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Author Message   JMcD Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 03:06 pm:    Took me about 3.5 hours to remove box, clean, file, lube and reassemble components and center console. Not that bad, dif-lock works great, wife not that impressed.. Thanks for all the help and advice.. JMcD   Paul T. Schram (Paulschram) Posted on Thursday, February 28, 2002 - 03:38 pm:    Did you expect her to be impressed? Mine now just rolls her eyes when I tell her of an adventure that didn't turn catastrophic. And we've only been married two weeks tomorrow. Now, go out 'wheeling and impress her with what your truck will now do! Peace, Paul   chrsi browne Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 04:52 am:    I think you're meant to impress them somewhere else than the truck guys...c'mon now!   Kingfish (Kingfish) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 07:40 am:    Impressing a woman usually means taking your wallet out, turning it upside down and shaking everything out into her hands. Cars impressing a woman? Grasshopper, you have more to learn...   JMcD Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 08:26 am:    Ahhhhh, You are so right Master Kingfish, so right.. I have forgotten the Cardinal rule of impressing Women. Rule #1 Have lots of money Rule #2 See rule #1 JMcD   RVR OVR (Tom) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 12:27 pm:    my woman only seems to be impressed when i say "no, i'd much rather be with you than go offroading" ugh.   Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:17 pm:    you can make that sound genuine? What's your secret?   JMcD Posted on Friday, March 01, 2002 - 01:40 pm:    Yeah Tom, tell us how you DO it!! JMcD   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 10:20 am:    Not always true...I am a girl and I am really impressed with trucks and off-roading...and one other thing. I don't care much for money or fast cars. But what I really like to hear is "let's take YOUR Rover off-roading this weekend, honey. Oh, and I'll pay for gas."   JB Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 12:20 pm:    Will you marry me - I seem to meet your qualifications. I have no money and a POS range rover and will always want to take your rover offroading ( cause mine usually has serious issues ;) and I have enough spare change in my supersized Corona plastic change bottle in my apt., which has little furniture but lots and lots of rover parts, to by us many gallons of gas. Come on let's do it!! wait - I have to see you drive first... you see I have standards too. heh heh heh .. Have a great day guys and gals its almost Saturday - 'Saturday is a Rover day'   gp (Garrett) Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 02:09 pm:    silly boy. remember......her boyfriend drives a j**p. we're willing to let her slide for a while intil she dumps him!!   Moe (Moe) Posted on Thursday, March 07, 2002 - 08:56 pm:    "no, i'd much rather be with you than go offroading" Tom, we can work on that a little. "No, I'd rather be with you and go offroading together". Getting her to come along is one thing. Getting her excited about spotting is something entirely different. JMcD, I thiink you could try something else to impress her, maybe do an engine swap   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 12:36 am:    Very nice...shun me because my fiance is a j**per. LOL! He really truly wanted a Defender, but cost was an issue. At least it's somewhat of a step up from his old Dodge Neon. Maybe a little 4X4 envy because I drove the bigger truck? I dunno. Regardless, mine is still bigger than his. And silly JB, I am sure you have high standards for your women, but we both know that spare change would never cover the cost of gas for a Rover. LOL Saturday is definitely rover day for me. It's time to do some good maintenance in the great weather down here in MD.   gp (Garrett) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 08:21 am:    do you have any sisters? ps: stay out of this karen and kim.   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 10:19 am:    or a brother for bluegill... rd   gp (Garrett) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 10:34 am:    i was gonna say the same thing rob, but i have been too much of an ass this week as it is. ps: i am in the process of trying to adopt 18 year old swedish twins. cross your fingers everyone!!!   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:05 am:    ROB! I asked you to keep that quiet...damn Garrett, if the twin deal falls through, try mail-ordering someone from a country ending in "-stan" Joanna, time for a photogallery...we want to see our Disco in action...   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:13 am:    OUR disco?? hmmm...   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:15 am:    oops...that "and sometimes y" trips me up sometimes... shuddup Rob   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:54 am:    I want to take a GWNF trip in April and I'll get some pics then. I've never been there. With me,this Disco has really only seen a couple of light trails and lots and lots and lots of sand. With the previous owner, it has seen much, so I still have lots to learn about driving it. (I used to own a F*rd Bronco II that I used to take out from time to time, but much different and of a "lighter" caliber LOL). Then I will also add pics when I do all my mods in July for the before and after effect. If anyone feels like helping me install my lift in July, speak up!   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:55 am:    Oh, and I don't have any sisters. But, I do have a brother and he's married. Sorry fellas!   gp (Garrett) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 03:24 pm:    guess i can go home now!!! damn.   JB Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 05:22 pm:    I'm cute and smart ( sez the current girlfriend, she's blind through inbreeding though) and I applied for a Texaco card last night!!! I will wait for you to see the light and dump the j**pr guy. Wouldn't you rather live in the south, near Tellico and the best trails around.... heck you could just become bi (coastal that is..north and south...) and have us both. I'm all about some sharing.. Please know I mean no offense Joanna ;) ..just lighhearted bbs goofiness.. time to fix my rotors and hit the trails because as we all know... 'Saturday Is A Rover Day'   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Friday, March 08, 2002 - 11:34 pm:    Don't worry...I like trucks...does that seem like an oversensitive girl to you? All in good fun. With that Texaco card, I may just have to change my mind. Just kidding. You'll find the perfect woman someday.   Glenn Guinto (Glenn) Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 12:09 am:    hey garrett, I think Joanna has a donkey... -glenn   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 12:20 pm:    brilliant glenn... LOL rd   gp (Garrett) Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 01:01 pm:    "perfect woman"?? don't tease the poor soul like that. no such thing. well unless you do that whole mail order thing. donkys don't drive rovers. otherwise.........maybe.   cartner Posted on Saturday, March 09, 2002 - 02:47 pm:    hmmm..me thinks the trick is a screening process...you have to be selective right off...find the ones that ASK to spot for you and THEN proceed...A GWNF trip in april? would this be a group opportunity? Could be fun.   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 11:03 am:    Even mail order brides have glitches!   gp (Garrett) Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 11:54 am:    obviously joanna you did not see the movie Cherry 2000. this guy was in search of his past girlfriend that was a sort of 'man made' woman. she was perfect and was great looking!!! was a stupid movie, but i still watch the damn thing when it's on encore. oh well. i guess i will just stick to hanging out at the penn state bars looking for 'the one', since you distroyed my idea of 'mail order' ladies. and i was just getting good at speaking russian!!! damit!!!   Joanna St. George (Joanna) Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 07:18 pm:    Hey, it's not the end of the world...you've still got life like blow up dolls. I am sure that some BB members here wouldn't mind sharing...   gp (Garrett) Posted on Sunday, March 10, 2002 - 11:24 pm:    rob.....blue???   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 08:32 am:    http://www.muttonbone.com/ heh heh Have fun, all.....   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 12:18 pm:    OK, Leslie's bookmarked webpages scare me...LOL P.S. Garrett, some things you just don't share.   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 12:23 pm:    yeah man, we had a pact...   gp (Garrett) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 12:35 pm:    you talking about mail order brides or blow up dolls?? you all would be freaked out if i "shared" things.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 12:45 pm:    Heh heh, It's not bookmarked. It came up in a thread on another board. It's one of those things that even though you want to, after you looked you just couldn't forget it..... but, if you can't forget it, then instead you give it to someone who can use it..... (don't blow too much money there, Garrett.....) -L   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 12:57 pm:    Suuuuuuuuuuure Leslie. But don't feel bad - I know how lonely those long days in the field mapping outcrops can get.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:01 pm:    Out west, maybe. Here in the Appalachians, there's a still in every holler, w' a barefoot 16-year old daughter in every cabin, who's been waitin' for someone not kin to come by.... No wonder it takes forever to fieldmap a quad in these parts.... lol..... -L   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:21 pm:    damn, I obviously didn't spend enough time mapping the Apps....deep in the fields out here in the west there is NOTHING (unless, of course, you think ahead like I did and rig the field partner selection process so that your girlfriend always ends up as your parnter...rock hammer, brunton, sample bag, clipboard, blanket, wine, cheese....)   gp (Garrett) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:25 pm:    blue maybe you should come out here and take a nice canoeing trip with leslie. who's gonna play ned? ps: can you play 'dualing banjos'   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:28 pm:    LOL.... That's why there's a .45 w/ me..... "Homey don't play that!!!" And, canoeing is so 70's.... Kayaking was so 80s, and then canoeing came back for the 90s, so now kayaking is back.... lol... -L   gp (Garrett) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:32 pm:    i have a '93 Mad River Explorer with full float bags. they never go out of fashion. neither do C-1's. i have paddled class III with that boat on the yough in ohiopyle, pa. real men don't wear skirts.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:44 pm:    They're kilts! Oh, wait... we're not talking Highland games, eh? Lol..... -L   gp (Garrett) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:53 pm:    actually i was talking about 'spray skirts' regarding kayaking. i can't bust on the the kilts......i am scottish as well.   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 01:58 pm:    hehe maybe you two should get together and go canoeing... "I'll paddle from behind"   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 02:00 pm:    I knew you were referring to the spray-skirt, it's just when you saw that a guy can't wear a skirt, the kilt-thing popped to mind... And, actually.... I was on the Nolichucky in a funyak - not the inflatable thing... a shorter wider kayak - w/o a skirt. Actually, this was, oh, 15 years ago... I grew up canoeing, but hadn't been in a kayak before at that point... Anyway, we're cruisin' along, and I say out loud to myself "I wonder if I could roll this thing?" Susan, a very experienced kayaker who was paddling along w/ me, bet me dinner that I couldn't. So..... Yep! I actually rolled the thing.... managed to get it over (which was hard, given it's width), and then popped on over, right back up. Problem was, w/o a skirt, the thing had filled w/ water as I came up. I tried to make it to shore to dump it, but ended up with it flipping back over first.... At least she bought me dinner.... -L   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 02:02 pm:    damn, fumbled the punchline "I'll paddle from behind"   Blue (Bluegill) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 02:03 pm:    ferget it   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 02:03 pm:    lol.... I know which pic you were trying to post.... lol..... -L   gp (Garrett) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 02:10 pm:    yeah they have those things at ohiopyle too. they call them 'duckies' there. when i was there last my one buddy got one. they seem so unfair. they are so hard to flip. that's pretty good the you could roll that thing. they are pretty much flat on the bottom. open boats can be a bitch in big water.......once you get some water onboard it gets pretty sketchy. just bail what you can and keep paddling hard. http://www.wilderness-voyageurs.com/Lower%20Youghiogheny.htm this is actually the easier section. the upper is class V+. i wanna see that pic blue.   Leslie N. Bright (Leslie) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 02:14 pm:    Look in the Practice Area.... under the thread that we were using the other day.... -L   Rob Davison (Pokerob) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 05:39 pm:    those single man duckies or "thrill seekers" are awsome fun. i have been wanting to do that upper yough since they opened it back up. i know al hang was interested doing some paddling too. maybe we could get a posse togther for may or june. i know a nice trail very close to ohiopyle,, thats my neck of the woods ya know. rd   gp (Garrett) Posted on Monday, March 11, 2002 - 07:04 pm:    sounds fine to me. if you are talking the upper then i am not considering using my mad river. the lower was rough enough in an open boat. the thrill seekers are way better than a raft too. rafts are slow and you have to deal with a bunch of cry babies half the time that either get too cold, wet or something. best to check the release dates and try and go close to them. decent camping in the area too. let me know anytime.