Er, where was the compulsory election contant in this one then?
NIGE
PS very funny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@mediaone.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] missing e-mail
> Geeze ,Bob!!!
> The other folks on the list said it might be that you weren't
> responding to the offer of the 39 Packard Navy Admirals staff car that
was
> used by Halsey in Hawaii for free because ya just have too many HMV's to
> take on another set of wheels. Who would of thought that your email
program
> was screwed up and the cause of no response.
> You had until 7 PM last night to respond if you wanted it, because it
had
> to be out of the barn by 0800 today because of the estate sale, but
didn't,
> so it was given to Stu Ellis because his CUCV was having a lobotomy and he
> was so depressed that it was thought it would cheer him up to have a
running
> vehicle.. He couldn't get it started ( natch, something spooky there ) so
he
> tried to flat tow it home behind Fakovecs M109 but somehow it got left it
in
> reverse gear with the emergency brake on and due to friction it burst into
> flames about 2 miles down Rt.93. In the excitement, Hank stopped and tried
> to back up but the tow bar cocked and Hank backed over the car and it got
> stuck under the truck. Luckily, he was able to scrape the car off by
rubbing
> against 3 miles of jersey barriers before too much damage was done to the
> M109.
> Watch the noon news from Manchester, NH for coverage of the clean up
> and some shots of some heavily charred, heretofore unknown memos from FDR
to
> Halsey that were found while the Fire Department tore the backseat out
after
> cutting the top of the car off to get at what turned out to be a
mannequin.
> Since no one would own up to the Sate Troopers on who owned the wreckage,
> due to the cleanup costs of 5 miles of smoldering wreckage on the
interstate
> and the destroyed diesel powered sign board ( we won't go there, but Hank
is
> right saying if they were serious about it not being hit it should have
been
> BEHIND the jersey barriers ) it was claimed by the Manchester, NH FD, who
> will get the $400k or so the memos are being guesstimated as being worth.
> And to think you missed out on this all because of that pirate
> Gates.... It's a crying shame... Have ya thought about Netscape?
>
> Regards, Ron
>
>
>
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