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07-24-2003, 11:25 PM
#142
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Re: the whining ----- whipped loser is back
Mike Romain wrote:
> I did notice you never responded to my 'Jason' reply post.
Sorry, I don't read every stupid ------- thing you say or wrrite.
>
> Gotcha didn't I?
No, you didn't. Feel free to repost it and waste even more time, you moron.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeffrey Leonard wrote:
>
>>Lon Stowell spammed:
>>[the same old ----]
> I did notice you never responded to my 'Jason' reply post.
Sorry, I don't read every stupid ------- thing you say or wrrite.
>
> Gotcha didn't I?
No, you didn't. Feel free to repost it and waste even more time, you moron.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeffrey Leonard wrote:
>
>>Lon Stowell spammed:
>>[the same old ----]
07-24-2003, 11:26 PM
#143
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Re: back
Mike Romain wrote:
> Hey man, we get bored now and then.....
> ;-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>
> Jim wrote:
>
>>Think I will check back with the newsgroup in a couple of months to see
>>if the petty bickering and name calling have stopped. Most newsgroups
>>just ignore a flamer or an uncouth person, but no, it seems you guys
>>just have to reply and keep the drivel going for page after page after
>>page.
>>
Yup. I don't even have to keep one eye open to play with these fish.
> Hey man, we get bored now and then.....
> ;-)
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
>
> Jim wrote:
>
>>Think I will check back with the newsgroup in a couple of months to see
>>if the petty bickering and name calling have stopped. Most newsgroups
>>just ignore a flamer or an uncouth person, but no, it seems you guys
>>just have to reply and keep the drivel going for page after page after
>>page.
>>
Yup. I don't even have to keep one eye open to play with these fish.
07-24-2003, 11:26 PM
#144
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Re: the whining loser is back
Lon Stowell wrote:
> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>
>
>>It would help if you didn't change your address every other day to get through
>>everyone's killfile.
>>* * *
>>Matt Macchiarolo
>>www.townpeddler.com
>>www.wolverine4wd.org
>>http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html
>
>
> 2 year old girls mouth off
You know a lot about 2 year old girls' mouths, eh? Maybe someone should
call the authorities.
> Matt Macchiarolo wrote:
>
>
>>It would help if you didn't change your address every other day to get through
>>everyone's killfile.
>>* * *
>>Matt Macchiarolo
>>www.townpeddler.com
>>www.wolverine4wd.org
>>http://wolverine4wd.org/rigs/macchiarolo_ml.html
>
>
> 2 year old girls mouth off
You know a lot about 2 year old girls' mouths, eh? Maybe someone should
call the authorities.
07-24-2003, 11:43 PM
#145
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Re: back
Jeffrey Leonard wrote:
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
> > Hey man, we get bored now and then.....
> > ;-)
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> >>Think I will check back with the newsgroup in a couple of months to see
> >>if the petty bickering and name calling have stopped. Most newsgroups
> >>just ignore a flamer or an uncouth person, but no, it seems you guys
> >>just have to reply and keep the drivel going for page after page after
> >>page.
> >>
>
> Yup. I don't even have to keep one eye open to play with these fish.
LOL!
Ya but when the fish are biting too good, don't that tell you something
about the fish.....
Dumb or sharks, hmmmmm.....
And no, sharks aren't dumb....
Mike
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>
> > Hey man, we get bored now and then.....
> > ;-)
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> >
> > Jim wrote:
> >
> >>Think I will check back with the newsgroup in a couple of months to see
> >>if the petty bickering and name calling have stopped. Most newsgroups
> >>just ignore a flamer or an uncouth person, but no, it seems you guys
> >>just have to reply and keep the drivel going for page after page after
> >>page.
> >>
>
> Yup. I don't even have to keep one eye open to play with these fish.
LOL!
Ya but when the fish are biting too good, don't that tell you something
about the fish.....
Dumb or sharks, hmmmmm.....
And no, sharks aren't dumb....
Mike
07-25-2003, 12:22 AM
#147
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Re: back
Your experience is normal U-hell procedure My Brother in law is a MCP for
that disgusting excuse for a company, the horror stories he has told, even
if they were half true, are about as scary as you need hear. He joked that
60 minutes (remember the story?) got a GOOD one!
Their mechanics manage to kim-chee rig everything long enough to make sure
it detonates in some other MRU's area... The diesels (a JH in U-hell lingo)
are an even bigger POS than what you had. (hard to believe, But go look at
one! early 80's vintage I-H chassis, and I don't think I have ever seen one
with less than 180K on the clock.)
How many of the tail lights worked at least a portion of the trip?
Glad to hear you lived through the trip.
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b_dTa.335124$jp.8774928@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> i dont really know where to begin to explain the sequence of events that
> took place over the past couple of weeks. it started with picking up a
uhaul
> truck in fayetteville, nc and returning it in fayetteville, nc some 14
days
> later.
>
> the truck i was given was not the truck i reserved 3 weeks prior, and i
> could not get a satisfactory response from any uhaul representative. i
> reserved a diesel powered 26' "super mover", but what i got instead was an
> 82 model underpowered gas truck that was missing most of its dash and had
> loose/exposed wiring that rubbed against your leg. when i tried to push
the
> wiring back into the dash, the truck would knock off. since we were out of
> time i decided to make the best of it hoping it would make the trip.
>
> aside from endless breakdowns along the way (most of which i had to repair
> myself for various reasons), the real troubles started in the rocky
> mountains.
>
> ive written a 7 page letter to uhaul and here is one small section of that
> letter that explains the straw that broke the camels back:
>
> ------------------------
> The truck did "ok" up I-94. It was a real tease to see just how beautiful
> Montana really is and despite all the troubles I'd had along the way, I
was
> still just happy to finally be in "Big Sky Country". When I-94 and I-90
> came together my happiness of being in Montana was quickly replaced by
fear,
> apprehension, and anger once again. Bozeman Pass was a nightmare, as well
> as all the other "passes" along the way between Billings and Butte.
Passing
> signs that read "Chain Up Area 1/2 Mile" struck fear in me as I quickly
came
> to learn that those signs meant another steep grade that I might or might
> not make. The truck would downshift, backfire, downshift, etc. until it
> dropped into 1st. gear where it would drop to 4 mph screaming as it
crawled
> along impeding traffic. It was around Bozeman Pass that I had to explain
to
> my 10 year old why so many people were honking and flipping us off as they
> finally worked their way around us.
>
> The grade that changed everything was the Continental Divide (the first
time
> you cross it heading towards Great Falls). The truck screamed until it
came
> to a total stop not even 1 mile into the climb where it sat there and
> "moaned" but would not move. I got out of the truck (stopped in the middle
> of the interstate!) and backed my Jeep Wrangler off the auto transport
> trailer hoping that would be enough to get the truck going again. The
truck
> moved less than 100 feet before it came to a dead stop again. If
everything
> we owned had not been in the back of the Uhaul truck I think I would have
> got in my Jeep Wrangler at that point and drove away without ever looking
> back. Since that was not an option, we finally worked the truck off onto
> what there is of a shoulder and attempted to call Uhaul for assistance.
> Without cell phone service in that area however, there was nothing I could
> do. About an hour later a truck driver stopped to help and towed the Uhaul
> over the Continental Divide.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> While not quite as bad since we were coming off the mountain, the dozen or
> so mountain passes that we had just climbed were no fun going over from
the
> opposite direction. The automatic transmission offered no engine braking,
> and the truck constantly tried to run away coming down the grades. My wife
> (in her Jeep Cherokee behind me) had to back off because her eyes were
> watering from the fumes generated by my burning brakes.
> ----------------------------------------
>
> i may post the entire letter at a later time, but that gives you a sample
of
> the problems we had along the way. prior to trying I-90, we attempted to
> take 200 into great falls and had to be pulled over the grades outside of
> belt because the truck just didnt have the ***** to pull itself. im
> referencing the first grade just past eddies corner, it didnt even make it
> to the steeper grades at belt.
>
> by the time we got into montana, the wifey hated it (due to all the
problems
> along the way). with tears in her eyes she begged me "please take me home,
> nathan" so thats just what i did. there was no reasoning, there was no
point
> in even trying as i could see it in her eyes that i had no choice. now im
> stuck here again in this same house in this same -----hole neighborhood in
> this same -----hole state with the only difference being that now im
roughly
> $5,000 poorer than i was a few weeks ago. "luckily" the house didnt close
> when it was supposed to which made it possible for me to break the selling
> contract without fear of suit, but i refunded the buyers expenses (roughly
> $600 for home inspection, mortgage fees, termite inspection, etc.) anyway.
>
> there are a few things i learned along the way.
> 1) iowa is one huge cornfield with a road going down the middle
> 2) fill up in des moines because you wont find gas again
> 3) ever other car in indiana is a highway patrolman
> 4) minnesota is beautiful, particularly around alexandria
> 5) north dakota has free internet access at rest stops!
> 6) sadly, the indians on the crow reservation live up to their
stereotyping
> 7) uhaul does very bad business
>
> to make it worse, while parked outside of my hotel room in illinois the
cab
> of the uhaul got broken into (even though everything was hidden behind the
> seat). they got my laptop (ancient anyway, but still), my digi-cam, my
gps,
> and my cobra cb that i just bought before the trip.
>
> at this point im not sure what our next step will be. im not happy in
north
> carolina, but we need to regroup before we consider another move. i
> absolutely loved montana, but its going to take some convincing before the
> wifey will try that again. no amount of description or even pictures can
> prepare you for the awesome, rugged beauty of montana and i know ill make
it
> back.
>
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
that disgusting excuse for a company, the horror stories he has told, even
if they were half true, are about as scary as you need hear. He joked that
60 minutes (remember the story?) got a GOOD one!
Their mechanics manage to kim-chee rig everything long enough to make sure
it detonates in some other MRU's area... The diesels (a JH in U-hell lingo)
are an even bigger POS than what you had. (hard to believe, But go look at
one! early 80's vintage I-H chassis, and I don't think I have ever seen one
with less than 180K on the clock.)
How many of the tail lights worked at least a portion of the trip?
Glad to hear you lived through the trip.
"Nathan W. Collier" <abuse@aol.com> wrote in message
news:b_dTa.335124$jp.8774928@twister.southeast.rr. com...
> i dont really know where to begin to explain the sequence of events that
> took place over the past couple of weeks. it started with picking up a
uhaul
> truck in fayetteville, nc and returning it in fayetteville, nc some 14
days
> later.
>
> the truck i was given was not the truck i reserved 3 weeks prior, and i
> could not get a satisfactory response from any uhaul representative. i
> reserved a diesel powered 26' "super mover", but what i got instead was an
> 82 model underpowered gas truck that was missing most of its dash and had
> loose/exposed wiring that rubbed against your leg. when i tried to push
the
> wiring back into the dash, the truck would knock off. since we were out of
> time i decided to make the best of it hoping it would make the trip.
>
> aside from endless breakdowns along the way (most of which i had to repair
> myself for various reasons), the real troubles started in the rocky
> mountains.
>
> ive written a 7 page letter to uhaul and here is one small section of that
> letter that explains the straw that broke the camels back:
>
> ------------------------
> The truck did "ok" up I-94. It was a real tease to see just how beautiful
> Montana really is and despite all the troubles I'd had along the way, I
was
> still just happy to finally be in "Big Sky Country". When I-94 and I-90
> came together my happiness of being in Montana was quickly replaced by
fear,
> apprehension, and anger once again. Bozeman Pass was a nightmare, as well
> as all the other "passes" along the way between Billings and Butte.
Passing
> signs that read "Chain Up Area 1/2 Mile" struck fear in me as I quickly
came
> to learn that those signs meant another steep grade that I might or might
> not make. The truck would downshift, backfire, downshift, etc. until it
> dropped into 1st. gear where it would drop to 4 mph screaming as it
crawled
> along impeding traffic. It was around Bozeman Pass that I had to explain
to
> my 10 year old why so many people were honking and flipping us off as they
> finally worked their way around us.
>
> The grade that changed everything was the Continental Divide (the first
time
> you cross it heading towards Great Falls). The truck screamed until it
came
> to a total stop not even 1 mile into the climb where it sat there and
> "moaned" but would not move. I got out of the truck (stopped in the middle
> of the interstate!) and backed my Jeep Wrangler off the auto transport
> trailer hoping that would be enough to get the truck going again. The
truck
> moved less than 100 feet before it came to a dead stop again. If
everything
> we owned had not been in the back of the Uhaul truck I think I would have
> got in my Jeep Wrangler at that point and drove away without ever looking
> back. Since that was not an option, we finally worked the truck off onto
> what there is of a shoulder and attempted to call Uhaul for assistance.
> Without cell phone service in that area however, there was nothing I could
> do. About an hour later a truck driver stopped to help and towed the Uhaul
> over the Continental Divide.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> While not quite as bad since we were coming off the mountain, the dozen or
> so mountain passes that we had just climbed were no fun going over from
the
> opposite direction. The automatic transmission offered no engine braking,
> and the truck constantly tried to run away coming down the grades. My wife
> (in her Jeep Cherokee behind me) had to back off because her eyes were
> watering from the fumes generated by my burning brakes.
> ----------------------------------------
>
> i may post the entire letter at a later time, but that gives you a sample
of
> the problems we had along the way. prior to trying I-90, we attempted to
> take 200 into great falls and had to be pulled over the grades outside of
> belt because the truck just didnt have the ***** to pull itself. im
> referencing the first grade just past eddies corner, it didnt even make it
> to the steeper grades at belt.
>
> by the time we got into montana, the wifey hated it (due to all the
problems
> along the way). with tears in her eyes she begged me "please take me home,
> nathan" so thats just what i did. there was no reasoning, there was no
point
> in even trying as i could see it in her eyes that i had no choice. now im
> stuck here again in this same house in this same -----hole neighborhood in
> this same -----hole state with the only difference being that now im
roughly
> $5,000 poorer than i was a few weeks ago. "luckily" the house didnt close
> when it was supposed to which made it possible for me to break the selling
> contract without fear of suit, but i refunded the buyers expenses (roughly
> $600 for home inspection, mortgage fees, termite inspection, etc.) anyway.
>
> there are a few things i learned along the way.
> 1) iowa is one huge cornfield with a road going down the middle
> 2) fill up in des moines because you wont find gas again
> 3) ever other car in indiana is a highway patrolman
> 4) minnesota is beautiful, particularly around alexandria
> 5) north dakota has free internet access at rest stops!
> 6) sadly, the indians on the crow reservation live up to their
stereotyping
> 7) uhaul does very bad business
>
> to make it worse, while parked outside of my hotel room in illinois the
cab
> of the uhaul got broken into (even though everything was hidden behind the
> seat). they got my laptop (ancient anyway, but still), my digi-cam, my
gps,
> and my cobra cb that i just bought before the trip.
>
> at this point im not sure what our next step will be. im not happy in
north
> carolina, but we need to regroup before we consider another move. i
> absolutely loved montana, but its going to take some convincing before the
> wifey will try that again. no amount of description or even pictures can
> prepare you for the awesome, rugged beauty of montana and i know ill make
it
> back.
>
>
> --
> Nathan W. Collier
> http://7SlotGrille.com
>
>
07-25-2003, 01:32 AM
#148
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Re: back
"A.H. MacIntosh aka USERNAME" <chesshire_cat@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:Dg2Ua.23103$vx3.6179340@kent.svc.tds.net...
> How many of the tail lights worked at least a portion of the trip?
lol! i had replaced all the bulbs in the trailer and half the ones on the
truck the first night!
......and at my own expense.
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
news:Dg2Ua.23103$vx3.6179340@kent.svc.tds.net...
> How many of the tail lights worked at least a portion of the trip?
lol! i had replaced all the bulbs in the trailer and half the ones on the
truck the first night!
......and at my own expense.
--
Nathan W. Collier
http://7SlotGrille.com
07-25-2003, 01:39 AM
#149
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Re: back
you think, maybe?
Can you tell I have a distaste for uhell?
http://www.annamaria.net/U-HAUL/wwwboard/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/results....mit2=Search%21
(sorry about the long URL)
Ever try to claim any damage with U-Haul's insurance carrier?
Hint: Western Republic Insurance is owned wholly by a Nevada Corp, called
AMERCO... UHell is owned by... drum roll... AMERCO.
"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ewGdnUpU9tOEUICiXTWJkQ@comcast.com...
> Nathan W. Collier wrote:
>
> > "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:IYqcnc75efy4WoCiXTWJiQ@comcast.com...
> >> It would be interesting to see if there is anything you could do
> >> on the issue of bait and switch
> >
> > YES! that is my exact thinking which youll see if you read my second
post
> > including more of the letter i sent uhaul!
>
>
> Check this page out, http://www.clanboyd.info/uhaul/ seems
> there may be a pattern of abuse here. You appear to be a
> right testy little feller when someone steps on your dingus,
> maybe your attorney from the DC days can help you stomp
> on UHell a bit. Or better yet, see if the DC attorney
> has a bit of spare time.
>
> >
> >> Still, it would be worth seeing if small
> >> claims court or such could get money back for all the outright
> >> vehicle outages.
> >
> > the wifeys employer in montana was actually paying for the uhual via
their
> > corporate account. we're waiting to see now if uhaul tries to bill them
> > anything for it.
> >
> >> And hopefully, some day you'll make it to Montana, I think
> >> they'd like you out there.
> >
> > many thanks! and im going to get out there again. i knew i belonged
there
> > as soon as i crossed the state line. at a small "quick stop" type gas
> > station in glendive their welding section was bigger than the local
welding
> > supply store here. while the uhaul was broken down we took the wifeys
jeep
> > and did a little looking around. helena/butte are awesome!
> >
> ... and you weren't EVEN in the pretty parts yet.
>
Can you tell I have a distaste for uhell?
http://www.annamaria.net/U-HAUL/wwwboard/
http://www.ripoffreport.com/results....mit2=Search%21
(sorry about the long URL)
Ever try to claim any damage with U-Haul's insurance carrier?
Hint: Western Republic Insurance is owned wholly by a Nevada Corp, called
AMERCO... UHell is owned by... drum roll... AMERCO.
"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:ewGdnUpU9tOEUICiXTWJkQ@comcast.com...
> Nathan W. Collier wrote:
>
> > "Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
> > news:IYqcnc75efy4WoCiXTWJiQ@comcast.com...
> >> It would be interesting to see if there is anything you could do
> >> on the issue of bait and switch
> >
> > YES! that is my exact thinking which youll see if you read my second
post
> > including more of the letter i sent uhaul!
>
>
> Check this page out, http://www.clanboyd.info/uhaul/ seems
> there may be a pattern of abuse here. You appear to be a
> right testy little feller when someone steps on your dingus,
> maybe your attorney from the DC days can help you stomp
> on UHell a bit. Or better yet, see if the DC attorney
> has a bit of spare time.
>
> >
> >> Still, it would be worth seeing if small
> >> claims court or such could get money back for all the outright
> >> vehicle outages.
> >
> > the wifeys employer in montana was actually paying for the uhual via
their
> > corporate account. we're waiting to see now if uhaul tries to bill them
> > anything for it.
> >
> >> And hopefully, some day you'll make it to Montana, I think
> >> they'd like you out there.
> >
> > many thanks! and im going to get out there again. i knew i belonged
there
> > as soon as i crossed the state line. at a small "quick stop" type gas
> > station in glendive their welding section was bigger than the local
welding
> > supply store here. while the uhaul was broken down we took the wifeys
jeep
> > and did a little looking around. helena/butte are awesome!
> >
> ... and you weren't EVEN in the pretty parts yet.
>