[DMCForum] Re: Village Idiot Returns -- I'm Still Here

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The moniker doesn't phase me. Is actually somewhat amusing -- I've
never understood why so many people think they have a stake in my
transportation choices. Or where my reputation as a mechanical menace
came from (I *DO* manage to keep a fleet of vintage vehicles on the
road as daily transportation, on subsistence wages no less -- I'm
among a select group of owners who did not sell their DeLoreans as
soon as they lost their jobs). Of course very few people in this world
think as I do, and I harbor no delusions that anything I say or do
will influence others, but I'll be damned if I'm going to keep quiet
or hide what I do as if it were something to be ashamed of.

BTW: I think Martin coined the nickname, not
Greg/Gary/Endotex/Jetjock/A310/etc. Search the archive for "playing
with something shiny", if memory serves.

Last week I was lamenting the little GM 151 in my AMC. This week it
looks pretty darn good. 21 gallon gas tank is a welcome feature too.
Think the Lincolns will remain out of service a while longer...

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxx> wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> 
> Nice to know you're still doing well. Keep in touch from time to time. 
> 
> And, I don't know how often we have to keep telling you this, but
> you're not the village idiot.
> 
> Does anyone have a better nickname for Walt to adopt? Something more
> polite, perhaps?
> 
> -Ryan
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> On 9/1/05, content22207 <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
> > Just received an eMail asking if I was still alive, still an
owner, etc.
> > 
> > I am, and I am. Am using the DeLo for transportation to the university
> > because it's the only tagged vehicle equipped with air conditioning.
> > Hopefully no one will mess with it in the parking lot (attracts more
> > attention than I'm comfortable with).
> > 
> > All other days I'm living out of the trucks. Am absolutely killing
> > myself building furniture for the expanded EC program at church. Was
> > helping with building renovations too, but that was before I became a
> > full time cabinet maker (volunteer, of course).
> > 
> > Lost interest in the Forum when everyone jumped all over my case for
> > mentioning the simplicity of carburetion, then wee wee'd all over
> > themselves regarding diesel injection for that exact same reason
> > (simplicity). Now I see that everyone has lost interest in converting
> > their DeLo's to diesel in favor of electrification. Please...
> > 
> > Not that it matters to anyone, but my carbureted little silver car
> > continues to perform flawlessly. No hot start issues. No hot gasoline
> > issues. No melting headlight switch. Is still dented & dirty (sans
> > functional angle drive), but has yet to miss a beat. All I do is add
> > gas and drive.
> > 
> > Oh -- my replacement DMCH door strut FINALLY showed up, so I can now
> > transport a passenger. Did have to disassemble and rig a repair for
> > the passenger seat belt retractor. The design really isn't very good
> > -- hope one day to swap them out for old Ford units.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
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