From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
Date: Sat Jul 10 2004 - 09:24:30 PDT
Well written!
The stupidity of some people in this world leads to the statement of
'survival of the fittest'
Some species make it, some don't :)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ron <rojoha@comcast.net>
> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Vandalism to Military Vehicle
>
>
> > Between you, me and the lamp post......
> >
> > A quick and dirty way to deactivate your M35A2's Starter Button is to
> > reach up under the dash and pull the plug out of the back of it about a
> 1/2"
> > and rotate it 90 degrees and then push it back in until it seats again. A
> > little silicone grease on the plug helps this pull/rotate/push sequence.
> > Several very knowledgeable M35 owners have tried to start my truck to
> > move it at rallies and have been unable to figure it out. After I get in
> and
> > fake dropping something on the floor and then start it gets them looking
> for
> > the "kill switch" I must have hidden somewhere in the cab with no joy.
> > The plug has a Helen Keller installation aid, a little ridge on it that
> > is at 12 o'clock (or 6) when it is in the right position too be pushed in
> > over the pins. At 3 or 9 o'clock it won't push in over the pins (no
> > electrical continuity/open circuit) but feels properly seated.
> > I also open the drain cocks on the air tanks when I put it on display
> > and drop the pressure to 30 psi so that if some one does turn on the
> master,
> > the low air pressure buzzer scares the bejesus out of them and alerts me
> or
> > a crony to things being amiss. That little amount of air is better than
> none
> > if Mr. Dopey gets incredibly lucky and somehow succeeds in getting the
> truck
> > to move. If you can't immediately get it stopped, you can at least get a
> > blast off the horn as a warning.
> > You still need to chock the puppy, front and rear, since the that brake
> > handle is almost too irresistible a gizmo for folks to leave alone.
> Shifter
> > in Neutral, transfer case in Neutral about rounds it out to avoid a bump
> > start or a rolling start.
> > I had a run in with the mother of a kid at a display when the mother
> > asked if her rodent could get in the back (using the ladder). While in the
> > back he unwrapped a heavy rubber bungee cord that I use to secure the
> ladder
> > in place and had put the hook between the slats of the seat and started
> > pulling REAL HARD on it. I told him politely to stop before he gets hurt,
> > mommy did nothing. I told him more strongly to stop, mommy ignored me. I
> > then climbed in back and put my hand on the kids shoulder and grabbed the
> > end in his hand and pushed it back towards the seat to get the tension off
> > it. Mommy pulls a nutty about me touching her kid, accuses me of
> assaulting
> > her kid, yada, yada, yada. I told her to get a cop and put the hockey
> helmet
> > back on her kid if she intends to participate in hands off parenting
> around
> > MY vehicle. She took little precious (with both his eyes still intact) and
> > stormed off.
> > Another time a mother asked me to pay to get her kids shirt cleaned
> > because he transited from front to back and back to front UNDER MY truck
> and
> > got grease and oil on his shirt and shorts. I told her to get a grip on
> > reality. She left saying "We'll see!", never saw her again.
> > When it comes to vehicle displays, as my dad used to rhetorically ask,
> > "Why are there more horses asses around than there are horses?"
> >
> > I deal with bores in a very straight forward manner. You behave, we have
> > fun. You act like a posterior depression, I act like tube of Preparation H
> > filled with Ben Gay and Louisiana hot sauce. As my family and friends can
> > attest, I am very good at it.
> > My House, My Truck, My Beer, My Tools, MY RULES..... You don't like it,
> > tough feces. I invited you, I can un invite you just as quickly. Go to
> your
> > house, your truck, your beer, your rules and feel free to act like the
> > unblemished, hemorrhoid free (Perfect) rectal opening you have turned out
> to
> > be.
> > Just cause someone you (usually) like to be around suddenly behaves
> > badly, doesn't mean you have to put up with it. And you shouldn't, because
> > it just encourages worse behavior and ends up embarrassing everyone. Stand
> > YOUR ground boys.....
> >
> > Ron
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: 09 July, 2004 01:51
> > Subject: [MV] Vandalism to Military Vehicle
> >
> >
> > > Fellows,
> > > I attended an interesting display over the fourth of July, and thought I
> > would share with you all an experience I had.
> >
> >
> >
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