Hospital BILLS!

( And any letter with a return address that has the senders' name suffixed w/the letters "S.C."... )

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M. G. Burg
'10 - Dakota SXT - Daily Ride / ≈ 172.5K
.'76 - 450SLC - 107.024.12 / < .89.20 K
..'77 - 280E - 123.033.12 / > 128.20 K
...'67 - El Camino - 283ci / > 207.00 K
....'75 - Yamaha - 650XS / < 21.00 K
.....'87 - G20 Sportvan / > 206.00 K
......'85 - 4WINNS 160 I.O. / 140hp
.......'74 - Honda CT70 / Real 125
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“I didn’t really say everything I said.”
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While I don't run away from them and shriek in fear, spiders not in captivity do give me a chill. When I lived in a lake cottage for 2 years we used to get what we called tree spiders, which aren't agressive or particularly venemous but they are fast, which are about the size of a lady's hand with long thin legs. I would get up early every morning to check the sinks, toilet and bathtub to make sure there weren't any surprises for the Mrs. (then GF) to find.

What freaked my out was when I built a new deck next to shore. I dragged the old plywood decked one out into the water so that I could float it around to the beach for demolition and as soon as it began to submerge what seemed like hundreds of those freaking things popped up to the surface and began scurrying to the shore. It gave me the heebie jeebies for days.

Being in a house with a bat flying around used to bother me until I had to remove 8 or so on different occasions during about a 1.5 year stretch. Let's just say my badminton game has improved since I moved in the house.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Well. As my dented Kia doesn't even "have" a donut in it any more I guess you'd be safe with me parking near you. Actually as I can't even jack mine up (POS jacks keep stripping their threads) I wonder just how many other's out there are riding around with useless donuts.

For me, my real phobias are spiders and insects. Big ones rather than minute ones.

- Peter.

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2021 Chevrolet Spark
Formerly...
2000 GMC Sonoma
1981 240D 4spd stick. 347000 miles. Deceased Feb 14 2021
2002 Kia Rio. Worst crap on four wheels
1981 240D 4spd stick. 389000 miles.
1984 123 200
1979 116 280S
1972 Cadillac Sedan DeVille
1971 108 280S

Bullets.

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2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Hot and horny women coming in the night when I am asleep who tie me up and take advantage of my body in all sorts of ways.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

You weren't asked what your deepest desire was.

Add "The lack of" to the beginning of your post and I think it will be correct.

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Chad
2013 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon
OBK#44
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." - Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

SOLD
1985 300TD - Red Dragon
1986 300SDL - Coda
1991 - 300TE
1995 - E320
1985 300CD - Gladys
2006 Nissan Pathfinder LE
1998 Acura 3.0 CL

With the way Jenna Jameson looks now, it will be being sexually abused by Briana Banks and Tera Patrick and the old Jenna Jameson.

True.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

I should have made my description more accurate. My phobia is parking next to neglected Kia's /Hyundai's that are less than 10 years old where the driver appears to hit something on an almost daily basis. Random dents everywhere, gouges up the side, smoking at idle, and a donut spare with threads showing on 2 out of the 3 normal tires is what I'm picturing. These are ridiculously common in a college parking lot; uncompleted ricer projects usually look about the same, which I hold in the same esteem.

More succinctly, I'm scared to death of my car getting hit by some absent minded a$#%^& that takes no pride in his own vehicle and wouldn't think twice to drive off after plowing his s#^box in to my poor, unattended car.

As careful as I am, this has happened to ALL 3 of my cars! One was a little old lady who owned up to a $1,200 bill on my SL. Another was a horrendous ding on my X5 that was fortunately repaired by PDR. Even my diesel had its bumper trim cracked a few months ago by some idiot.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

lawyers and public restrooms

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'86 300E 5 speed
'71 Triumph TR6
'46 Cushman Scooter
'41 Ford 9N tractor

1. Getting sued again. (even though I won last time.)

2. Deep dings on my perfect 1989 420SEL (usually caused by kids, I don't have any yet.)

3. Spiders (we have LOTS of black widows in Arizona)

To add another car-damage-related fear, how about grocery carts? Or rather, the idiots who slam them into people's cars, or leave them in a position to be slammed into or roll into a car. Yesterday I went to the grocery store and started to pull into a spot ... well, there was a cart in it, very close to the next car over ... if I hadn't been paying as close attention, I would have knicked the cart and sent it slamming into the poor car next to me. What really ticked me off further is that there was a grocery cart port TWO SPOTS DOWN! How is anyone THAT lazy? (FWIW, I parked elsewhere then went back and got the cart for the sake of the guy whose car it was ready to strike). Several times I've come out of various grocery stores and found a cart with its nose up against my door or bumper. Not that they do major damage, but the little blue/red/whatever scuff marks add up. I guess that's more of a pet peeve than a fear ... but ...

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

Hospitals (if I'm the patient), hospital bills (if I'm the one paying), and lawyers (well, not the lawyers, really, more like being in a position of NEEDING a lawyer.

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" We have nothing to fear but the main stream media itself . . . ."- Adapted from Franklin D Roosevelt for the 21st century

OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Bodhi,

Your pet peeve is similar to mine. Mine is the what I call the "human herd instinct". I park away from everyone. The extra 50 or so strides will do me good anyhow. When I come back, someones' parked right next to me with spaces vacant for several yards. WHY do people do that?


Back to the subject:

No. 1 fear: Never being able moving out of La, the state.

2. Bioterroism and our inability to quash it.

Where our society in general and the children there of are heading, scares the hell out of me.

- Shelby
(WVO & DJ are on vacation)

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

Me too. But only when I'm not the pilot.

-Shelby

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !