From: mark@ehle.homelinux.org
Date: Fri May 20 2005 - 07:37:56 PDT
Quoting Jonathan Boos <acfarer@cox.net>:
> While this thread is not off topic, I think that the folks who consider
> re-inacting a farce or somehow offensive or disrespectful should realize
> that THE WHOLE REASON FOR THIS LIST is so folks can share thier bit of
> history and re-inact to some degree themselves. Why the passion for
> collecting "Green Iron"? Don't even start to tell me that they have them for
>
> the mileage or that they ride better than a Lexus or even a Hyudai for that
>
> matter. We all collect them out of reverence of what they represent. The
> mightyest country the planet has ever known and the men and women who drove
>
> them in theater. Now there may be "wanna-be" folks out there, but I defy you
>
Speak for yourself, Jonathan. I have a deuce simply because it is fun to drive
and it is useful - not because of it's history. I deeply respect the men who
drove it, but the truck by itself is just a truck.
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