From: grntrks@juno.com
Date: Sun May 15 2005 - 19:49:26 PDT
I'm in for $20.00. Send an addy off-list, please. grntrks@juno.com
Frank Cox - 'Nam 1966
MVPA 14530
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
On Sun, 15 May 2005 16:33:00 +0000 timothy.smith1@att.net writes:
> There ya go...
>
> I'm in for twenty. Between the two of us, that's forty buckaroos.
> How about it fellas? I can smell the new paint drying already!
>
> TJ Smith
> MVPA 21162
> (and fellow M38A1 owner..)
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
> > I'll pledge 20.
> > Bruce MVPA 23824
> > USMC Nam era vet
> >
> >
> > timothy.smith1@att.net wrote:
> >
> > >David,
> > >
> > >Here's a chance to show this new MVer (and veteran) how
> rock-solid guys in this
> > hobby are and to demonstrate to some lowlife with an attitude that
> he'll have to
> > do a lot more than scrape some paint to get us down.
> > >
> > >I think every member of your club and perhaps some of the fellas
> on this list
> > ought to consider jumping in to help undo the damage done to his
> jeep. Make an
> > estimate of the cost of the repaint, touch-up, or whatever and let
> us know.
> > >
> > >His wife, who at the moment probably has some concerns about this
> new hobby of
> > his, would be less concerned if she see's just what kind of
> support is out there
> > for our fellow MVers.
> > >
> > >I'd be willing to bet if everyone tossed in five, ten or twenty
> bucks he'd be
> > squared away in no time. If he gets a little extra he can take
> his wife out to
> > dinner and a movie. Hoo-ahh! Lets hear from you and your club.
>
> > >
> > >And by the way, wouldn't the successful resolution of this
> vandalized jeep
> > story make a tremendous and positive article for any MV enthusiast
>
> > magazine?...hint hint.
> > >
> > >Regards,
> > >TJ Smith
> > >MVPA 21162
> > >
> > > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > >From: "M151" <m151@cox.net>
> > >
> > >
> > >>Our MV club has a brand new member, a U.S. Army troop about to
> be discharged
> > >>for injuries received in Iraq. He has come home and just
> purchased an
> > >>M38A1. As with many newly acquired MV's he had a few minor
> problems and got
> > >>them fixed ASAP and has the jeep running fine. First really
> nice weather
> > >>since he got it was yesterday, so he drives the jeep to our club
> meeting and
> > >>joins the club. This young man is very proud of his jeep, very
> proud. The
> > >>membership checked it out, started swapping stories and tips on
> keeping the
> > >>beast well cared for. A pretty good moment out there in the
> parking lot.
> > >>Our new member could not have been feeling any better about
> things!
> > >>
> > >>After the meeting he takes his new wife for a ride and they wind
> up at a
> > >>Wal-Mart where he parks it out in the middle of the lot away
> from other
> > >>vehicles and they go shopping. When he returns to the jeep the
> entire side
> > >>of the jeep has been keyed. Not just a couple of lines, no this
> person took
> > >>his time and worked over the markings and the paint clear down
> to the metal!
> > >>
> > >>I will not use words on the list that I really want to use, but
> I got to
> > >>tell you I can think of no life lower than the SOB that did
> this! There is
> > >>whale crap and then the bottom of the ocean and then down a few
> more yards
> > >>is where this person resides.
> > >>
> > >>Why someone, and in broad daylight, would do such a thing is
> beyond me!
> > >>Hatred? Jealousy? Just plain mean spirited? Why? No good
> excuse could
> > >>possibly exist, none whatsoever. I talked with him and
> explained some ways
> > >>to fix the damage a little bit until he can get the money
> together for a new
> > >>paint job. Turns out he took out a loan to buy the jeep and
> does not have a
> > >>huge cash surplus.
> > >>
> > >>I was so pissed when I found out I just felt like telling
> someone, so your
> > >>guys on the list are it. There are probably others out there
> among you that
> > >>have experience such a thing as well. Doesn't make it any
> better, but
> > >>perhaps you know first hand what this young man is now feeling.
> The manager
> > >>of the Wal-Mart says he will review his security tapes and
> contact him if
> > >>there is anything useful to be found. I do not put a lot of
> stock in the
> > >>outcome of that statement. Just a sad day all round.
> > >>==========================================
> > >>David Brubaker
> > >>MVPA # 18115
> > >>KCØNZN
> > >>Owner - M151A2
> > >>http://members.cox.net/~m151/
> > >>
> > >>
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Frank Cox - 'Nam 1966
MVPA 14530
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
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