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To: Gauguin who wrote (9361)	4/7/1998 5:42:00 PM
From: BlueCrab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

CBoyGaugs -- Wow, memory lane trippin'! I hail from ruralia too, and the gravel roads - sittin here with my eyes closed I can smell the tar. Shot 'n chip, they called it, always applied in the dead heat of summer so the gravel could get shoved in REAL good, and the tar didn't congeal for a week. So for the first coupla days you had gravel chattering through the undercarriage, tar spots all over the car (washed 'em off with gasoline, .22/gallon or less) and don't even talk about trying to ride a bike to the neighbors' houses; hadda walk. Then after the gravel had set in, the sun would find those little pools and puddles of leftover tar and bubble it up. Our job was to take sticks and bust those bubbles so's we had nice sticky tar to smear on each other. Summer didn't start until those tar bubbles started to form.

To: Gauguin who wrote (9361)	4/7/1998 6:08:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Confessional I like new cars. I like them immaculate. That first chip or sign of upholstery wear is tough on me. It's like an implied reminder of my own mortality. My current ride is five months young, and it has a single. eentsy. gravel strike on the hood, far forward between grille and headlamp. Primer's ok; I'll hafta buy some touch-up paint soon. Spouse got her car brand-new in '96. Now it has a dozen Surface Features, and the upholstery is visibly worn. Fifty-sixty concours points, gone like water in the Panamint Valley in July. Next car I get, like a Benz or something, I'll buy three years used. That way, those tiny nicks and scuffs will be there, and i won't suffer from generalized smooth muscle clench when I park at the mall.