Thanks Gordon Yeo.

[Eric R.]

Originally Posted by rob love

....with proper export papers from Manitoba I hope!

Fresh Timmy's is the currency!

[Gordon Yeo]

Rob has to spend a bunch of money on a truck and I get absolution for poaching in Manitoba!

I'm glad you bought the truck and made two people happy. I know that my contact wanted the truck saved and go to a good home. Who better to have it than Rob ( Mr. Ford).

A HUP isn't a CMP? You have to watch those guys from the Hammond Barn, they will try and wind you up every chance they get.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

What a great find, and rightly acquired as no-one with a bit of CMP flowing in their blood could have left it standing - no matter what the S.O. or the neighbours say

Rob, could you get a better picture of the decal on the overflow tank, not seen that before.

Cheers,
Hanno

[rob love]

I had seen remnants of the decal before, but this was one of the cleanest I have seen. As a matter of fact, I had taken a closeup.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Gordon Yeo

Rob has to spend a bunch of money on a truck and I get absolution for poaching in Manitoba!

I'm glad you bought the truck and made two people happy. I know that my contact wanted the truck saved and go to a good home. Who better to have it than Rob ( Mr. Ford).

A HUP isn't a CMP? You have to watch those guys from the Hammond Barn, they will try and wind you up every chance they get.

Gordon:

I cannot offer absolution. There is much higher authority for that. Poaching rust free artifacts from Manitoba and taking them to the Ontario rustbelt is wrong on many levels. There were a lot more military vehicles in Ontario....your forefathers chose not to look after them as well as spread salt all over your roads. So your people decide to live in the warmer climate of Canada, but then figure you have the right to come into the deep freeze at will and remove cultural property. You have not paid the price unless you have lived in constant -35 temperatures, knowing full well that after 3 decent months of weather you will go through the winter cycle all over again.

Don't forget, we now have your son. Any further incursions into MB for nefarious purposes and we will turn off his heat. Did you note that during your last visit out here (possibly poaching I might add) all his vehicles broke down? Don't underestimate our powers.

There is a little more to the "not a CMP" story from Rob. When I went to Afghanistan as a contractor, the wife set up an email account so she could talk with me while I was gone. Since my internet account was cmpman, she took on the account name of cmpwoman. Only problem was when someone asked her later what a cmp was, she thought it must be some kind of gun. I told her about the trucks, and she asked if we had one. At the time, we did not have an iconic cmp truck, although there were plenty of other Canadian vehicles including the penguin, the carriers, and a multitude of cmp trailers. So she told me we had to buy a CMP. It is not often I get told to go buy another truck from her, and so when the HUP became available, we jumped on it.

I suspect Rob's comment was merely trying to assist me by opening the possibility that she would fall for it, and order me to buy another truck. Alas, she was not so gullible the second time around, yet here I am with another.

[Gordon Yeo]

Golly Rob, every time I've been out there I always thought Manitoba was a great country and people. Now you have exposed a dark and sinister side that makes worry. Neil, better come home!

[rob love]

Sorry Gord. A fact of military life is that once you are posted to Shilo, you are destined to stay in Shilo for a very long time. (ask me how know this). Besides, he is doing good volunteer work at the museum.