IT STINKS!!

By Staff
Published on September 1, 1997

4980 Kocot Road, Sterling, Michigan 48659

I’m writing to let you and your readers know what really
stinks about your magazine, and I’m absolutely positive that I
speak for numerous others who religiously read it.

I’m a 35 year old resident of a small town in Michigan, and
also the proud owner of a fully restored 1922 Nelson Brothers 1 HP
little Jumbo I did myself, and a soon-to-be-restored 1915 1 HP
Associated Chore Boy. So, from this little bit of information, you
can imagine the sheer delight on my face when I open my mailbox and
see GEM buried among all that other junk, i.e. Woman’s Day,
Craftworks, Teen Magazine, bills, etc. and see that beautiful,
color photo of someone’s blood, sweat, and money poured into a
piece of old iron, returning to it the glory that it so greatly
deserves.

That monthly discovery in the mailbox is the beginning of the
end. Let me explain.

First of all, that trip back from the mailbox just went from 75
yards to 75 miles! I think I’m going to go right to my favorite
reading chair to indulge myself like a kid in a candy store, when
my wife stops me midway and unrolls a ‘honeydew’ list long
enough to be labeled Volume One! Honeydew List completion time: two
days, four hours, 22 minutes and $137.53. Finally, day three around
9:30 p.m., I slide into bed, grab that magazine that has been so
elusive the last few days and begin reading it cover to cover. Each
article taking me on a journey to that place and time; pausing once
in a while to snack, use the john and dream of hitting the Lotto,
and building a pole barn large enough to house a 747, fill it with
tractors and gas engines from the For Sale ads in the back of the
magazine!

11:00 p.m. it’s over! The 1 hours it normally takes me to
read the average issue has expired. It’s like taking that last
drink from your favorite beer or soda can, or that last puff of a
cigarette or the last few hours of a two week vacation!

Now, here’s what really stinks about your magazine! Assuming
an average month is 30 days long, and the average time between
issues, I now have roughly 26 days, 18 hours and 38 minutes to
await the arrival of the next issue. That’s what stinks!!

P. S. My little Jumbo is missing its crank
handle. If you know of one or would like to correspond or chat over
the phone, please write or call 517-654-3554 after 6:00 p.m.
[Michigan is in the Eastern time zone.]

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