That's great Jack. Another one joins the family. When are you going to
introduce her to the DML?
Chris Oertell
Arcadia, Ca
coertell@earthlink.net
http://home.earthlink.net/~coertell
Coming Soon!! DodgeTruckOnline.com
1998 Dodge Dakota Sport V6 Regular Cab Emerald Green
1989 Kawasaki EX500
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jack Brown" <jbrown@oz.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2000 12:18 AM
Subject: DML: Phone call that made me feel good
> Thought I'd share this with the list. Turns out a Dakota can make people
> really happy.
>
> In 1993, when transferring from Orlando to Idaho Falls for the Navy, I
> stopped to visit my favorite aunt in Kansas. I had owned my Dak for five
> months or so at the time.
>
> My aunt really liked my truck. Many times after that visit, she asked me
if
> I still had it. She even asked about it when I was in Wichita for work
> earlier this year and got a day off to go visit her.
>
> My aunt has not had an easy life. Problems with her kids for years.
Health
> difficulties. Money problems. But, she is one of the nicest people
you'll
> ever meet.
>
> Anyway. She called me this evening. Turns out she found a great deal on
a
> 97 Dakota. 5 spd, 4x2, 2.5L. (She really doesn't need a powerhouse....)
> Apparently, it's in great shape and was being sold by a farmer who had too
> many cars now that his kids had all moved out. She had a mechanically apt
> friend with her to make sure it was a good vehicle.
>
> I haven't heard my aunt that happy and excited about anything in years if
> not decades. I mean, I like my Dakota and plan to get a new one soon, but
> she was _excited_. There's something special about a truck that can bring
a
> real ray of happiness into someone's life.
>
> Maybe I'm being a little sentimental, but I'm just glad to hear my aunt
that
> happy about something....
>
>
> --
> jbrown@oz.net - www.oz.net/~jbrown
> '93 Sport, 4x2, 3.9, 5spd, blue
> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Jcz@AN@b4owxo
>
>
>
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