From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Dec 30 2002 - 06:46:40 PST
I thnk Ronzo has hit most of the 'high (low) spots' of the problem. This is
why I urge you to use the term HISTORIC military vehicle so that someone
want to ban these polluting warmongering relics can be accused of wanting to
destroy history....
Look at older people of ww2 vets ages. The world to most of them is so
ferign to what they knew or grew up with so many of them let the 'culture'
pass them by. We will be that way in 20-30 years too.
Happy New Years
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ronzo" <rojoha@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Recruiting Our Youth
> While the thread is interesting, face it, we are a dying breed.
>
> Where is a teenager these days going to get the support he needs to
get
> into a 'mechanical mindset'? We as collectors of 'Green stuff', both
> mechanical and electrical, are looked at with bewilderment by our
neighbors.
> The average family with teenagers today has parents in their mid-thirties
> who grew up in the beginning of the anti pollution device era, hence were
> not able to watch their parental units 'tinker' with their cars. The cars
> they have accsess to now cannot be played with because they either won't
> run, or won't pass inspection. And to a teenager who is given the choice
of
> tweeking or driving, guess what they will pick.
> Most neighbors will drop a dime to the authorities in a heartbeat when
> the 'unregistered' car shows up in the driveway on jackstands to be
> restored, can't have property values being affected, now can we?
> Most public schools have dropped shop classes....want to work with
> electricity or sheetmetal, ya gotta make the decision in eighth grade to
go
> to a vocational school.
> How is a kid these days supposed to be able to go to school, come home
> with 3 hours of home work, maybe participate in an after school sport (
if
> the school even offers them), and hold down a job to earn the money to buy
> the tools that his dad never bought in the first place AND afford a non
> running green wreck plus buy the parts for something that might be running
> and legally registered in a year ?
> When was the last time you drove down the street and actually had a
> group of kids (7 to 12 years old) run up to look at the 'Army Truck'? For
> that matter, think about the last time you even SAW an unescorted group of
> kids playing outside like we did 40 years ago. With BB guns or 22's,
riding
> bikes all day or fishing. Leaving the house after breakfast and showing
back
> up at suppertime. Nowadays, a warning flag, call the cops, Columbine
> response or an AMBER alert for sure.
>
> If we want to get new blood into the hobby, maybe we have to do what
the
> HAM community used to do with their 'Elmers'. But then again, even the
Hams
> are worried about their future since their numbers are dropping. Tubes
and
> transistors are giving way to 20 year old 'chip' equipment, not exactly
> tinker friendly.
>
> We as a hobbiests, be it electronic, vehicular or 'Hot Rod', "green"
or
> metal flake, are being regulated out of existance by do gooders, NIMBYs,
and
> politicians nose led by special intrest groups who push through feel good
> legislation to get old iron off the road, because it's old, and therefore
> dirty, dangerous or non compliant.
> If you think our days aren't numbered, put your money where your mouth
> is and bet me we won't see the demill provisions pop up again attached to
> some bill this year or next.
> Or run a rally weekend WITHOUT vendors and see how much public show up
> to view our displayed machines or even our own fellow hobbiests, who
really
> have no reason to come 100 miles to look at your restored machine, but
will
> if they can only get a chance to get that part they need to finish their
> project.
>
> And ending on that sour note, I wish you all a happy and prospeous New
> Year.
>
>
> Ronzo
>
>
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