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wrt to Mercury Meteor & Comet -

[how many can recall that silly series of adverts for the Comet about a "Mr. Halley" who loved his Comet so much he couldn't stop driving it long enough for a meal and his wife had to pass him his meals as he slowed down in front of the house? ]

experience as pilot of a Comet -

the family o' me best friend in high school had one. we both ended up going to the same university. after our freshman year we took the car on a camping trip from southern California to northern Montana.

going through southern and central Montana it seemed like every few hundred meters there was an enamelled steel sign affixed to a fencepost proclaiming the virtues of "Eddie's Bread." after seeing what seemed like a couple hundred of these we decided we should pinch one as a souvenier. the next one we saw i pulled the car off onto the shoulder. BIG MISTAKE! the shoulder was soft and the Comet immediately listed to starboard about what seemed like thirty degrees and felt like it was at risk for going on over...and a loooooog way dooooooown. we were able to scramble out and a few minutes later a big fourwheel drive pickup came along and pulled the car to safety. no Eddie's Bread sign. just think, if the car had gone over you would not have had to read all of these posts from me...

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