> I betcha you have a few whippersnappers wondering what a hood ornament is. There are people around now who have never seen a bumper jack, a car with tail fins, a gas cap hidden behind the license plate, a continetal kit, a Burmuda bell, a wrap-around windshield, or a hood ornament.

Honestly, the only one of these I've seen in real life is a hood ornament. The newest vehicle I can remember that had one was a minivan my parents owned in the late eighties or early nineties. We didn't have it for long enough for me to have any firm memories other than the hood ornament, though. Most of my hood ornament memories come from the 1977 Pontiac Parisienne known as the Visamobile, because my dad bought the thing on his Visa. I learned to drive in that car, which was slightly older than I was. Its life was cut short when it was on the losing end of a chance meeting with a moose, but I'm still going.

> Howard

Don "At 28, I'm halfway between whippersnapper and whatever the alternative is" Monkey