| Name: Jeanne |
why we should be your chauffeur:
When I was young teen growing up in good Ole Ludlow, MA, my dad owned a maroon/silver two-toned 1986 Chevy El Camino. I remember the day he brought her home. It was like having a new member in the family. I remember staring at her endlessly, picturing myself behind the wheel of that fireball on wheels! The windows rolled down, cruisin down East St., watching the looks on people's faces as I drove by. I could imagine conversations husbands would have with their wives at the dinner table that night- "Honey, you'll never believe what I saw today. It was the strangest thing. It wasn't really a car and it wasn't really a truck...it was like a car that was also a truck." The wife would reply, "I see you had a liquid lunch again." For you see, my b.good friends, Ludlow had never before seen the likes of an El Camino. Two years I waited for that moment. I took my driver's test and passed. I couldn't wait to get behind Chi Chi's wheel! That's what I called her, Chi Chi. There was no getting home fast enough! As I was skipping home from the bus stop I spotted two figures standing in the driveway. One was my father, the other I didn't recognize. I could make out the two figures shaking hands and then my father handing something over to the person. I couldn't tell what it was. As my father turned to walk into the house, the stranger got into Chi Chi and drove off. I started running and screaming "Police, Police, Call the police! He's stealing Chi Chi!!!" My father turned to me and said, "He isn't stealing it, he bought it." I was stunned at the fact he had sold her but even more stunned that he had referred to Chi Chi as an "it". "What's the big deal? it's just a car." he said. I was speechless. Just a car, I though, Just A CAR! Chi Chi was more than just a car. She was a car that was also a truck! If I were to win this contest it would afford me the opportunity to live out a childhood dream that has haunted me all these years. thank you for your consideration -- 2006-05-05 13:13:56
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