Welcome and Intro

patrick flowers

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Sep 19, 1997
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I wanted to take a moment to welcome everyone that's subscribed to the
GMC Motorhome Mail List so far. It may take a while for the list volume
to build as more people subscribe, so, if you're like me and tend to be
impatient, please just hang in there a little while. I've taken a
low-key approach to publicizing the list for now in an effort to ensure
that subscribers have a genuine interest in GMC's.

In the meantime, if you have a question concerning GMC's, don't be
bashful. On some mail lists, a short introduction is customary, so I'll
start it off:

I'm employed as an "Underwriting Support Administrator" for a property
insurance company based in their Atlanta regional office. My position
is the liason between Information Systems and Underwriting Systems for
the southern region.

My wife, Sharon, and I have two young daughters and we own a '73 Canyon
Lands which I have dubbed the "White Elephant". I bestowed this title
on it in a fit of frustration(funny, I can't even remember what the
project du jour was). I always thought that "white elephant" was a term
used for somebody else's junk, but Sharon assured me that the true
meaning is a "priceless treasure"(now you know why I love her:))

We relocated to the Atlanta area in January(transferred from Charlotte)
so much of the past nine months has been taken up with getting settled
in to the new house. The White Elephant has been sitting patiently at
my father's house, keeping his 75 Eleganza company. I just finished the
second driveway and parking pad, so hopefully I will be able to bring
the GMC down here in the next couple of weeks. I was in the middle of
some interior remodeling/upgrading when I got the relo news, and I'd
like to get that done in time to make the Sun n Fun Fly-in this April
down in Lakeland Florida. Oh, I guess I should mention that my other
passion is aviation. I'm a licensed pilot and an airplane nut, but
that's a subject for another mail list.

Patrick
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Patrick Flowers
Mailto:patri63

The GMC Motorhome Page
http://www.gmcmotorhome.com
 
Patrick

Both you and your wife are correct in terms of the definition of white
elephant.
The term comes from India. When one of the big boys would get mad at
another leader he would give him a white elephant. White elephants are
like cows in India they can not be worked. So the poor dude who got the
white elephant could not work it but had to feed it.

My intro: I am a college prof. Teach industrial Design. I have a bad learning
dissability. Cant spell. Its called dislexia or something like that. Could
not
read until I got to college where some professor took me on as his pet
project.

I have always loved the GMC motorhome for its design and features.
I have been a RVer for the last 27 years. Have done the tent thing, popup
thing,
the trailer thing, and the motorhome thing. This last summer the Gov of IL
signed a bill and I found myself being able to retire in 2 years. Next I
found
a GMC Motorhome for about 1/4 bluebook. I bought it, now I will begin to
rebuild it. Yes each of my rigs have been fixer upers. Cant see spending
the money when I have more time than money. I am looking foward to this
news group. I have been on the net for 3 years and this is the first group
I have ever joined. Patrick likes to fly I have a different sickness. If you
want to see what it is check out www.gcbr.com. thats what I do during
the summer. Looking foward to meeting all of you.

Take Care
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