Barry Oliver wrote:
>
> Hop wrote:
>
>> I enjoy reading as well but, that is my whole point.
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> > This list has become a few select that post and for the
>
>> most part there isn't anything posted that relates to
>
>
>> dakotas "Other than Bob having issues with his ball joints
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>
>> and shocks ;)". Maybe I'm a little anal but, <snip>
>
>
> Well, with the new Dak's not exactly packing in the listers, there is
> very little in the way of technical info that isn't already in the
> archives. The camaraderie here, on the other hand is like nowhere
> else. I personally have given a friend $150 cash to help repair a
> broken Dakota. I also have personally driven over 400 miles [round
> trip] just to help another buddy move because *his* dakota was lowered
> and was too wimpy to handle any weight, so I brought up a real truck to
> help with the job. I have also, personally remodeled a [former] Dml
> member's Bathroom in a weekend, on about 20 minutes notice, from bare
> studs up to finished shower and commode.
>
> The best part is that I am merely the average here. There are many more
> listers here that do more than I do, for each other. If we limited the
> posts to strictly on-topic dakota related, nothing else allowed, this
> list would shrivel up and wither. I am on many fourums, for about every
> topic you can imagine, and nowhere is the community as tightly knit as
> it is here. If some natural disaster were to strike one of us, and the
> call went out, I would bet money that at least one or two listers would
> be willing to take off work and drive to help out if that was what was
> needed. *That* is what this list is about...
>
Well said Barry - well said.
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