From: timothy.smith1@att.net
Date: Sun May 15 2005 - 09:33:00 PDT
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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