Kate

"Old Crow" <walliscrow@yahoo.com> wrote>>
>If I can substitute chicken that don't sound too bad :-)

Well, if ya absolutely gotta know, I substitued crow for chicken.
When you carry a name like mine around for 56 years, you develope a
sense of humor about it, or you're pissed all the time. :-)
--
Old Crow "Yol Bolsun!"
'82 FLTC-P "Miss Pearl"
'95 YJ Rio Grande
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, MAMBM


--

You seem like a guy with a doggone good sense of humor to me :)

Kate

twaldron

I forgot about that hat. Said "rec.autos.makers.jeep+******" on the back
or something and "Real Jeeps are built, not bought" on the front. It
used to mean something. Haven't seen it in a while. I'll have to find
mine so I can pitch it in the trash.

tw

Mike Romain wrote:
> It has sure changed in 10 years. Folks from here used to get together
> for RAMJ+W runs, this Usenet group had high quality T-shirts made, one
> of which I am wearing right now, hats made, etc...
>
> I'll bet I have met over 50 folks from this group on runs I organized,
> from day trips to take folks out to play and learn what their 4x4 can
> do, especially come first snow, to 10 day Deep Canadian Bush runs with
> folks from all over North America showing up.
>
> RAMJ+W has even made the local papers as an 'organized' Internet group
> involved in local off road area clean ups. 'WE' RAMJ+W, had 20 vehicles
> average show up each weekend for 3 weekends on that clean up. We even
> got a 'good' writeup as a Jeep Group in the Land Rover Magazine.
>
> Most of these folks have given up on the group.
>
> Oh well it was nice while it lasted and my family and I have met some
> great people from here that have remained good friends with us.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Dean wrote:
>
>> When I first started lurking here in 1997 this was an awesome group.
>> There were some jerks and fanboys, like Harry B., but for the most
>> part it was a good place to be. In the past couple of years its begun
>> to look like one of those neighborhoods that used to be nice. Some of
>> the neighbors take care of the place, but there are a few crack houses
>> dragging the whole place down. But this is Usenet and there isn't a
>> thing you can do about those lousy neighbors. Such as in my case
>> where my ISP doesn't provide a news server so I have to use google. I
>> get to see the full onslaught of the problem.
>>
>> The only real answer is for everyone to move to a forum that allows
>> moderation and then the crackpots can be told to behave or be banned.
>> If I knew where else the regulars were hanging out I'd go there too.
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> On Jul 13, 8:13 am, "Frank_v7.0" <n...@no.net> wrote:
>>
>>> My message filter (in Mozilla Thunderbird) has deleted 225 messages in
>>> this group since last night. I haven't been keeping exact counts, but
>>> I'm sure the previous "high" count was in the 80s. I sincerely hope all
>>> the good folks in this group have and are using message filters and/or
>>> kill files. I will continue to read this group and occasionally
>>> "contribute", but I'm sure that some, possibly many have, jumped ship so
>>> to speak. To those that remain, I wish you hardy survivors well. Keep
>>> those filters and kill files up to date. :-)
>>> --
>>> FRH

twaldron

I forgot about that hat. Said "rec.autos.makers.jeep+******" on the back
or something and "Real Jeeps are built, not bought" on the front. It
used to mean something. Haven't seen it in a while. I'll have to find
mine so I can pitch it in the trash.

tw

Mike Romain wrote:
> It has sure changed in 10 years. Folks from here used to get together
> for RAMJ+W runs, this Usenet group had high quality T-shirts made, one
> of which I am wearing right now, hats made, etc...
>
> I'll bet I have met over 50 folks from this group on runs I organized,
> from day trips to take folks out to play and learn what their 4x4 can
> do, especially come first snow, to 10 day Deep Canadian Bush runs with
> folks from all over North America showing up.
>
> RAMJ+W has even made the local papers as an 'organized' Internet group
> involved in local off road area clean ups. 'WE' RAMJ+W, had 20 vehicles
> average show up each weekend for 3 weekends on that clean up. We even
> got a 'good' writeup as a Jeep Group in the Land Rover Magazine.
>
> Most of these folks have given up on the group.
>
> Oh well it was nice while it lasted and my family and I have met some
> great people from here that have remained good friends with us.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Dean wrote:
>
>> When I first started lurking here in 1997 this was an awesome group.
>> There were some jerks and fanboys, like Harry B., but for the most
>> part it was a good place to be. In the past couple of years its begun
>> to look like one of those neighborhoods that used to be nice. Some of
>> the neighbors take care of the place, but there are a few crack houses
>> dragging the whole place down. But this is Usenet and there isn't a
>> thing you can do about those lousy neighbors. Such as in my case
>> where my ISP doesn't provide a news server so I have to use google. I
>> get to see the full onslaught of the problem.
>>
>> The only real answer is for everyone to move to a forum that allows
>> moderation and then the crackpots can be told to behave or be banned.
>> If I knew where else the regulars were hanging out I'd go there too.
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> On Jul 13, 8:13 am, "Frank_v7.0" <n...@no.net> wrote:
>>
>>> My message filter (in Mozilla Thunderbird) has deleted 225 messages in
>>> this group since last night. I haven't been keeping exact counts, but
>>> I'm sure the previous "high" count was in the 80s. I sincerely hope all
>>> the good folks in this group have and are using message filters and/or
>>> kill files. I will continue to read this group and occasionally
>>> "contribute", but I'm sure that some, possibly many have, jumped ship so
>>> to speak. To those that remain, I wish you hardy survivors well. Keep
>>> those filters and kill files up to date. :-)
>>> --
>>> FRH

twaldron

I forgot about that hat. Said "rec.autos.makers.jeep+******" on the back
or something and "Real Jeeps are built, not bought" on the front. It
used to mean something. Haven't seen it in a while. I'll have to find
mine so I can pitch it in the trash.

tw

Mike Romain wrote:
> It has sure changed in 10 years. Folks from here used to get together
> for RAMJ+W runs, this Usenet group had high quality T-shirts made, one
> of which I am wearing right now, hats made, etc...
>
> I'll bet I have met over 50 folks from this group on runs I organized,
> from day trips to take folks out to play and learn what their 4x4 can
> do, especially come first snow, to 10 day Deep Canadian Bush runs with
> folks from all over North America showing up.
>
> RAMJ+W has even made the local papers as an 'organized' Internet group
> involved in local off road area clean ups. 'WE' RAMJ+W, had 20 vehicles
> average show up each weekend for 3 weekends on that clean up. We even
> got a 'good' writeup as a Jeep Group in the Land Rover Magazine.
>
> Most of these folks have given up on the group.
>
> Oh well it was nice while it lasted and my family and I have met some
> great people from here that have remained good friends with us.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Dean wrote:
>
>> When I first started lurking here in 1997 this was an awesome group.
>> There were some jerks and fanboys, like Harry B., but for the most
>> part it was a good place to be. In the past couple of years its begun
>> to look like one of those neighborhoods that used to be nice. Some of
>> the neighbors take care of the place, but there are a few crack houses
>> dragging the whole place down. But this is Usenet and there isn't a
>> thing you can do about those lousy neighbors. Such as in my case
>> where my ISP doesn't provide a news server so I have to use google. I
>> get to see the full onslaught of the problem.
>>
>> The only real answer is for everyone to move to a forum that allows
>> moderation and then the crackpots can be told to behave or be banned.
>> If I knew where else the regulars were hanging out I'd go there too.
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> On Jul 13, 8:13 am, "Frank_v7.0" <n...@no.net> wrote:
>>
>>> My message filter (in Mozilla Thunderbird) has deleted 225 messages in
>>> this group since last night. I haven't been keeping exact counts, but
>>> I'm sure the previous "high" count was in the 80s. I sincerely hope all
>>> the good folks in this group have and are using message filters and/or
>>> kill files. I will continue to read this group and occasionally
>>> "contribute", but I'm sure that some, possibly many have, jumped ship so
>>> to speak. To those that remain, I wish you hardy survivors well. Keep
>>> those filters and kill files up to date. :-)
>>> --
>>> FRH

twaldron

I forgot about that hat. Said "rec.autos.makers.jeep+******" on the back
or something and "Real Jeeps are built, not bought" on the front. It
used to mean something. Haven't seen it in a while. I'll have to find
mine so I can pitch it in the trash.

tw

Mike Romain wrote:
> It has sure changed in 10 years. Folks from here used to get together
> for RAMJ+W runs, this Usenet group had high quality T-shirts made, one
> of which I am wearing right now, hats made, etc...
>
> I'll bet I have met over 50 folks from this group on runs I organized,
> from day trips to take folks out to play and learn what their 4x4 can
> do, especially come first snow, to 10 day Deep Canadian Bush runs with
> folks from all over North America showing up.
>
> RAMJ+W has even made the local papers as an 'organized' Internet group
> involved in local off road area clean ups. 'WE' RAMJ+W, had 20 vehicles
> average show up each weekend for 3 weekends on that clean up. We even
> got a 'good' writeup as a Jeep Group in the Land Rover Magazine.
>
> Most of these folks have given up on the group.
>
> Oh well it was nice while it lasted and my family and I have met some
> great people from here that have remained good friends with us.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
>
> Dean wrote:
>
>> When I first started lurking here in 1997 this was an awesome group.
>> There were some jerks and fanboys, like Harry B., but for the most
>> part it was a good place to be. In the past couple of years its begun
>> to look like one of those neighborhoods that used to be nice. Some of
>> the neighbors take care of the place, but there are a few crack houses
>> dragging the whole place down. But this is Usenet and there isn't a
>> thing you can do about those lousy neighbors. Such as in my case
>> where my ISP doesn't provide a news server so I have to use google. I
>> get to see the full onslaught of the problem.
>>
>> The only real answer is for everyone to move to a forum that allows
>> moderation and then the crackpots can be told to behave or be banned.
>> If I knew where else the regulars were hanging out I'd go there too.
>>
>> Dean
>>
>> On Jul 13, 8:13 am, "Frank_v7.0" <n...@no.net> wrote:
>>
>>> My message filter (in Mozilla Thunderbird) has deleted 225 messages in
>>> this group since last night. I haven't been keeping exact counts, but
>>> I'm sure the previous "high" count was in the 80s. I sincerely hope all
>>> the good folks in this group have and are using message filters and/or
>>> kill files. I will continue to read this group and occasionally
>>> "contribute", but I'm sure that some, possibly many have, jumped ship so
>>> to speak. To those that remain, I wish you hardy survivors well. Keep
>>> those filters and kill files up to date. :-)
>>> --
>>> FRH