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fj bertrand · #11 12-31-2006, 12:19 PM

Thanks for all the help for my nephew. THere is more to this story than I first reported.

He is a 24 yr old E4 Lance Corporal with 2 tours of Iraq and 2 purple hearts under his belt. He bought a used 1999 320IS BMW before his last tour. His wife bought a new 2005 BMW, model of which I don't know. The 2005 is under warrenty, so my sister gave me the wrong BMW. I sent him the names of the places around Lejune that he can visit.

(Sigh), I don't know how a young couple can afford two BMW's on a E4's rate, even with housing, dependants and subsistance. It's a totally different war and generation. (Although my nephew did correrctly point out that when I got back from VietNam in 1971, I had a new Corvette waiting for me that I bought though the PX in Bien Hoa. I told him it cost $5,031.00, and I was a First Lt. at the time)

Thanks again, and happy motoring to ALL in '07