Last February I was thinking about putting a lift kit on my truck and
found Jon's tire size calculator. About the same time my transfer case
started making noise and I found some other information on their that
I would look at. Finally in March or April I was back at the DML
website again and decided to join, first in digest mode, then I got
fed up with that and went to the standard emails.
Dustin Williams
Tacoma, WA
1994 Dodge Dakota SLT CC 4x4 V8
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 4:31 AM, DAKSY <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hey, DML,
> Just sittin around totally bored & still a bit contrite over the minor flap
> I initiated & I started thinking about how I found tis list to begin with...
>
> Well, let me tell ya...
> I was still working at Watervliet Arsenal & it was a slow day & I was the
> proud owner of a 2K Solar Yellow Dakota...
> I'd had it since Dec. 99 & this was probably Feb 2K...
> I had finally gotten a computer with internet access & I started to wonder
> if I could find a model of the Dak that I could assemble & paint & display
> on a bookshelf at home...
> I searched for Revell - one of the model makers I remembered as a
> kid...Nothing...
> I searched for other model makers...again, nothing...
> So I entered the words 2000 Dodga Dakota & tried some variations on models,
> toys, die-cast, etc. & wasn't aving any luck...
> I did start to notice a little pattern, tho...
> Seems that every time I got a list of results for my queries, there were
> many instances of the same 3 letter acronym...DML...
> I kept searching & seeing DML & kept passing it by...
> Finally, I said to myself "Self, maybe you should see WTF that means. Maybe
> that's where all the Dak models are hiding!"
> So I clicked on a link & got something (which I found out later was called a
> "thread...") & read about somebody's Dakota
> problem or modification or something...
> Interest piqued, I bounced around til I came to the Dakota Mailing List Home
> Page (or whatever it's called) & found the sign up link...
> Filled in the required info, got into the list & introduced myself...
> You have to understand that I had very little experience with a 'puter at
> that time & didn't really know what to expect...
> Anyway I was called away from my desk for an hour or so & when I got back, I
> logged into my e-mail account & had
> a full page of posts! Holy Sh*T! I can't have e-mail coming out of my ears
> while working for the Feds!
> I figured out how to get to the Digest Mode & mostly lurked...
> Made for long days, waiting for a DML Digest to come my way...but it was
> better for me to screen the posts
> by subject while I was supposed to be working...
> Anyhoo, later that year, Susan moved in with me & brought her 'puter with
> her & I've been here ever since!
>
> How did you stumble across this knowledgeable, friendly, passionate (&
> sometimes Dysfunctional!) family of Dak lovers?
>
> Bob (DAKSY) Smith
> (Curious minds...)
> DAKSY2K on AIM
> 2K SY Dakota Sport +
> V-6 4 x 4 5 speed
> 2K08 HD Softail CrossBones
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
> Averill Park, NY
>
>
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