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MGC Maybe selling the 69 MGC GT - what's it worth?

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That didn't last long, I just bought a Mark 1 Midget!!

What's this illness called???

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Hi, my name is Rick and I'm a LBC Addict.[/QUOTE]
 
Rick,

I imagine you are both happy and sad with selling.

Good luck, and best wishes.

Cheers,
 
Yes, looking the car over with the buyer I was thinking of all the stuff I did with it. But happy it's going to someone who appreciates it at the same time.
 
I believe you have experienced the Law of Conservation of Matter and the idiom 'Nature abhors a vacuum' first hand!!

The classic view on conservation of matter is this: all matter is composed
of atoms of the various elements, and the total number of atoms in the
universe remains constant. That is, you can rearrange the existing atoms
in any way you like, but you cannot cause additional atoms to materialize
nor can you cause existing atoms to disappear.

The "Nature abhors a vacuum" idiom is used to express the idea that empty or unfilled spaces are unnatural as they go against the laws of nature and physics.

So, by selling your car, you removed that matter, transformed it into the energy known as money, and created a vacuum on your driveway! The energy (money) BY LAW had to be turned back into matter - an LBC - which HAD to occupy that space on your driveway - again BY LAW!

So breathe easy, you don't have a disease OR illness, it's just the laws of Nature at work!! :laugh:
 
Obviously you truly GROK physics, Pete! Well explain'd! :thumbsup:
 
That's a good description of the first law of thermodynamics (you can't win), but let's not forget the second law (you can't even break even), which states that entropy always increases and that perpetual motion machines are impossible. I'm sure nobody who owns an LBC will ever try to argue that a machine can perpetually stay in motion. Also, it is quite common to observe the effect that one's life (and garage) become more and more disordered the longer one hangs on to the LBC. Our MGs are completely compatible with both the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics. Newton (a brit of course) would have been proud.
 
:savewave:

Father Heimlein's influence started on me at a very early age. 12, IIRC.
"Door Into Summer" started it.

I have likely read everything he offered at least twice.
 
OK, I give up. How do you know he's a Heinlein fan?

FWIW, I was also sucked into the world of Heinlein (and Andre Norton, and E.E, "Doc" Smith) at an early age.
 
He grokked it.
 
"Starship Troopers" was required reading for my Masters of Military Arts & Science degree.....political content, not how to fight.....Interesting that, in the book, only those who served in the military could vote! Anybody could own property, run businesses, etc....but, only vets could vote!

In a different vein: Eric von Daniken
 
Some good satirical reading regarding politics and diplomacy are the Fritz Leiber "Retief" stories.
 
DrEntropy said:
He grokked it.
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Ah, I see. Ya know, that is so much a part of my vocabulary that I completely forgot that it came from Heinlein.
 
:lol:
And you mention Norton. "Catseye" was my intro to her. Many moons ago. "Podkayne of Mars" was the second Heinlein I read. That was all it took. I was in for a lifetime of influence. Read "Stranger" in about 1969.


...and now that we've decimated Rick's thread.... :shocked:
 
Rewarding to find we share some background in literature absorption.

Again though, you are a youngster. I started with Burroughs Jon Carter of Mars in elementary school early 50's, then to Andre, and from her I discovered Heinlein. Once went to a junior college lecture where he presented. A formidable mind....
 
Barzoom, huh? Back then I was more "supervised". Bein' "fed" stuff like Robinson Caruso, Moby Dick, Kipling. Mother wanted us to be "well read"... T'was good, but once I found the Conan stories there was "no turnin' back". Read the Burroughs Mars series late 50's Anything I got me mits on after that, Ian Fleming & LeCarre to Tolstoy, Uris, Michener and Ayn Rand. And ALL the SciFi I could get ahold of.

...I suspect not so much younger'n you, Ron.
 
I've got a full collection of Asimov fiction here, and a little of his non F stuff.

My better half keeps surreptitiously tossing out my old paperbacks without asking me, I don't know what's wrong with her some days!

Caves of Steel
 
Wait......Doc?......you can READ???!!! <RUNS!>
 
Ya better be adept at th' "DUCK" maneuver too, Pete! :jester:
 
Well it just left on the new owners trailer.
We talked about the trips I made in the car, down the Al-Can and all and we joked around a bit. I asked him and his friend if they were under any illusions that these cars were an "investment", we all laughed. I said well at least this habit beats alcoholism, they said except when it leads to it!!

I helped them get it up on their trailer and tie it down, then we finished the paperwork and off they went.

I gave the new owner a replacement windshield and hatch glass, my NOS grille and a pair of rockers. I really just hope to see the car restored some day.
I told him that if he does fix it up and wants to sell it to give me a call.
Who knows - one thing for sure I would be able to buy it for less than what it would cost me to restore it.

He laughed and said he would want at least $2,000 for it. :wink:
 
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