"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
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> Sarah Gray > dropped this
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>> "Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
>> 6.121:
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>>>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 23:35:43 -0800, Dan Abel >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>In article >,
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh pshaw, on Fri 23 Nov 2007 06:18:15p, meant to say...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:38:36 -0800, Dan Abel >
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Serene > wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>> Why would you blame a person's mental illness on her parents?
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>Children learn from their parents. When one is insane, and the
>>>>>> >>other avoids the family, then the child learns from that
>>>>>> >>parent. When the primary role model is insane, the child has no
>>>>>> >>choice
>> but
>>>>>> >>to learn that.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>Personal experience. It hasn't been pretty.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > I learned a few years ago from a psychologist that a person can
>> be
>>>>>> > driven insane. It's especially true for children because they
>>>>>> > don't have many (sane) life experiences to fall back on for a
>>>>>> > reality check.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I'm going to be driven there, make it at least in a mercedes.
>>>>>
>>>>>You've got it. Of course, if you are going to be insane, it will
>>>>>be
>> a
>>>>>virtual MercedesBenz.
>>>>
>>>> Channeling Janis Joplin.....
>>>>
>>>> "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
>>>> My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
>>>> Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
>>>> So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?"
>>>
>>> Hon, are you intoxicated? LOL... Just kidding. A Mercedes? Not in
>> this
>>> lifetime. Gimme a Jeep anytime.
>>>
>>
>> I want a Saab.
>
> I just bought a new Nissan Murano. Not sure how I'm going to like it.
> I kept the Jeep... Just in case. The Jeep is 10 years old. I pay cash
> for my cars but I put money into a savings account every month just
> like a car payment. The Murano was all I could afford but I really
> wanted a BMW X5. Those puppies are FAST. Besides, I did not want
> leather seats. Leather in St. Louis sucks.
>
> So, you're a Saab snob
>

Kind of amusing considering I currently drive a Ford Tempo (a stick
shift, at least!)

> Michael <- likes Volvos but everyone in the neighborhood has one or
> more of them

My parents used to drive old Volvos. Before that, they had a red and
white VW microbus with the words "Too much magic bus" that my mother
painted on the back...