Roughly 8 out of 10 people consider the automobile just another appliance in their life. It generates no more enthusiasm for them than their toaster. Down in Pops neighborhood lively discussion probably centers around who's got the niftiest hearing aid or pacemaker. Younger folk get all jazzed about the latest iGizmo or vid game................some stuff about "the cloud" or something.

While I look forward each year to the GG deal at Puyallup, the small, sometimes spontaneous, gatherings are more interesting. We're a small brotherhood with a limited interest, so it's encouraging to find like minded folk.