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Posted by:
Gary
Hickman
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
10:12 pm |
I realize there were
many involved in the Hines project, and we should not single out one person over
the others, but I feel the need to post this.
I wondered, when the Hines
ball got rolling, why Joe in GA had such a passion to help the Hines? Then, in
the thread of Joe’s original post “Anybody notice the ‘Wanted, Gold Wing’ ad?”,
Jim Wise posted some links to several archived threads. I had not looked at them
then, but did so tonight. And remembered.
They have to do when Joe in
GA’s 1200 was broke down, they had doctor bills to pay (starting to sound
familiar?) and could not fix the Wing. This was the fall of 1999.
Then
someone started “passing the hat” and, golly, the Wing was fixed, bills were
paid, and Joe had this to say:
“You guys are the
greatest... Bonnie and I are wondering if we will ever find a way to repay this
out-pouring of love.
God Bless... Joe in Ga”
Well, Joe,
looks like you found a way to repay. Kinda the Golden Rule in reverse: Give unto others as they have given unto you.
I
know you were not “repaying a debt” when you took this on, simply passing on the
love and help you had received those 3 years ago.
I kid you a lot on
this board (the skirt & overgrown knife), and you kid right back (the bug
creature from MIB) (still haven’t seen that movie!). I have always felt you were
a good guy with a heart of gold under all that clowning. I was right.
Bonnie, give this big lug a huge hug from me!!!
 Hick, in Nebraska 
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Posted by:
Gary
Hickman
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
10:17 pm |
Here is Jim's post,
for those who missed it.
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This thread has brought back many memories from September of 1999 when the
stator of Joe's 1200 went out. For those of you who were not around then I did a
search, using only the keyword Bonnie and came up with the following chain of
events back then. It was good to be a part of it, what you are doing now is
GREAT! God Bless You All!
Joe's Original Post: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10030877 .html
A thread during the collection of $$: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10031041 .html
Jess Finds a stator: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10031009 .html
Some nice words about Jess: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10039782 .html
A thread of thanks to those that helped: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10031667 .html
Joe's Thanks after the fact: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10031518 .html
Joe and Bonnie's Christmas Gift, 1999: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10043990 .html
The fallout later, WingWorld Magazine: http://archive.gwrra.org/wwwboard/general/10036977 .html
I didn't count the total posts, but our hearts were in basically the
same place, only we didn't have to come up with a WHOLE MOTORCYCLE! LOL
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Used WITH
permission! 
(Message edited on November 12,
2002) |
Posted by:
Greg
Hayden
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
10:44 pm |
I'd like to point out
Jess Tolbert jumped on the drive to fix Joe's bike. I was proud to meet him at
the Hines Wing Presentation. If you think about it, Jess was around to
participate in something that his generosity started a few years ago. I know
there have been others too. Another point of interest is "Poorboy" was there on
Joe's old 1200 that was brought back to life by Jess with the help of other
bikers.
| Greg from Ohio | | |
Posted by:
Jim
Wise
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
10:46 pm |
Greg
Gary, you can edit your second post here and say it's "used WITH permission!" At
least permission from me, who did the search. Thank GWRRA for maintaining
meticulous archives back then, something I wish they would do now on the General
Boards.
In case your lives are too busy to read the links, it was sort
of started by Jess Tolbirt, who offered to make a run to Georgia and provide
labor for a stator replacement if Joe could come up with the parts.
This was
followed by a challenge from Mac Winger (sound familiar?) to me to throw $20 at
the project to match his pledge. Well, it snowballed from there. Next thing ya
know, old Joe's got a new stator and on the road again!
From there,
remember when Joe cleaned out his garage and almost choked Ebay with stuff? He
was able to upgrade to a 1500 from just getting rid of his junk!
Then,
who can forget Joe's plea's for money for the kids? He would shave his head!
Well, he had to lower his expectations a bit, collected a healthy sum of money,
and then to top it off, he won the door prize! His Beloved Big Blue GL1800! I
shed a lot of tears of joy over that turn of events!
I'm sorry I missed
the Hines Presentation, but I'm sure that I'll cross path's with many of you in
the future. I'm looking forward to it!
Randy joined our MSN CyberWings
Chat tonight, I would hope that some of you HWG people will follow suit and do
the same...and soon!
Once you get there, we can try to get you to try
our Powwow chat, even better IMHO!
Thinking of a run to Texas and NM,
lottery tickets in our future if I do Gary!
(Message edited on November
12, 2002)
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Posted by:
Gary
Hickman
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
11:37 pm |
Jim, you can edit
your post to read "Gary" instead of 'Greg"!
BTW, think
I'll buy some lottery tickets!! |
Posted by:
Jim
Wise
Tuesday, November 12, 2002
11:54 pm |
Oops!
I be right
after it Gary!
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Posted by:
George
Clay
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
05:10 am |
Nice post Hick, Thank
you.
Bluewinger
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Blue 2000 GL1500SE
To touch the soul of another
human being is to walk on holy ground. - Stephen Covey
St. Louis Blues 10-3-1
Minnesota
Wild 10-5-2
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Posted by:
Greg
Hayden
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
05:41 am |
I'm going to have to
step away from this Mac, and fire up the PC to try that Pow Wow. When's the best
time to get on? Around 10PM eastern?
| Greg from Ohio | | |
Posted by:
Robin
Perna
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
05:54 am |
Jim why do you not
join us on the HWG chat room. On our site we do have a chat room just for the
HWG SIG.
Rob
 blue
homegrown
trailer
HWG travel coordinator |
Posted by:
Gary
Hickman
Wednesday, November 13,
2002
07:34 am |
Okay Jim, how did you
do that strike-through thingy?
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Posted by:
Greg
Hayden
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
07:57 am |
I think Jim has some
old tricks up his sleeve. Remember his old signature on the old boards?  or  and 
| Greg from Ohio | | |
Posted by:
Greg
Hayden
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
07:59 am |
Gary to answer your
question, I don't remember the code for the strike, but here's some oldies.
http://bbs.gwrra.org/scripts/board/board-image-lis ter.pl
| Greg from Ohio | | |
Posted by:
Joe
Durning
Wednesday, November 13,
2002
07:59 am |
As far as I'm
concerned, the part I played in this Hines Wing effort is only a small part of
any "repayment" due on my part.
Yes, Jess and I have shared e-mails
since Saturday, and I've told him "See what YOU started?"... but he (like
most of us) feels he's no hero, he just did what he thought was "RIGHT" back on
Labor Day '99. He was simply offering to help a fellow winger in need.
Jess has told me that he's real proud to have been a part of this, and
he does realize that if he hadn't come to Manchester 3 years ago, there's a
slight possibility that this weekend's event wouldnt have taken place. (Would anyone ELSE have posted the "Anybody notice
the GoldWing wanted ad" to the general board? I'd like to THINK someone else
would have, but who knows? )
I was talking with our Pastor
at church about all this. We were talking about how sometimes a seed is planted
and you never know how long it may take for the tree to bear fruit. Well folks,
THIS tree took 3 years to bear any REAL fruit, and I'm betting that it'll bear a
LOT MORE in the years to come.
I'm real proud to have been a small part
of this, and I got to meet a BUNCH of REAL NICE folks (face-to-face) that I may
never have had the opportunity to meet otherwise.
Thanks for the kind
post Hick!
Beautiful downtown Manchester, Jaw-ja. (dont blink, you'll miss
us!)
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Posted by:
Greg
Hayden
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
08:08 am |
Joe, your "small"
part was huge. To be honest with you, I never look at the classifieds unless I'm
looking for something. I would like to think someone else would of seen the
post, and brought it up, but I can't say for sure. YOU DID! And like I said in
my little speech, "who else would of done that", and I mean it.
I think
your right about how the charitable notion got started.
| Greg from Ohio | | |
Posted by:
Bob
Pank
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
08:42 am |
I think Joe is being
Joe. Meek As I was taught in Bible college "Meekness is not weakness, but power
under control".
As everyone knows: And
this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of
themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the
third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
Joe, accept the thankfulness of
us as you accepted it in the sowing years.
You and others, GWRRA did an
awesome thing!
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Bob Pank
Douglasville Georgia
95 SE (TT Red) SCARLET
"God Bless America"
Psalms 62:6-8
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USAF Retired |
Posted by:
Tim
Bowman
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
01:34 pm |
If you have something
you REALLY believe in, you can't help but share it. That causes me a really long
pause for reflection on applying that in my spiritual life.
The whole
story of what has happened is a great illustration of sharing "good news" with
others. I know it came naturally for me to share the Hines' story with many
others and I'm sure it was the same for many of you.
"Let not your
treasure be hid under a basket . . ."
Tim in Burien, WA
Washington State Chapter "A"
'84
Aspencade & matching trailer
Champaign
22,000.0 original miles (10/14/02) and now climbing at the correct indicated
reading!
Winglet: '82 CM450 Custom w/ 4,500 miles
Member of HINES Wing
Group
website: http://www.geocities.com/tkbowman
Goldwing pictures:
http://groups.msn.com/ClassicWingSIG/1984aspencade.msnw |
Posted by:
Bill
Hines
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
08:06 pm |
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OUR DEAREST FAMILY OF
FRIENDS:
I believe Bill and I know how Joe feels about helping others since
we received such a wonderful gift from many, many new friends. Since Saturday
Bill and I have discussed how we could ever repay everyone for their love,
support and generousity. Probably the best answer we could come up with is to be
there for someone else who finds themselves in an unexpected situation.
We
hated to see everyone leave as we were having such a great time visiting with
all these strangers who instantly became a very important part of our lives and
family. I think sometimes we all are guilty (including myself) of being in a
hurry, or too tired, or........to stop and look around and see someone's pain or
needs. Maybe we think if we don't see it, it doesn't exsist. Joe, (God Bless his
heart of gold) saw past the "Wanted Goldwing ad", because he was in a similar
situation years ago. All I asked for was for someone who might have a wing to
sell carry a note for me. Joe saw it as my love for my husband and his love for
Goldwings.
I've come away from this past month really (because I knew what
was going on behind Bill's back) with a different perspective of life. I've
always tried to be a giving person, making things for charities, etc., but now,
thanks to Joe, I see the hurt and pride of those who I've given to.
It's
kind of like the old saying: "You can't see the forrest for the trees".
There were many who saw through Joe's eyes or this past weekend would have
never happened. I never thought of it until it was mentioned Saturday that on
9/11/2001 many lost their lives, including firemen. One year later, 11/09/2002 a
fireman (Bill) was given his life back thanks to all of you kind people in the
GWRRA Organization.
Once again, Thank You my heroes and I hope I can live up
to a least half of how great you all are.
God Bless!
Love and Prayers,
Linda and Bill}
Linda and Bill Hines
Proud Owners of 1998 "Big Red 2"
From: "OUR FAMILY OF FRIENDS"
Member: Hines Wing Group 11/09/2002 |
Posted by:
Gary
Hickman
Wednesday, November 13,
2002
09:15 pm |
Hey Joe,
Did
Bonnie give you that hug yet?
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Posted by:
Jim
Wise
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
11:47 pm |
I'm still wondering
what those old sig files of mine contained! LOL
Greg, care to share them
via email to me? }
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Posted by:
Greg
Hayden
Thursday, November 14, 2002
06:05 am |
Hey. There not
working now. The clipart was your old clipart smile you used for a signature on
the old board. On the post above they were all working, but now there not. I
must be going crazy. 
| Greg from Ohio | | |
Posted by:
Jim
Wise
Thursday, November 14, 2002
08:10 pm |
Greg, if you saw that
smiley here, I think you must be crazy! I've never seen it among the stuff
available here now. When I first saw your post above it was just as it is now,
no real picture.
I do kinda miss the guy though!
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