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From: PurnellJE@aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 11:11:03 -0400
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Another LR Dealer

In a message dated 96-04-05 10:16:57 EST, * I *  writed:

only bummer
>is that all positions are probably in MD, and I'm in WI.  But, hey, with a
>tricked out D90, I'd love the commute!!
>John, D90, soon to be LR-employed as a roving representative at $48K/year
>with full benefits, generous expense account, company supplied 97 SW auto
D90
>(I know I said I'd rather have my manual, so I'll let the wife drive the new
>one!) and responsibilities including attendance at all east and midwest Land
>Rover Events!  (Yee-Haw!  ooops, that's what the J**pers say...sorry.) 

Well, now hold on there youse guys... 

 While I certainly appreciate the applause, all I did so far was send in a
resume, the part in the signature was wishful thinking.  I hope I didn't let
my normally reserved yet quite childlike enthusiasm  go unchaperoned, thus
convincing all you gullable types that I'm now in the lap of Land Rover
luxury:  bikini clad women (albeit, green bikinis) bringing me pints of
England's best, sunning myself atop Defender 110s, loaning company vehicles
to great off-road drivers--getting driving tips all the while, dealers
offering me large cash bribes to get a larger alotment owing to their
increased sales volume and demand for Land Rover product, and clammering
journalists analyzing my every breath, my every utterance,  scouting  for
possible meaning in each phrase that may only drip out of my mouth:   I say:
  "...it's deafening in here..."   And chaos erupts in the crowded journalist
pit:   "Wow!!   What did he say?  Did he say that 'Defenders are coming out
this year!'   I gotta call my editor!  COPY!  COPY!"  

That's not happening yet...  :>)
 
I still am contemplating delivering pizzas in the short term...   :>)
                    (...though now with winter snow storms gone, my big
interview-clinching selling point is a bit moot!)

The outboard boat motor people changed the position I was vying for
 mid-stream (mid lake Winnebago?), thus disqualifying my eng-test background.
(...nice of them to tell me 3 months into the deal...sour grapes on my part?
Naw-#$%!!)   Darn, I wuz gonna have fun playin' break the boat motor...on the
company's dime.

FWIW, I will keep the list up on what transpires, IF, IF, IF ***IF***,
anything comes of LRNA.  When I put the stamp on it, I figured it to be a
LOOOONG shot, but, it came from thinking about what I wanted to do, what I
like to do, what I can do,  kind of a mid-career crisis of sorts.  

So, I apologize if I was a bit over the "credibility vs believability" line
there, I've got my tail just a bit between my legs, but, that won't stop me
from havin' fun!  

And actually, that post brought in some very good points, like from Jeff K,
and Tom Rowe.  If you combine their posts,  the point is not what rewards
personal ownership brings, but the degradation of exactly that through
participation in the money or business side of things.  Just like music, fun
until the club owner says $100, after you say $450. 

I appreciate all the posts.  
John. 94 D90 owner-only  :>)
(no frolicking signature at the end of this one...)

...oh what the hell:
soon to be LR-employed as a roving representative at $98K/year
with full benefits, generous expense account, company supplied Rangie 4.0,
Disco Camel Trophy Version, and 97 SW auto D90 and responsibilities including
attendance at all USA  Land Rover Events!  :>)

well, either that or at a Mautz paint factory as quality control officer.

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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 10:17:43 -0500
From: benedick@pa.net (Darwyn/Kris Benedict)
Subject: Unsubscribe

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Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 11:39:26 +0400
From: mgrove@polarnet.com (Melvin Grove)
Subject: Camel Trophy Web Address

For all those Camel followers out there the web address is
http://www.4x44u.com/pub/k2/cameltrophy/

Just watch where you step! :-)

Mel

All men are great in their dreams,
reality just narrows the competition!

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From: KKelly6788@aol.com
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 1996 16:54:00 -0400
Subject: Camel Trophy Web Site

The Camel Trophy updates will be on the web at:

http://www.4x44u.com/pub/k2/cameltrophy/

As of the last update the U.S. Team is in 18th place (out of 20 teams)

If anyone ever wondered what I look like, my friend Josh just put a couple
pictures of me on the Berryessa Ski team web page:

http://www.ccnet.com/~joshua

That's me backing the boat in to the water with the Range Rover, and
barefooting on the boom with my hair blown back.

Kevin Kelly

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Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 17:14:34 -0800
From: Keith Morehouse-WB9TIY <blckhole@ripco.com>
Subject: Re: Bright Dims?

Larry Rubens wrote:
> I've had a 94 Disco for over a year and a half, I truly love it.
> There is one thing that is a constant irritant:  opposing
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> defer back to their dims.  Does anyone else have this problem or know
> what could it be?

Yeah - the lights are bloody BRIGHT !

Its great to drive a vehicle with decent headlights for a change.  My '96 
is the same way.  I average about 10-15 cars per dim-BRIGHT-dim flash.  
The pretty much "head for the hills" when I pull the light dimmer lever 
to the momentary postition (which turn on BOTH filaments at once - cool) 
for a second, to show them the error of their ways.  I think the lights 
are just "strange" looking to them and not actually blinding (when on 
dim).  They seem to have a pretty clean cutoff pattern.

> Should I have the lights adjusted?

Nah - probably not.  I had my dealer check mine and they were spot on, 
but people STILL flash.  I think I read a paragraph in 4-Wheeler 
magazine, during a Disco review, that said their photographer wouldn't 
let them turn the lights on during the shoot because they were 
distracting - a first for this type of photo shoot !

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PROBE ELECTRONICS 100 Higgins Road, Park Ridge IL 60068 USA
Keith J. Morehouse / WB9TIY / Society of Midwest Contesters
847-696-2828  FAX: 847-698-2045  e-mail: blckhole@ripco.com
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ken from my D90 service manual:

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