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Thu, 31 December 2020 01:02  |
BobDunahugh
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Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
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For most, our GMC travels got shortened. Lost dear friends, and family members due to Covid. Now above 340,000 have died.
To top things off for us. The Midwest got hit with an extreme Derecho on August 9th. And what's that you might ask? It's a storm of very high straight-line winds for an extended period of time. 50 minutes for us. That's not hurricane related. This one was around 50 miles wide and went for 717 miles, Nebraska to Indiana with Cedar Rapids Iowa getting hit with the highest sustained winds of the entire storm, 147mph. GMCMI members Dave and Karen Roberts and our house being in the highest wind gust area of around 160 mph. A nuclear power plant near both our homes had both of their cooling towers come down. Train cars were tipped off the tracks about 5 miles away. Large heating/cooling units came flying off of large/tall buildings. And blocked most of the streets downtown. Just the trees that got destroyed in the Cedar Rapids area would fill the Rose Bowl 16 times. FEMA had 1324 self-loading trucks here (still here) that can hold 100 cubic yards of material each. (9 got loaded at our house alone.) I was extremely impressed with the work that they do. We ended up with about $90,000 in damages. Dave, Karen, Linda, and myself got extremely lucky. As both of our GMCs were inside each of their respective garages - untouched. And we could stay in our homes. I've got a Bobcat loader and my dump truck. Spent almost 3 months helping other home owners that just didn't have the funds for their cleanup. I got paid well with seeing the stress of it all leaving their faces. That was my pay along with some great food. ( Will work for food? )
Then there were the fires out West. We had our first 78 Royale burn 5 years ago. We were devastated. But to have your home of many year plus the deaths that were fire related - ALL your belongings lost. I just can't imagine that. Never. For us closure was simple. Got dealt lemons - made lemonade. Why? Because I could. And we ended up with the GMC that Linda had dreamed of.
The hurricanes along the coast. Again - The personal loss.
Then the anger in the streets, and in relationships during the last 3 years. All these things bring stress to the entire country. If you were lucky enough to have missed these types of tragedies, be thankful. Oprah Winfrey came up with her "Do random acts of kindness to people that you don't know - or do know. Love that. The Aldi stores have flowers for $3.99 a bunch. I bring some home for Linda at times. Helps to make up for all my bad deeds. Any acts of kindness will bring a little joy to your day and others. If you're at a stop light and someone needs to exit a parking lot - let them out. We need more kindness nationwide. If someone wants to argue and continues after your attempts to smooth things out remember that we all have the right to our opinions. We must be respectful of those that disagree. But, when all attempts to make peace fail. Tell them "Have a great day” and walk away. As arguing solves ZERO. Clubs in real time or on line, of any type, are dependent on good PR among its leadership and its members. Clubs must have people. People don't need clubs.
I'm an optimistic person by nature. I can't comprehend the point of being a pessimist. Because if you look for the down side of life. You'll just put yourself there along with others around you.
May the winds be at your back. Tires stay round, and your tank be full. Make the best of the hand that you get dealt this coming year and make it the best year that you can.
Bob Dunahugh
78 Royale since 2003.
4 COPO Yenkos that I enjoy road racing a lot. My true passion.
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wish everyone a Happy New Year. ( Got to be better than 2020 ) [message #361316 is a reply to message #361283] |
Thu, 31 December 2020 16:27  |
dsmithy
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Location: Lincoln Nebraska
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Said the one dog to another:
"Boy, that was a rough seven years."
Just what I feel, and my year was uneventful in the best of ways.
You are exactly right Bob, and thanks for the reminder.
Douglas & Virginia Smith,
dsmithy18 at gmail,
Lincoln Nebraska,
’73 “Sequoia” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy wheels/Sundry other
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wish everyone a Happy New Year. ( Got to be better than 2020 ) [message #361317 is a reply to message #361316] |
Thu, 31 December 2020 17:25 |
jimk
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Bob,
I hope by late fall, enough older people will have been vaccinated so we
can have attendance at a Fall convention.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 2:28 PM Douglas Smith via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> Said the one dog to another:
> "Boy, that was a rough seven years."
>
> Just what I feel, and my year was uneventful in the best of ways.
> You are exactly right Bob, and thanks for the reminder.
> --
> Douglas & Virginia Smith
> dsmithy18 at gmail
> Lincoln Nebraska
> ’73 “Canyonlands” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
> Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy
> wheels(finally!)/Sundry other
>
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Jim Kanomata
Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
jimk@appliedairfilters.com
http://www.gmcrvparts.com
1-800-752-7502
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wish everyone a Happy New Year. ( Got to be better than 2020 ) [message #361321 is a reply to message #361317] |
Thu, 31 December 2020 19:13 |
stu@97381.com, Emery
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They are selecting older people by random in Colorado. Michelle is scheduled for Jan. 5 but I haven’t gotten a notice yet.
Emery Stora
Emery
> On Dec 31, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Jim Kanomata via Gmclist wrote:
>
> Bob,
> I hope by late fall, enough older people will have been vaccinated so we
> can have attendance at a Fall convention.
>
>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 2:28 PM Douglas Smith via Gmclist > gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Said the one dog to another:
>> "Boy, that was a rough seven years."
>>
>> Just what I feel, and my year was uneventful in the best of ways.
>> You are exactly right Bob, and thanks for the reminder.
>> --
>> Douglas & Virginia Smith
>> dsmithy18 at gmail
>> Lincoln Nebraska
>> ’73 “Canyonlands” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
>> Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy
>> wheels(finally!)/Sundry other
>>
>>
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> Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
> http://www.gmcrvparts.com
> 1-800-752-7502
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wish everyone a Happy New Year. ( Got to be better than 2020 ) [message #361322 is a reply to message #361321] |
Thu, 31 December 2020 19:35 |
James Hupy
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Once the vaccine is In the hands of local States control, distribution has
all the earmarks of a Cluster__%÷> of the highest order. Simply Amazing.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020, 5:13 PM Emery Stora via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> They are selecting older people by random in Colorado. Michelle is
> scheduled for Jan. 5 but I haven’t gotten a notice yet.
>
> Emery Stora
>
> Emery
>
>> On Dec 31, 2020, at 4:26 PM, Jim Kanomata via Gmclist gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Bob,
>> I hope by late fall, enough older people will have been vaccinated so we
>> can have attendance at a Fall convention.
>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 2:28 PM Douglas Smith via Gmclist >> gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Said the one dog to another:
>>> "Boy, that was a rough seven years."
>>>
>>> Just what I feel, and my year was uneventful in the best of ways.
>>> You are exactly right Bob, and thanks for the reminder.
>>> --
>>> Douglas & Virginia Smith
>>> dsmithy18 at gmail
>>> Lincoln Nebraska
>>> ’73 “Canyonlands” since ‘95: "Wanabizo";
>>> Quadrabag/6 wheel disks/3:70 final/Paterson QuadraJet/Thorley’s/Alloy
>>> wheels(finally!)/Sundry other
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Jim Kanomata
>> Applied/GMC, Newark,CA
>> jimk@appliedairfilters.com
>> http://www.gmcrvparts.com
>> 1-800-752-7502
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wish everyone a Happy New Year. ( Got to be better than 2020 ) [message #361337 is a reply to message #361283] |
Fri, 01 January 2021 15:24 |
jhbridges
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happy new year Bob. Gotta be better'n this'n. April 22 - 25, The Mitty (POCKETApocketaPOCKETA) Let's have a rally there (unannounced to Michlein) and all crew for Bob so he can run a Yenko.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: [GMCnet] Wish everyone a Happy New Year. ( Got to be better than 2020 ) [message #361340 is a reply to message #361337] |
Fri, 01 January 2021 15:41 |
James Hupy
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Same back your way, Ken. What a year this was. My 80th Birthday year. Just
Judy and I. Not exactly how we planned it. COVID, Then wild fires. Burned
two small towns 30 miles away from us completely, nothing left. At least 5
other towns had significant damage as well. Began to consider heading for
the coast to wait it out. But, even the coast had some fires. That
subsided, then the protests in big cities. Crazy stuff for sure. Really one
for the history books. This year will have to really try to outdo the last
one. Hang in there everyone.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Oregon
On Fri, Jan 1, 2021, 1:25 PM Johnny Bridges via Gmclist <
gmclist@list.gmcnet.org> wrote:
> happy new year Bob. Gotta be better'n this'n. April 22 - 25, The Mitty
> (POCKETApocketaPOCKETA) Let's have a rally there (unannounced to Michlein)
> and all crew for Bob so he can run a Yenko.
>
> --johnny
> --
> Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
> Braselton, Ga.
> I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me
> in hell
>
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