picket
fence. Not a white picket fence - low-maintenance cedar - but it's a
picket fence nonetheless. No dog or cat - allergies - but we make up
for it by having 4 kids. As the song says, who woulda thunk it? In
my defense, my lawn looks really lousy.

Two minivans is the wife's idea. One is fine by me - personally, I
want a pickup as a second vehicle. But the notion of having two

For me an SUV works out better than the truck. Course any thing I
drive, including the Transam gets used like a truck. I used to haul a
bundle of 10 foot lengths of steel conduit in the TA and actually get
the hatch shut. 4 X 8 foot sheets of plywood and I couldn't quite
get the hatch closed...close, but not quite.

With the 4-Runner I can slip a K1-A5 300 HP Lycombing right in back
with room to spare. (I have a plastic liner for the back)

What you need in place of the truck is one of those huge SUVs in the
"Snickers" candy bar add. :-)) Then you can tell her the whole
family, the neighbors, and the local soccer team can ride in it...all
at the same time. I mean, if you got 4 kids then they are going to
have to show up at some kind of sports event all at the same time, on
opposite sides of town. Better get a spare SUV and Pickup.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)

vehicles that the whole fandamly can fit in does make some sense - if
the one (current) van goes down, somebody has to stay home. My wife
doesn't fly, but she does understand redundancy. ;-D