Heh. That would require introducing her to computers and email, something
that she's stated she has no interest in whatsoever....:)
Jack Brown = jbrown@oz.net = http://www.oz.net/~jbrown/
--
"People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which
they avoid. "
- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
> From: "Chris Oertell" <coertell@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:29:48 -0700
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Subject: DML: Re: Phone call that made me feel good
>
> 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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