Re: Raising them Right

[Antonio Rosciglione <ajr666@domain.elided>]

Well, at 35 I am seriously a product of this upbringing!!!  In 67' my father who was working nights at Alfredo's in
Larchmont, NY (at the time a multi foreign car est.) bought a 67' Guilia Super in a very nice dark blue.

My father always allowed me to sit on his lap and steer the car into our garage, help him with the removal and cleaning of
the Lodge plugs, general maintenance and cleaning of the car.

I watched as his heart sink when we had to sell it for a deposit on a house back in 76' and after a couple of various fiats
I watched him smile the Alfa smile again when he got a 74'GTV in 85' (and unfortunately have to sell it 3 years later due
to poor health).

I have lusted after cars all my life due to my father, and have been especially fond of Alfas, to wit I have had a total of
18 vehicles, 7 of them Alfas, 1 Fiat, 3 VW's, 3 Audis, 1 MB, 1 volvo, 1 Merc Capri, 1 Pontiac...

I hope I raise mine "right"....



>
>
> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:50:40 -0500
> From: jeffrey.weiss@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: Raising Them Right
>
> > "Then after *we* get the money, what do we buy with
> > it?" I [Scott Fisher] asked him.
> >
> > "Car parts," he [Charlie] said, without hesitation.
> >
> > "That's right, and what else?"
> >
> > "Tools!" he said, warming up to the concept.
> >
> > "Yep, and anything else?"
> >
> > "Motor things," he said.
> >
> > It's moments like this that make a father's heart
> > swell with pride.
>
> People wonder why Jamie (now 2-1/2 years old) is so well versed around the
> engine compartment of my Spider.  The reason is simple; for almost a year
> now, he's been pointing to things and asking "what's this?"  He asks, I
> tell him, and he remembers.  So, when he points to the yellow things in the
> front that go around (sometimes), he says "fans."  When he points to the
> other thing that goes around (all the time) at the front of the engine, he
> says "valve advance."  Of course, he gets confused, sometimes, looking for
> the valve advance on other cars, but he handles it well.
>
> It's nice to not have to make up cutsey names for everything since he seems
> to pick up on words very well.  This helps a lot as I'm not so creative, and
> there's a lot of parts to be named.  My memory isn't quite what his is, so
> I'd have a very hard time remembering made-up names for everything.  I am
> both proud and thankful that he spares me the need to do that.  One car-
> related exception is the tachometer, which he likes to call the "vroom vroom
> meter" - and I feel no need to correct him.
> - --
> jw

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