Libertad
I would like to thank you for placing my KJ in your magazine. I can not wait each month for the magazine to arrive and I was completely shocked with it being in there, not to mention honored, since it was my KJ, not our TJ or WJ. I belong to several Jeep clubs. All they do is complain about your magazine and the people behind it for the fact that you won't put a KJ in it, and for the fact that you say it like it is. Now I am facing the wrath by some jealous people saying that my pic is a poser pic and that there are way more worthy KJ's out there. They seem to be plotting some sort of game together to flood you with KJ submissions now since they feel mine was only put in since ya had no other worthy Jeeps to put in. Well, in my eyes all that matters is I made it in your awesome magazine and I will continue to look forward to it arriving each month not just because my Jeep was in it, but because I enjoy your magazine. I am not a Jp hater! Watch out for the flood of KJ pics from all the haters out there trying to prove a point. Maybe some day we will see you out on a trail and ya can see my KJ isn't a poser.Tammy MeyersFrackville, Pennsylvania
Trasborg responds: I got like six submissions one day and like one the next day. Which, for libbys is a flood. But still, only seven out of 92,000 readers?
Never Bitched
I will start off by saying that I never have any bitch about your magazine. Sure, some things are out of my price range, but hey, everyone has a different budget, and we all like to dream. Anyway, I live in Attica, Indiana, about one mile from the Badlands. My father-in-law went to high school with Troy Myers, who of course used to own the Badlands. In "Badlands" (July '09) Mr. Trasborg stated that the Badlands is located on an old coal mine. This is incorrect. There used to be a stone quarry there. And at one time Harrison Steel Castings Company (who I work for) used it to mine silica sand for molds. The EPA shut the "sand farm" down in the 80s and Troy bought some of the land from Harrison Steel and eventually opened up the Badlands in the early 90s. As for the black lung statement, technically you are still correct; black lung is from coal dust, and silicosis is from silica sand. They are essentially the same, as both of them are dust settling in the lungs.
Anyway, keep up the great work guys! And who knows, maybe next time you are in Attica you might have the pleasure of meeting me.Nathan LeonardAttica, Indiana
Missed It!
I'm really kind of bummed that I missed out on the April Fool's joke. I picked up a copy of the July '09 issue and was reading the letters to the editor and I was blown away by the people who were so worked up over a joke. Seriously? It's a magazine, not a newspaper, and humor is a staple of entertainment no matter what medium. In direct response to RC Junior's "Pissed off Labor" comment-I'm a huge Mopar/Jeep nut, have owned two Dodge trucks and three WJs, and I find it funny.
I found it so funny, in fact, that I immediately went online and subscribed for two years-this "stunt" and the backlash from it being the driving force. You guys don't seem to dedicate too much column space to WJs, but I understand that. They were only made for five years and there aren't many of us doing anything with them. I bought my first new in 1999; it was the first V-8 Laredo that Kirkland Chrysler sold, actually. I missed it so much that two years ago I bought another '99 V-8 Laredo- same color, same options less Up Country and Quadra-Drive. That's now my trail rig, and I sold my daily driver earlier this year and I bought yet another WJ, this time an '02 Limited.
I created a profile on jpmagazine.com and added my two WJs. When the housing market picks up enough and I've got the coin burning a hole in my pocket, I intend to do a NV4500 swap into my '99, along with iron 44s front and rear and an NP231 T-case swap.Nick Snowvia e-mail
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