Re: [DMCForum] Re: Return of the f***chop
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Re: [DMCForum] Re: Return of the f***chop



Rich, you're MY hero.



On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:00:13 -0000 "cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Hey jet jock, 
> 
> Take a zoloft dude. 
> 
> Before you go shoving your military experience up my ass I'd like to
> let you know that I have 11 years on submarines. I've walked on the
> North Pole twice, been in National Geographic for performing the 
> proto
> "Scice-ex" mission, travelled completely around the globe, bounced 
> all
> over Europe, spent 94 days at a shot without seeing the light of 
> day,
> been chased by Russian submarines and just returned from a 6 month
> tour in the United Arab Emirates, roasting my ass off on tiny, but
> heavily armed patrol boats (like the old 'Nam river rats) chasing 
> off
> would-be suicide jockeys looking to make a repeat of the USS Cole
> incident. I still have 7 years to go until retirement so I'm sure 
> I'm
> not done yet.
> 
> Lastly, I AM a parent.
> 
> Spare me your "rush" speech. You can do what you like with your
> DeLorean. I merely meant that it's a private and rewarding 
> experience
> for ME to work on MY car. I don't care what others do to or with
> theirs. If you recall the flap on the DML regarding parting out cars
> and who thinks it's sacreligious and who doesn't, I never posted a
> comment to that bitch session because I thought it was silly. I 
> don't
> care what people do with their stuff, I only know how I feel about 
> MY
> stuff.
> 
> Finally, I'd like to say that the mark of a true
> soldier/sailor/airman, is that he doesn't feel the need to brag 
> about
> his exploits because he's only done his duty as was required when he
> took the Oath. That you feel the need to do so to gain acceptance
> makes me sad, and I'm angry at myself for being goaded by you into
> posting my experience like I'm a guy searching for hero-worship.
> 
> For the rest of you: Rest assured, I am not looking for your
> admiration or respect because of my time in the Navy, and I'm sorry 
> I
> posted it. It was not intended to be a "brag sheet" and I'd just
> assume it was forgotten.
> 
> Rich Acuti
> 
> Citizen.
> 
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "checksix3" <jetjock11@xxxx> wrote:
> > >>When comparing it to other vehicles and hobbies, it's not. It's 
> a 
> > friggin' religious experience.<<
> > 
> > It's a religious experience? Perhaps for those lacking something 
> more 
> > fulfilling. Try traveling to remote corners of the world where 
> most 
> > people are deathly afraid to go. Or flying a former soviet jet 
> > fighter doing 400 knots 200 feet over the desert floor, jinking in 
> 
> > and out of canyons. Or hey, just try raising a few kids. Those 
> > experiences will give you serious religion and a whole lot more 
> > satisfaction than owning a D...but to each his own I suppose.
> > 
> > If you think owning this car is religious than I'd better not tell 
> 
> > you what plans I have for an upcoming airshow. It's always a crowd 
> 
> > pleaser and doing it with this car will be a big hit. Why? 1) I 
> need 
> > the tax write off. 2) It'll be MINE and I can do with it as I 
> please. 
> > 3) It'll give me some satifaction against all those who say it 
> > shouldn't be done, for all the lame reasons they claim. Since 
> you're 
> > so into D religion, rest assured the car's trip to D Heaven will 
> be 
> > swift and painless.
> > 
> > As I said, it's just a friggin car. It's merely a temporary aspect 
> of 
> > my life (as are all inanimate objects) and it'll eventually go the 
> 
> > way of all my toys. Of course, just like me, you can choose to 
> spend 
> > your one life as you see fit...
> > 
> > By the way, religion has for thousands of years been (and 
> continues 
> > to be) the root cause of 90% of the world's misery. The world is 
> full 
> > of nuts and there is no nut like a religious nut...they're the 
> Master 
> > Race of Nuts. Why? Because they're so blind and rigid in their 
> belief 
> > systems they can't see the forest for the trees, no matter what 
> the 
> > religion involves. It's something you may wish to ponder the next 
> > time you're having a "religious" experience with your car...or 
> even a 
> > mechanical problem.
> 
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