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01-06-2006, 11:36 PM
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Wow...
Excellent post.
Congrats, enjoy, and remember it was the journey to the car that was your accomplishment and not the car itself (just tell yourself that after you notice the first scratch on the finish...
...it is just a car)
Excellent post.
Congrats, enjoy, and remember it was the journey to the car that was your accomplishment and not the car itself (just tell yourself that after you notice the first scratch on the finish...
...it is just a car)
Congratulations to you both.
01-07-2006, 12:53 AM
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by Oilpatch
My wife must have a soul twin. We are both lucky! 
01-07-2006, 01:03 AM
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by MarineRecon
After waiting since Nov. 22, I picked up the C6 at Crest Chevrolet yesterday. Danny Zank (definitely a Corvette guy) had the car ready to go. While we were waiting for Danny to finish the paperwork, my wife and I were looking at the car, and it struck me: This is the car I've wanted since I was a kid with posters on the wall of my room. I was finally there. I had arrived. Family, friends, job, house, car, they were all in place. Then I thought about the money I had spent to get there. My wife of 20 years read the look on my face, and said that I deserved it. I was the best Husband there is, and I deserved it. I didn't even know how to respond. It's a moment I'll never forget. Mark
01-07-2006, 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by FunDriver
Great wife, great car, great ending.
Semper Fi
Semper Fi
01-07-2006, 02:14 AM
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Congratulations, Mark! 
Semper Fi!
I have the distinct feeling that you've more than earned it!
Hmmm...Plastic Fantastic in San Diego...in May or June?? My hometown???
ROAD TRIP!!!
Semper Fi!I have the distinct feeling that you've more than earned it!
Hmmm...Plastic Fantastic in San Diego...in May or June?? My hometown???
ROAD TRIP!!!
01-07-2006, 03:04 PM
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Same here - waited from 13 to 35; first got the wife and job, then house, then college funds for the kids and began my IRA and 401k.
Finally, pulled the trigger on the Vette. I still think I spent more than I should, but I'd been waiting for 22 years. Hey, you only live once. I've seen too often, in my profession (medicine), you never know when your number is up.
That said, you set your priorities, then when the time is right, you go for it.
Congrats, man, and enjoy!
Finally, pulled the trigger on the Vette. I still think I spent more than I should, but I'd been waiting for 22 years. Hey, you only live once. I've seen too often, in my profession (medicine), you never know when your number is up.
That said, you set your priorities, then when the time is right, you go for it.
Congrats, man, and enjoy!
01-08-2006, 01:00 AM
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Mark-
Amazing cirumstances: You and I ordered our blue coupes on the same day, and it looks like they were on the same truck. Like you, my experience was a family affair. My son drove us to the dealer so my wife and I could drive the car home. The three of us were in the office while the sales guy finished up the paperwork, and I stood the whole time looking out the window as the detailer washed the car. This is Denise's and my "empty nest" activity, and we Zaino'd the car today, all day. I'd truly like to meet you and compare notes. Looks like we're heading down the same happy road.
Tom
Amazing cirumstances: You and I ordered our blue coupes on the same day, and it looks like they were on the same truck. Like you, my experience was a family affair. My son drove us to the dealer so my wife and I could drive the car home. The three of us were in the office while the sales guy finished up the paperwork, and I stood the whole time looking out the window as the detailer washed the car. This is Denise's and my "empty nest" activity, and we Zaino'd the car today, all day. I'd truly like to meet you and compare notes. Looks like we're heading down the same happy road.
Tom
01-08-2006, 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom66
Mark-
Amazing cirumstances: You and I ordered our blue coupes on the same day, and it looks like they were on the same truck. Like you, my experience was a family affair. My son drove us to the dealer so my wife and I could drive the car home. The three of us were in the office while the sales guy finished up the paperwork, and I stood the whole time looking out the window as the detailer washed the car. This is Denise's and my "empty nest" activity, and we Zaino'd the car today, all day. I'd truly like to meet you and compare notes. Looks like we're heading down the same happy road.
Tom
Amazing cirumstances: You and I ordered our blue coupes on the same day, and it looks like they were on the same truck. Like you, my experience was a family affair. My son drove us to the dealer so my wife and I could drive the car home. The three of us were in the office while the sales guy finished up the paperwork, and I stood the whole time looking out the window as the detailer washed the car. This is Denise's and my "empty nest" activity, and we Zaino'd the car today, all day. I'd truly like to meet you and compare notes. Looks like we're heading down the same happy road.
Tom
Absolutely. Anytime you're headed to San Diego, let me know. Would love to meet you. Mark.
01-08-2006, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Ucraz-E
Congrats Mark...sounds like their both keepers. Take good care of them