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Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 09:42:38 -0400
From: "Glen R. Wilson" <railroad@itw.com>
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To: Will Zehring <wzehring@cmb.biosci.wayne.edu>,
Denise Thorpe <thorpe@kegs.saic.com>
Subject: Re: Denise Thorpe Rumor
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What's all this I hear about Denise Thorpe and this Lord Sprocket
cutting up MG 1100's and burying them in San Diego? This is the most
shocking bit of news I run across in a long time. To think we trusted,
nay, worshipped her as the Lord High Goddess of SPAM. Personally, I'm
not really all that surprised as she has recently exhibited a marked
decline in dedication to the Cause evidence by her recently flippant
rejection of my application for an Historical Preservation Grant from
SPAM. We must all be certain not to relax our vigilance to ssure the
protection protection of our cars from the likes of Denise Thorpe.
Glen Wilson
'67 MG 1100 Protector
Will Zehring wrote:
> thorpe@kegs.saic.com (Denise Thorpe)
> Denise T. writes:
>
> >Who the heck is Lord Brocket? Is that another alias for Cecil Kimber or
> >some other MG "deity?" I can't remember people's names when they've only
> >got one!
>
> Well, now that you asked... Lord Brocket is a real person, but I'm not sure
> what his real name is (I mean, I think he bought into the lordship--his real
> name might be Smedley for all I bloody well know). He was recently
> sentenced to 5 years in prison for insurance fraud. This may ring a bell:
> About 2 or 3 years ago he reported the theft of several very pricey and very
> rare Ferraris from his personal digs, a castle somewhere in England. Bits
> of suspicion lingered and investigations finally uncovered the facts: he and
> some hirelings cut the cars up into little pieces and threw them away!
> We're talking something like 4+ MILLION pounds (money, not weight) worth of
> Ferrari. He needed the cash and felt, somehow, that their retail value was
> below their insured value (??... don't ask me!). Anyway, yes, he cut them
> up into little pieces and now these stunning cars are gone forever! The
> fellow should have been drawn and quartered.
>
> I read about this a few weeks ago and... naturally thought of you and the
> MG1100... thing. So, I made the posting.
>
> Thanks for posting directly to me. I am on "digest" mode now and haven't
> actually received a posting from MGS for two+ days. I'm getting the shakes!
>
> Cheers, and have an awesome weekend... cutting up that B/GT ;-)
>
> Will Z.
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