Thanks Sarge for keeping us on track.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
To: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
Cc: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 4:26 AM
Subject: Law
> On My Healey list We have talked several times over the last couple of
years
> about what happens to someone who defames or bad mouth's a business ...
> without telling the truth.... and in one case on a list the business sued
> the guy and won because they had performed the services he requested and
he
> was one of those folks Nobody could please....
>
> This is another True story.... I was in a Unit in Germany where my sole
Job
> the year I was there was to keep folks from dieing at the hands of an
Idiot
> commander... I was the senior Instructor Pilot and signed everyone in the
> unit off... I had a very tough year.... but we didn't loose a soul... At
> my Farewell Party....as I was leaving... when I got up to speak.... I
> started the Speech with this statement...." my mom always told me if I
> didn't have anything nice to say... don't say anything at all.... SOO this
> is going to be SHORT" Needless to say I infuriated the Commander and Paid
> some dues for it... but it was worth it...
>
> Basically the same applies here....That is why the Politic's thing could
be
> so bad for this list... I know Many of us are chomping at the Bit to have
> our say on this whole mess... but if we do... just remember the other 50%
> that voted for the other guy.... or maybe 20 in our case....
>
> Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 9:25 PM
> Subject: Re: New Kurtis Book
>
>
> > Keith
> > I thought Alabama law was to wrap them in more chain than they could
swim
> with
> > and toss them in the swamp.
> > Glen
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > > Wes.... List.... if it's something you believe in then it's not
> > > commercialisim....it's supporting something and sharing it with your
> > > friends.... Wouldn't you tell your friends in Person about the great
> book
> > > you read? about a Great place you did business with? our country and
> our
> > > hobby is know for that...
> > >
> > > Keith
> > > ( bad mouthing a vendor can be considered liable if not true... couple
> of
> > > interesting court cases document this )
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Wester S Potter" <wspotter@jps.net>
> > > To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Monday, November 27, 2000 7:40 PM
> > > Subject: New Kurtis Book
> > >
> > > > List,
> > > >
> > > > I just received a note from a former Bonneville record holder and
> > > genuinely
> > > > nice guy Gordon Eliot White. He has a new book out that is somewhat
> of a
> > > > companion to his excellent book "Offenhauser, the Legendary American
> > > Racing
> > > > Engine and the Men Who Built It." The new book is The Indinapolis
> Racing
> > > > Cars of Frank Curtis, 1941 - 1963 a Photo Archive. I cherish my
> > > Offenhauser
> > > > book, it is well written, well researched and written by someone who
> has
> > > an
> > > > insiders knowledge of the engines. His Bonneville record was set
with
> > > one.
> > > >
> > > > The second printing of "Offenhauser" sold out in 1999 but Gordon has
> some
> > > > copies of a third edition. The new book is $29.95 plus $3.95
postage
> and
> > > > insurance ( + 15 cents sales tax in Virginia). If you want both
books
> it
> > > > would be $74.85 total. (Offenhauser is $39.95 plus $3.95 p&i by
> itself.)
> > > > Tell him you want it/both autographed!
> > > >
> > > > You can send him a check at; Kurtis Book c/o Gordon White, Box 129,
> > > > Hardyville, VA 23070 ... he isn't set up to take credit cards
> apparently.
> > > >
> > > > I hope you'll excuse my getting commercial on you but this is a rare
> > > > oportunity to get a first edition of a book that is really well done
> ...
> > > and
> > > > it's by a racer who has been there/done that. He's now a consultant
> for
> > > the
> > > > Smithsonian in their racing automotive section and encyclopedic in
his
> > > depth
> > > > of knowledge of the subjects he writes about. Any review you read
> about
> > > > "Offenhauser" is lavish in praise of the book. I'd guess that any
> time
> > > you
> > > > get an award winning newspaperman writing about a subject he knows
and
> > > > loves, the result would be excellent.
> > > >
> > > > Might even leave a copy of this e-mail around where your wife could
> find
> > > it.
> > > > Christmas is coming in less than a month.
> > > >
> > > > Happy holidays,
> > > > Wes
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