Damn, I wish I had said that! We all have to guard against gettting too
full of ourselves, our accomplishments, our knowledge and our agenda.
Tom, Redding CA - #216 D/GCC
Dick J wrote:
>Not directed at anybody - - just comments in general! Like it or not, I'm on
>my soap box.
> Back when I was running a teenie weenie sewing machine motor with twin cams,
>electronic fuel injection and a bunch of other high tech stuff, I signed on to
>a couple of other lists to seek help. Not all of those low rider, pocket
>rocket, rice burner kids are focused only on hydraulics and high output
>stereos. Some of them really know their performance stuff and they helped me
>with a lot of technical performance input. Every so often, some Honda
>Vee-Tech kid would get to spatting with an Isuzu Turbo kid, and it would turn
>into name calling and open profanity for a week or so, then it would gradually
>go away.
>Being a sixty year-old Pollack, I got over the "sticks and stones" syndrome
>many years ago, and I would just sit quietly in my mature wisdom and smile. I
>must say that I'm somewhat surprised, however, when I find this kind of thing
>creep into our list, because I know that we are all mature enough to know that
>such behavior is not going to get anyone anywhere - - especially on a faceless
>cyberspace media.
>Come on people. We are all here because we love Land Speed Racing. Some of
>us use big blocks, some small blocks. Gees, my buddy Mayf even uses a Ford!
>Some of us use motorcycle motors in cars, and God forbid, some actually ride
>motorcycles! But we all share one thing - an undying love for speed - and a
>lot of it! It is foolish to waste valuable reading space with petit
>arguments. Whether we are talking about aerodynamic design, fuels, engine
>tuning, rules, or the politics of running the various organizations involved,
>our formost concern is speed, not personal attacks. Let's try to keep focused
>on why we are here!
>Looking over our membership list, I figure we represent a composite total of
>over a thousand years of building and racing fast vehicles. Damn! A thousand
>years! Our members include engineers, scientists, and school of hard knocks
>graduates who all know how to make racing vehicles perform at levels far, far
>beyond what the original designers ever dreamed. That should count for enough
>intelligence to act like adults.
>Now, before you rip off an answer to this, take a deep breath and relax. I
>promise, this is the last time you will have to tolerate this dumb Pollack on
>a soap box. Any time you hear from me in the future, it's going to be
>regarding speed and how to get there.
>Obsessed with speed
>Dick J
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