Bah Humbug!

[mathnerd]

You probably wouldn't want to; he's obviously making up for some severe shortcomings...

With emphasis on short, I presume. And probably skinny too.

[TheCheerfulTreeRat]

Oh, and guess what his travel coffee mug had on it! Guess!

I'm at a loss... A lid?

[Argabarga]

Well, Protege might be interested to know that we towed in an illegally parked MG Midget the other night.

In 5 years on the job, I never SAW one of those, let alone towed one. Though we did come close to getting a Triumph TR6 once.... darn that 15 minute wait, woulda looked good on the "confirmed kills" list. :P

[HorrorFrogPrincess]

Well, Protege might be interested to know that we towed in an illegally parked MG Midget the other night.

In 5 years on the job, I never SAW one of those, let alone towed one. Though we did come close to getting a Triumph TR6 once.... darn that 15 minute wait, woulda looked good on the "confirmed kills" list. :P

Which trophy is your favorite?

[Argabarga]

Hmmm.....

Got a Jaguar XK once, but that was a requested tow, not an illegal park job.

For sheer size, the 1980ish Cadillac Fleetwood Sedan was memorable

*puffs pipe while sitting on sofa in study beneath the mounted grillework* Yep, caught the beast on the shores of Nairobi did I. Ha ha! She put up quite a fight, you should have seen it! *Pulls out picture of me towing car while wearing pith helmet*

Most of the stuff I get that I remember is more of a "Wow, there's still one of THOSE around?" Like semi-obscure late 70's early 80's cars, got a chevy LUV once, A Dodge Rampage once, a VW Rabbit Pickup AND a Scirocco, a Mitsubishi Mighty Max Pickup, Colt Vista, Nissan Stanza, that kind of stuff. Heck, while not rare or exotic, it's gettin' hard to find stuff like Honda CRXs and most of the late 90's Geo line (Storm, Prizim, Tracker before Chevy absorbed that model as it's own) that used to be quite common when I was a kid.

[Jester]

Well, what was the most exotic that you towed for illegal parking?

[ADeMartino]

I used to have a small car and I had a coworker who regularly double parked.

i don't have a problem with people double parking - IF they do so at the further reaches of the parking lot, where people don't usually park unless it's super-busy. An old 'toy' of mine - a 1967 Galaxie XL convertible - was something I would take pains to keep from getting scratched up, and to that end, I *would* park it away from the more congested areas. And I found that if I did so, I didn't need two spaces. The extra few steps was worth it to me.

Almost sounds like a Simpsons episode.

It *WAS* a MARRIED WITH CHILDREN episode.

[protege]

Well, Protege might be interested to know that we towed in an illegally parked MG Midget the other night.

Nice. BTW, if you ever get an MGB on the flatbed...be careful securing it. The brake lines run along the top of the rear axle. They can get crushed by the straps.

[Ophbalance]

Well, Protege might be interested to know that we towed in an illegally parked MG Midget the other night.

In 5 years on the job, I never SAW one of those, let alone towed one. Though we did come close to getting a Triumph TR6 once.... darn that 15 minute wait, woulda looked good on the "confirmed kills" list. :P

My father owned one of these. I've never seen one functional.... just their shells at Harry's U Pull It.

[sms001]

Caught up on this thread last night and word of warning - if I STILL have the

"Good going MG Midget, you sure make the going good..."

jingle in my head tonight, I'm hunting everyone who's mentioned one in here down.

[Argabarga]

Nice. BTW, if you ever get an MGB on the flatbed...be careful securing it. The brake lines run along the top of the rear axle. They can get crushed by the straps.

Tire basket-straps are your friend!

[AccountingDrone]

Hm, at one time I could have helped out with a 58 bug, a 64 squareback or a 1974 Opel 1600 4 door sedan, though a couple decades earlier I could have helped out with a 58 Nash Metropolitan, a 74 TVR Vixen or even a Yugo.

Now all we have is boring cars